Drivers' Alert! You can do this without stopping your car on National Highways; deadline looms
A user receives an SMS alert on his registered mobile number for all the transactions done in his tag account. The vehicle with FASTag doesn't need to stop at toll plazas for cash transactions, saving fuel and time.
FASTag has been made mandatory on national highways throughout the country from December 1, 2019. It is a simple to use, reloadable tag fixed on the windscreen of a vehicle which enables automatic deduction of toll charges from the prepaid or savings to account linked to it while the vehicle is in motion. A user receives an SMS alert on his registered mobile number for all the transactions done in his tag account. The vehicle with FASTag doesn't need to stop at toll plazas for cash transactions, saving fuel and time.
From December 1, 2017, all new cars come with pre-activated FASTags. A FASTag can also be purchased at select toll plazas, select bank branches, retail PoS locations/Issuer Bank Website/ My FASTag app and online through e-commerce platforms.
A customer can start using the FASTag by affixing it on the windscreen of the vehicle. Whenever he travels through a Toll Plaza, the toll fare will get automatically deducted from the wallet linked to the FASTag. It can be topped-up online through Credit Card/ Debit Card/ NEFT/RTGS/ UPI or Net Banking.
Till March 2020, FASTag is incentivized with 2.5% cashback which directly gets credited to a linked bank account after every transaction. FASTag is mandatory on national highways throughout the country from December 1, 2019.
FASTag is currently operational at 528+ toll plazas across National & State Highways and the number of toll plaza accepting FASTag is increasing each month. On www.ihmcl.com, vehicle owners can see the list in the 'Active Toll Plazas' section.
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