Highways ministry asks NIC to capture FASTag details before vehicle registration

The authorities on Sunday mentioned it has determined to make sure capturing of FASTag particulars whereas registering or issuing health certificates to automobiles all around the nation.

In a letter addressed to NIC, with copies to all of the states and UTs, the ministry has knowledgeable that full integration of National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC) with VAHAN portal has been achieved, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways mentioned in an announcement. The VAHAN system is now getting all data on FASTags by means of VIN/VRN (car identification quantity/ car registration quantity), it added.

FASTag employs radio frequency identification (RFID) expertise for making toll funds on nationwide highways immediately from the pay as you go or financial savings account linked to it.

A pay as you go tag, mounted on automobiles’ windscreen, permits automated deduction of toll expenses, and lets any car cross by means of a toll plaza with zero human contact.

“As such, the ministry has asked to ensure capturing FASTag details while registering new vehicles, as also while issuing fitness certificates to vehicles plying under national permit,” the assertion mentioned.

The fitment of FASTag in new automobiles on the time of gross sales of automobiles of class M and N, was made necessary in 2017.

“But the integration with bank account or they being activated was being avoided by citizens, which would be checked now. Fitment of FASTag is to ensure that vehicles crossing the National Highway fee plazas use electronic medium of FASTag payment, and cash payment is avoided.

“This usage and promotion of FASTag will also be effective to minimising possibilities of spreading COVID at NH Toll Plazas,” the assertion mentioned.

The ministry had issued a Gazette notification in November 2017, on this scheme.

A complete of 1.68 crore FASTags have been issued throughout the nation until the start of May 2020.