Govt to announce new toll policy soon, will give reasonable concession to consumers: Gadkari
6 days, 2 hours ago

Govt to announce new toll policy soon, will give reasonable concession to consumers: Gadkari

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said the government will soon announce a new policy for toll charges on national highways, offering a reasonable concession to consumers. Govt to announce new toll policy soon, will give reasonable concession to consumers: Gadkari Replying to queries in Rajya Sabha, the minister asserted that the government is spending a lot on building road infrastructure and therefore toll charges are necessary. After completing this session, we are going to declare a new policy for the toll, where the problem will be resolved and we will give reasonable concession to the consumer, and there will be no debate on particularly about the toll," he said, adding that the problems would be resolved. All user fee plazas on National Highways are established as per the provision of National Highways Fee Rules, 2008 and the respective Concession Agreement.

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At India Today Group event, Nitin Gadkari says new toll policy before April 1
3 days, 13 hours ago

At India Today Group event, Nitin Gadkari says new toll policy before April 1

India Today  

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari announced that the government will introduce a new toll policy with a reasonable concession for consumers before 1 April. Speaking at the Business Today Mindrush 2025 event on Saturday, he said the move aims to address concerns about toll charges and improve road infrastructure funding. India’s toll collection has increased significantly, reaching …

Govt plans to introduce annual pass system to replace highway tolls: Gadkari
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5 days, 2 hours ago

Govt plans to introduce annual pass system to replace highway tolls: Gadkari

Hindustan Times  

The government is planning to introduce an annual pass system to replace toll collection on national highways to enhance operational efficiency and promote convenience for road users, Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said in Lok Sabha on Thursday. Gadkari said satellite-based toll requires additional constellations to achieve the desired level of positional accuracy and the development of …

Highway tolls burning a hole in your pocket? The government has a plan
1 month ago

Highway tolls burning a hole in your pocket? The government has a plan

Live Mint  

Highway tolls are eating into commuters’ budgets, with costs rising year after year. Now, the government is weighing a plan to offer discounted toll passes that could bring relief to regular highway users, according to two people familiar with the matter. Read this | Highway toll revenue growth slows, may fall short of FY25 target The toll pass framework aims …

‘Toll being collected on national highways even after recovery of road-laying expenditure’
1 month ago

‘Toll being collected on national highways even after recovery of road-laying expenditure’

The Hindu  

While the State government collects toll only for four-lane State Highways being laid with World Bank funding, the Centre collects toll for using the four-lane National Highways even within 50-km distance and after the expenditure incurred on construction of the roads has been recovered, Minister for Public Works Department and Highways E.V. Speaking to reporters here after inspecting the construction …

Uniform Toll Policy: Govt plans to provide relief to commuters on National Highways | All you need to know
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Uniform Toll Policy: Govt plans to provide relief to commuters on National Highways | All you need to know

India TV News  

Uniform Toll Policy: The Union Road Transport Ministry is actively working on a uniform toll policy aimed at enhancing the experience of national highway users, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari announced on Monday. The proposed uniform toll policy is expected to introduce a more streamlined, transparent, and efficient toll collection system, ensuring fairness for commuters while maintaining road quality. He further …

Highway toll collection doubled in last five years: Transport minister Gadkari
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Highway toll collection doubled in last five years: Transport minister Gadkari

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Toll collection in India has doubled in the last five years. According to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the National Highways Authority of India collected Rs 56,882 crore as highway user fee at toll plazas in the financial year 2023-24. Responding to queries pertaining to the annual revenue generated through toll collection in Rajya Sabha, Union …

Dwarka Expressway in NCR to get barrier-free electronic toll collection system
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Dwarka Expressway in NCR to get barrier-free electronic toll collection system

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday told the Rajya Sabha that a plan to set up a barrier-free electronic toll collection system in a phased manner on national highways was in the works. In response to another question by Punjab MP Sanjeev Arora, Gadkari said the adoption of the FASTag system has reduced the average waiting time at …

New toll collection explained: How GNSS will change your highway experience
6 months, 2 weeks ago

New toll collection explained: How GNSS will change your highway experience

India Today  

The amended toll collection rules for India's highways have undergone significant technological advancements in 2024. The update now includes Global Navigation Satellite System, on-board units for satellite-based tolling and Automatic Number Plate Recognition devices to read vehicle plates automatically. Under the new rules, the GNSS will automatically grant exemptions for travel up to 20 km per day, charging toll fees …

New toll rates on highways to be effective only after Lok Sabha election
11 months, 3 weeks ago

New toll rates on highways to be effective only after Lok Sabha election

The Hindu  

The Election Commission has asked State-owned NHAI to go ahead with the calculation of new toll rates on highways, which kicks in annually from April 1 across most of the tolled highway stretches in the country, but said the new user fees should be applicable only after the Lok Sabha elections. Eleventh hour decision Meanwhile, National Highways Builders Federation, an …

Soon there will be no toll? What Nitin Gadkari said on new system: ‘We are ending…'
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Soon there will be no toll? What Nitin Gadkari said on new system: ‘We are ending…'

Hindustan Times  

Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari said that the government will soon end toll and the new satellite toll collection system will be introduced. Earlier, it used to take 9 hours to travel from Mumbai to Pune, now it is reduced to 2 hours.” Nitin Gadkari said the new satellite toll collection system will be introduced. Watch what he said here …

What About BJP’s ‘Toll-Free Maharashtra’ Promise, Asks Raj Thackeray
1 year, 7 months ago

What About BJP’s ‘Toll-Free Maharashtra’ Promise, Asks Raj Thackeray

News 18  

A day after a slanging match with ruling ally Bharatiya Janata Party, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray questioned the BJP on its poll promise of a ‘toll-free Maharashtra’, here on Wednesday. When the roads are so bad, full of potholes and traffic jams then why should you collect toll and road taxes,” demand Raj Thackeray, upping the ante …

Toll Collection on National Highways Swings into High Gear, Nearly Doubled since 2018-19: Govt Data
1 year, 8 months ago

Toll Collection on National Highways Swings into High Gear, Nearly Doubled since 2018-19: Govt Data

News 18  

The amount of toll collection on national highways across India has nearly doubled in the last financial year when compared to 2018-19, official data analysed by News18 shows. As per the details from the ministry of road transport and highways, in 2022-23 the collection at fee plazas on national highways was Rs 48,028.22 crore, up from Rs 25,419.82 crore in …

Toll tax hike: Highway and expressway rates hiked; effective from April 1
1 year, 11 months ago

Toll tax hike: Highway and expressway rates hiked; effective from April 1

India TV News  

The highway tolls will be raised by more than 10% across the country, the National Highway Authority of India has issued a notification for the same. In FY23, the average increase in toll prices across India was 10.5%. Driving four-wheelers on national highways is likely to become 14% more expensive, amounting to a Rs 5 per day increase. According to …

Govt to Replace Existing Highway Toll Plazas with GPS-based System in Next 6 Months: Nitin Gadkari
2 years ago

Govt to Replace Existing Highway Toll Plazas with GPS-based System in Next 6 Months: Nitin Gadkari

News 18  

The government will introduce new technologies including GPS-based toll collection systems in the next 6 months to replace existing highway toll plazas in the country, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Friday. Addressing an event organised by industry body CII, Gadkari further said state- owned NHAI’s toll revenue is currently Rs 40,000 crore and it is going to soar to …

Parliament proceedings | Gadkari promises to eliminate toll plazas on National Highways
2 years, 7 months ago

Parliament proceedings | Gadkari promises to eliminate toll plazas on National Highways

The Hindu  

The government is working on a toll collection system that will eliminate toll plazas from the country and bring relief from long queues for road users in the next six months, Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said in Parliament, on Wednesday. Such a system will collect toll for the actual distance travelled on a National Highway,” Mr. …

Toll plazas within 60 kms from another booth will shut down in next 3 months, says Nitin Gadkari
3 years ago

Toll plazas within 60 kms from another booth will shut down in next 3 months, says Nitin Gadkari

India TV News  

Highlights 'Toll plazas on national highways existing within 60 kms from another will be shut down' Minister said govt will replace toll plazas with a GPS-based tracking toll system The money will be collected based on GPS imaging on vehicles, the Union Minister informed Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari has announced that all toll plazas on …

People need to pay for good roads: Nitin Gadkari on toll charges on highways
3 years, 6 months ago

People need to pay for good roads: Nitin Gadkari on toll charges on highways

India TV News  

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said people need to pay if they want better road infrastructure in the country and mentioned how expressways help in reducing travel time and fuel costs. While reviewing the progress of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Sohna, Road Transport Minister Gadkari said the farmers who have their land near the expressway should not sell it to …

Parliament proceedings | Roads to be freed of toll booths in a year: Nitin Gadkari
4 years ago

Parliament proceedings | Roads to be freed of toll booths in a year: Nitin Gadkari

The Hindu  

India will implement a GPS-based toll collection system and do away with all toll booths within a year, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Scrapping policy The Minister also made a statement in the Lok Sabha on the government’s new scrapping policy which, he claimed, would reduce pollution, improve fuel efficiency, …

Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari rules out stopping of highway toll collection
6 years, 8 months ago

Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari rules out stopping of highway toll collection

Firstpost  

The union transport minister, Nitin Gadkari said toll collection can “never go” if funds are to be raised for constructing roads under the build-operate-transfer model Mumbai: Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari has ruled out any exemption from toll collection at the national highways, saying people should pay if they want good services. The minister said toll collection …

Delhi may emulate Singapore’s model of levying congestion tax: L-G Baijal
7 years ago

Delhi may emulate Singapore’s model of levying congestion tax: L-G Baijal

Hindustan Times  

Delhi lieutenant-governor Anil Baijal on Monday said that the government was working on a proposal to levy a “congestion” tax on vehicles entering select road stretches in the National Capital that see heavy traffic. L-G Baijal, along with stakeholders, including the three municipal commissioners, Delhi Traffic Police have zeroed on 21 road stretches where such a fee can be charged …

Can't promise on toll tax waiver, says Nitin Gadkari
7 years, 2 months ago

Can't promise on toll tax waiver, says Nitin Gadkari

India TV News  

Ruling out any exemption from toll collection at national highways, Union road minister Nitin Gadkari said that if people want good services they will have to pay for that. Gadkari agreed to the opinion that toll collection should stop but asserted that he cannot promise waiver from the tax on national highways at this juncture. Toll collection is common across …

Back to traffic jams: National highways resume toll fee collection after a gap of 24 days
8 years, 3 months ago

Back to traffic jams: National highways resume toll fee collection after a gap of 24 days

India TV News  

Huge traffic jams were reported at several toll gates on national highways across the country with resumption of toll fee collection from Friday midnight. “Toll suspension is extended till 2nd December midnight across all National Highways,” Gadkari tweeted on November 24. On Friday, following the government’s directive to adopt digital economy, all 11 toll plazas of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd across …

No toll charges on national highways till 18 November midnight due to cash crunch
8 years, 4 months ago

No toll charges on national highways till 18 November midnight due to cash crunch

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Union road ministry Monday said national highways will continue to remain toll-free till 18 November midnight in an attempt to ensure traffic is not disrupted after the sudden withdrawal of Rs500 and Rs1,000 notes. The road ministry had initially suspended toll till 11 November midnight and on Friday extended it till 14 November. West Bengal chief minister …

Govt to scrap 125 toll plazas by month-end, says Gadkari
10 years, 1 month ago

Govt to scrap 125 toll plazas by month-end, says Gadkari

Firstpost  

The electronic toll collection system introduced in the country will help save Rs 88,000 crore and cut waiting time at toll plazas significantly, Gadkari said quoting a Transport Corporation of India-IIM Kolkata study. New Delhi: Aiming to spare general public from levy at highways, the government has announced it will scrap 125 toll plazas in the country by the end …

We will cancel toll at around 125 plazas across India, says Nitin Gadkari
10 years, 1 month ago

We will cancel toll at around 125 plazas across India, says Nitin Gadkari

Firstpost  

Aiming to spare general public from levy at highways, the government has announced it will scrap 125 toll plazas in the country by the end of February. New Delhi: Aiming to spare general public from levy at highways, the government has announced it will scrap 125 toll plazas in the country by the end of February. “We will cancel toll …

Chief Minister announces concession after protests break out on toll hike
10 years, 10 months ago

Chief Minister announces concession after protests break out on toll hike

India TV News  

Bangalore: Amid persistent protests against the toll hike on the National Highway leading to international airport, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said there will be concession on toll for villagers within the proximity of the highway. 220 per month for any number of trips they commute," he told reporters in Bangalore.Villagers within a five kilometre radius need not pay any toll, …

New toll policy in Maharashtra; BJP suspects Congress-MNS deal
11 years, 1 month ago

New toll policy in Maharashtra; BJP suspects Congress-MNS deal

The Hindu  

In a move that led to accusations of a deal between Raj Thackeray and the Congress, the Maharashtra government on Thursday promised to bring in a new toll policy before the Lok Sabha elections. The new policy and the decision to shut down 22 toll booths where roads were built using less than Rs. The government agreed to use electronic …

Levy takes its toll on purse, patience and politics
11 years, 1 month ago

Levy takes its toll on purse, patience and politics

The Hindu  

The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena’s protest underscores the political travails on the issue of toll for use of roads and bridges. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan’s statement that the tolling process is far from transparent explains how the rates are fixed in connivance with the concessionaire and government authorities, to the chagrin of the public who have to shell out a …

Will the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway ever solve its congestion?
12 years, 6 months ago

Will the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway ever solve its congestion?

Firstpost  

To reduce congestion at toll plazas, 11 additional lanes are to be provided, modifications will be made at entry and exit locations and CCTV cameras will be installed. After the expressway operator Delhi Gurgaon Super Connectivity Limited had failed to take measures to prevent traffic congestion originating at toll plazas– aggravated by an inefficient system of collecting toll - the …

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