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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday announced that FASTag will be made mandatory for all vehicles in the country from January 1, 2021.
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The minister said, “it’s useful for commuters as they will not need to stop at toll plazas for cash payments, saving time and fuel”.
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The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) earlier issued announced the decision to make FASTags mandatory for all four-wheelers including old vehicles from January 1, 2021.
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MoRTH, in November 2020, issued a notification for promotion of digital and IT-based payment of fees through FASTags.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari announces that FASTag is being made mandatory for all vehicles in country from 1st Jan, 2021. He says it's useful for commuters as they will not need to stop at toll plazas for cash payments, saving time & fuel: Ministry of Road Transport & Highways pic.twitter.com/jhRhIAYVua
— ANI (@ANI) December 24, 2020
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The government issued a notification “making FASTag mandatory to be available by January 1, 2021 in old vehicles also i.e. M and N category of motor vehicles (four wheelers) sold before December 1, 2017 through amendments in CMVR, 1989”, the MoRTH said in a statement.
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As per Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, the FASTag had been made mandatory for registration of new four wheeled vehicles since December 1, 2017 and is being supplied by the vehicle manufacturers or their dealers.
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“It had further been mandated that the renewal of fitness certificate will be done only after the fitment of FASTag for the transport vehicles. Further that for national permit vehicles the fitment of FASTag has been mandated since October 1, 2019,” the earlier MoRTH statement added.
