This policy document, titled "The National Highways Fee Determination of Rates and Collection Amendment Rules, 2025," was issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on June 17, 2025, and published in the Gazette of India as G.S.R. 388(E). It amends the National Highways Fee Determination of Rates and Collection Rules, 2008. The amendment introduces new sub-rules related to fee payments for non-commercial vehicles equipped with functional Fastags. Specifically, it establishes that owners of such vehicles are eligible for a pass priced at Rs. 3,000, valid for one year or 200 crossings through any national highway fee plaza, whichever occurs first, regardless of the standard fee at each plaza. In closed user fee collection systems, entry and exit through a fee plaza will be considered a single crossing. Furthermore, the fee amount outlined in sub-rule 3B is subject to annual revision, effective from April 1st of each year, in accordance with rule 5 of the principal rules. These amended rules take effect on August 15, 2025. The relevant file number is H25016022024Toll E244498. The Joint Secretary, Kamlesh Chaturvedi, is the contact person. The principal rules were initially published under notification number G.S.R. 838(E) on December 5, 2008, and last amended under notification number G.S.R. 556(E) on September 9, 2024.
Key Entities Referenced
National Highways Act, 1956: A law enacted in 1956, referenced as the legal basis for the current notification.
Central Government: The governing body issuing the notification.
National Highways Fee Determination of Rates and Collection Rules, 2008: The principal rules being amended by this notification.
National Highways Fee Determination of Rates and Collection Amendment Rules, 2025: The title of the amended rules introduced by this notification.
Fastag: An electronic toll collection system mentioned in the context of obtaining a pass for national highways.
New Delhi: The location from which the notification was issued.
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI: The Joint Secretary who signed the notification.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways: The government ministry responsible for the notification.
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असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II—खण्ड 3—उप-खण्ड (i)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 345] नई दिल्ली, बुधवार , िनू 18, 2025/यय ष्े ठ 28, 1947
No. 345] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2025/JYAISTHA 28, 1947
सड़क पररवहन और रािमाग ग मत्रं ालय
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 17 िून, 2025
सा.का.जन. 388(अ).—राष्ट्रीय रािमागग अजधजनयम, 1956 (1956 का 48) की धारा 9 द्वारा प्रित्त िजियों का
प्रयोग करते हुए, केंद्र सरकार राष्ट्रीय रािमागग िल्ु क (िरों का जनधागरण और सग्रं हण) जनयमावली, 2008 को और संिोजधत
करने के जलए जनम्नजलजखत जनयम बनाती है, अर्ागत:् -
1. (1) इन जनयमों को राष्ट्रीय रािमागग िल्ु क (िरों का जनधागरण और सग्रं हण) (संिोधन) जनयमावली, 2025 कहा िाएगा।
(2) य े15 अगस्ट्त, 2025 को लाग ूहोंगे।
2. राष्ट्रीय रािमाग ग िल्ु क (िरों का जनधागरण और सग्रं हण) जनयमावली, 2008 म,ें जनयम 9 म,ें उप-जनयम (3 क) के
पश्चात,् जनम्नजलजखत उप-जनयम अंत:स्ट्र् ाजपत दकए िाएगं े, अर्ागत्: -
“(3ख) कोई व्यजि, िो गैर-वाजणजययक उद्देश्य के जलए पंिीकृत यांजत्रक वाहन का माजलक है, जिसके पास वैध
और कायागत्मक फास्ट्टैग ह,ै वह तीन हिार रुपय े के िुल्क का भुगतान करके पास प्राप्त करन े के जलए पात्र होगा,
राष्ट्रीय रािमागग पर दकसी भी िुल्क प्लािा पर यह पास एक वर्ग के जलए या िो सौ बार गुिरने (क्रॉससंग) के
जलए, िो भी पहले हो, वैध होगा, दफर भले ही प्रत्येक िल्ु क प्लािा पर दकतना भी िुल्क लगता हो।
बिते दक क्लोस्ट्ड िल्ु क सग्रं हण प्रणाली म,ें िल्ु क प्लािा स े यांजत्रक वाहन के प्रवेि और जनकास को एकल क्रॉससंग
माना िाएगा।
3974 GI/2025 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
(3ग) उप-जनयम (3ख) के अंतगगत िेय िल्ु क की राजि जनयम 5 के अनुसार प्रजत वर्ग 1 अप्रलै से वार्र्गक रूप स े
संिोजधत की िा सकेगी।“
[फा. सं. एच-25016/02/2024-टोल (ई-244498)]
कमलेि चतुवेिी, संयिु सजचव
रटप्प ण: मलू जनयम भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग II, खडं 3, उप-खंड (i) म ेंअजधसूचना संख्या सा.का.जन. 838 (अ),
दिनांक 5 दिसंबर, 2008 के माध्यम से प्रकाजित दकए गए र् े और जपछली बार अजधसूचना संख्या सा.का.जन. 556 (अ),
दिनांक 9 जसतम्बर, 2024 के माध्यम से संिोजधत दकए गए र्े।
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 17th June, 2025
G.S.R. 388(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 of the National Highways Act,
1956 (48 of 1956), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the National
Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008, namely: –
1. (1) These rules may be called the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection)
(Amendment) Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the 15th day of August, 2025.
2. In the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008, in rule 9, after
sub-rule (3A), the following sub-rules shall be inserted, namely: –
“(3B) A person who owns a mechanical vehicle registered for non-commercial purpose,
having a valid and functional Fastag, shall be eligible to obtain a pass on payment of fee of
rupees three thousand which shall be valid for one year or for two hundred crossings
through any fee plaza on a national highway, whichever is earlier, irrespective of the fee
leviable at each fee plaza;
Provided that in a closed user fee collection system, entry and exit of a mechanical
vehicle through a fee plaza shall be considered as a single crossing.
(3C) The amount of fee payable under sub-rule (3B) may be revised annually with effect
from the 1st April of every year in accordance with rule 5.”.
[F. No. H-25016/02/2024-Toll (E-244498)]
KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy.
Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-
section (i) vide notification number G.S.R. 838 (E), dated the 5th December, 2008 and was last
amended vide notification number G.S.R. 556 (E), dated the 9th September, 2024.
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