India's National Highways Authority discontinued cash payments at all fee plazas on national highways and expressways on April 10, 2026. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways published a gazette notification mandating FASTag and UPI as the only accepted toll payment methods. More than 1,150 toll plazas across the country are covered by the new rule.
FASTag remains the primary toll payment method at standard notified rates. Commuters without a functional tag can pay via UPI at 1.25 times the regular toll fee. Vehicles that trigger an electronic notice for FASTag failure receive a 72-hour grace period to settle the base amount online.
The mandate completes a digitization process that started in February 2021 when FASTag was first made compulsory at national highway toll plazas. India's highway toll network processes several million vehicle passages daily across national highways and expressways.