Page 3 - Latest Updates on FASTag
Paytm Payments Bank issues over 450,000 FASTags in December
Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) claims to have led the market in the FASTag segment with 28.2 per cent market share
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TMS, Ep 43: India at COP26, way ahead for MFIs, EMs in 2022, and FASTags
Is India on the wrong side of climate action with its COP26 commitment? What's the road ahead for microfinance institutions? What is FASTag and how does it work? Find the answers here
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FASTag toll collection reaches record Rs 3,356 crore in October
The government made FASTags mandatory from February 15 midnight
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Paytm launches India's first FASTag-based facility at Delhi Metro parking
Paytm has enabled a UPI-based payment for two-wheelers entering the parking site, thereby digitising the entire parking payments
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Paytm to launch FASTag-based parking service across India; starts with DMRC
Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) on Monday said it has enabled the country's first FASTag-based metro parking facility in partnership with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
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Karnataka Bank launches KBL FASTag for seamless toll deduction
Karnataka Bank on Wednesday launched KBL FASTag for seamless movement of vehicles at toll plazas by facilitating automatic deduction of the toll amount.
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Covid-19 second wave: Digital payments drop as state impose curbs
UPI saw a 4.3 per cent dip in transaction volume and a 2.22 per cent dip in transaction value
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Covid-19 second wave: Digital payments drop as state impose curbs
UPI saw a 4.3 per cent dip in transaction volume and a 2.22 per cent dip in transaction value
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Average daily FASTag collection crosses Rs 100 crore-mark: Gadkari
The Parliament was informed on Monday
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Bombay HC seeks Centre's response on PIL against FASTag system
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the Union government to file an affidavit in response to a PIL challenging the decision of making FASTag
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Mandatory FASTag to help save Rs 20,000 crore a year on fuel: Gadkari
The move will boost the revenue by at least Rs 10,000 crore, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Monday
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NHAI daily toll collection through FASTag reaches record Rs 104 cr
National Highways Authority of India said its daily toll collection through FASTag has reached about Rs 104 crore
Move Delhi HC to challenge FASTag policy, SC tells petitioner
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea against making FASTags mandatory for motor vehicles
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Vehicles without FASTag to pay double toll fee from Monday midnight
Vehicles without FASTag would have to to pay double the toll fee at electronic toll plazas from Monday midnight
Immediately adopt FASTag now, won't extend deadline, says Nitin Gadkari
The FASTag registration has gone up to 90 per cent on some routes and only 10 per cent people are left.
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No FASTag? Pay twice the amount on highway toll plazas after Feb 15
The ministry has decided that all lanes in the toll plazas on national highways shall be declared as "FASTag lane of the fee plaza" with effect from midnight of February 15-16
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NHAI removes min amount in FASTag Wallet for seamless movement of traffic
Says issuer banks were unilaterally mandating threshold amount value in addition to security deposit, due to which users were held up at toll plaza in spite of having sufficient balance
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NHAI removes requirement of maintaining minimum amount in FASTag Wallet
NHAI said it has decided to do away with the requirement of maintaining a minimum amount in FASTag wallet
Monthly transactions through FASTag increased by 13.6 million in December
FASTag contributes over 75 percent of the total toll collection
Mandatory implementation of FASTag from today; hybrid lane open till Feb 15
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways mandated fitment of FASTag with effect from Friday, in M and N categories of motor vehicles sold before December 1, 2017
