Planning to buy a FASTag annual pass? Here are answers to all your questions and confusions
The FASTag annual pass will be launched across India next month on August 15. Introduced by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), the FASTag annual pass is claimed to benefit the users of state and national highways and expressways by reducing the overall travel costs. The annual pass is also claimed to provide hassle hassle-free travel experience. The FASTag annual pass will be available only for private vehicles and not for commercial vehicles. These passes will be valid to be use on designated national highway (NH) and national expressway (NE) fee plazas for one year or 200 transactions, whichever comes first, from the issuance date. There will be no per-trip charges issued to the user once he or she purchases an annual pass.
If you are among those who hit the national highways and national expressways frequently and pay a hefty sum as toll fees, the FASTag annual pass could be a good option for you. However, before you buy the pass, here is everything you must know to clear any doubts.
3 FASTag annual pass: How long can you use the pass?
The FASTag annual pass is valid for one year from the date of activation or 200 transactions, whichever comes first. To make it simpler, if you are buying the annual pass on August 15 this year, it will remain valid till August 14 next year or till you make 200 transactions at toll plazas across the country, whichever comes first. Once the annual pass completes either one year from the date of activation or 200 transactions, it will automatically transform back into a regular FASTag account. You can compare this with a prepaid mobile recharge plan with limited talk time and limited duration. If you want to avail the benefits of the annual pass after the expiry of the pass, then you will need to recharge the pass with ₹ 3,000 again, which will come with a validity of 200 transactions or one year.
4 FASTag annual pass: Which toll plazas will accept this?
The FASTag annual pass will be valid only at National Highway (NH) and National Expressway (NE) toll plazas. At the toll plazas on expressways, State Highways (SH), etc., which are managed by the state governments or local bodies, parking spaces, etc., the FASTag will operate as a regular one, and applicable user fee charges will applied.
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First Published Date: 17 Jul 2025, 12:51 pm IST
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