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Non-FASTag vehicles paying via UPI to face 1.25 times fee from Nov 15
Financial Express Mumbai
|October 05, 2025
WITH AN AIM to reduce cash transactions, the government on Saturday said that from November 15, vehicles entering a fee plaza on a National Highway without a valid, functional FASTag will be charged 1.25 times of regular toll amount if users opt to pay using UPI.
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Currently, those without a valid FASTag are required to pay double the toll charges in cash.
This story is from the October 05, 2025 edition of Financial Express Mumbai.
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