India toll revenue hits record ₹82,900 crore, up 14% in FY26

New Delhi: Toll collections grew 14% to a record ₹82,900.16 crore in the just-ended fiscal year, underscoring addition of new toll roads, accelerated economic activity, and roll out of the new annual FASTag facility. Tolls worth ₹72,930.83 crore were collected in FY25.

The volume of FASTag transactions rose 5.7% to nearly 4.45 billion in FY26 from 4.21 billion in the year before, showed National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC) data tracked by the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) and accessed by ET.

In March, total toll collections from commercial vehicles climbed to ₹7,193 crore from ₹6,924.57 crore in February despite disruptions from the Iran war, reflecting sustained economic activity. With the latest increase, annual toll collections have surged more than threefold in the past eight years with collections in FY19-the first year of computing of electronic data-at ₹25,164.50 crore.


During this period, India's tolled road length more than doubled to 55,812 km as of November 2025, from 26,067 km in FY19. "Addition of new toll plazas year-after-year has meant better logistics cost, enhanced efficiency, and ease of travel for highway users which has led to a surge in toll collection," said a senior government official.

According to the official, toll collections are expected to accelerate in the coming years as India adopts technologically advanced toll collection mechanisms and eliminates physical toll plazas.