India’s invisible workforce gets a new safety net: Key labour reforms for migrant employees decodedIndia's inter-state migrant workers gain significant protections under new labour code rules notified on May 8, 2026. The Occupational Safe...
15 May, 2026, 03.00 PM IST
US-Iran war: Tehran's central bank confirms Strait of Hormuz toll revenue deposited in cashIran's central bank has confirmed receiving transit fees for ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The revenue was deposited in cash currency. Ira...
24 Apr, 2026, 07.39 AM IST
No cash at toll plazas from April 10; UPI payments to cost 1.25 times moreFrom April 10, cash payments at national highway toll plazas will stop. FASTag remains the primary method for toll collection. Vehicles wit...
07 Apr, 2026, 02.37 PM IST
No cash on toll plazas from April 10; government moves to end ID-based exemptionsThe Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is discontinuing cash transactions at toll plazas from April 10, mandating digital payments to ...
04 Apr, 2026, 10.03 AM IST
NHAI to discontinue cash toll payments from AprilNational Highways Authority of India plans to end cash toll payments from April 1, 2026. All payments will be digital via FASTag or UPI. Th...
20 Feb, 2026, 07.15 PM IST
Cash payments at NHAI free toll plazas likely to discontinue from April 1, 2026: Users will be able pay toll through FASTAG, UPICash payments at National Highway toll plazas will be phased out from April 1, 2026. All toll payments will then be digital, primarily thro...
20 Feb, 2026, 05.49 PM IST
Non-FASTag users to pay 1.25 times fee if payments made via UPIThe Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has amended toll rules, effective November 15, 2025, to incentivize digital payments. Non-FASTag ...
04 Oct, 2025, 04.36 PM IST
Bombay High Court seeks Centre's response on PIL against FASTag systemA division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni was hearing the public interest litigation (PIL) filed last week ...
04 Mar, 2021, 05.34 PM IST
Government gears up to end cash transactions at toll gates, go FASTag-only from January 1The NHAI, which had recently floated a tender for issuing Metro Rail type prepaid cards to target those paying toll in cash, has withdrawn ...
07 Dec, 2020, 10.48 AM IST
Transactions via FASTag at highway tolls more than double in DecemberAbout 6.4 crore transactions FASTag transactions worth Rs.1256 crore was processed in December as against 3.4 crore transactions worth Rs.7...
02 Jan, 2020, 04.31 PM IST
No more cash at toll points from September 13The idea behind RFID was cashless transactions and reduction in waiting time at the toll plaza to 2-3 seconds.
04 Sep, 2019, 12.48 PM IST
Paying cash at toll plaza may put you in the slow laneSoon, there will be longer queues at tolls as the government looks to promote FASTags and prune cash transactions.
10 Jul, 2019, 11.41 AM IST
Paying by cash? Pay up ‘penalty’ at toll plazasGovernment is now planning to charge a 10-20% surcharge on commuters not using e-tolling.
03 Jul, 2019, 04.13 PM IST
Visa launches Proof of Concept for contactless toll payments with IDFC BankNHAI operates around 400 toll plazas across India’s national highways through which more than 20,000 vehicles pass each day.
15 May, 2017, 07.40 PM IST
Around 7 million transactions happening through electronic modes at toll plazasNational Payments Corporation is giving a big push to encourage as many highways to onboard the system to increase digital payments in the ...
27 Apr, 2017, 07.27 PM IST
Digital offers a way out for online logistics companiesPost-demonetisation, startups are latching on to the digital to solve truckers' cash woes
15 Nov, 2016, 08.41 AM IST
E-toll starts from Monday! Now, make cashless payments at 275 toll plazasFASTag will offer near non-stop movement through toll plazas and convenience of cashless payments with nationwide inter-operable electronic...
20 Apr, 2016, 07.09 PM IST