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Toll Tax and National Highways
Context
The Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has directed the government to review the existing toll tax rules, especially in light of the rise in vehicular traffic and the failure of concessionaires to comply with their contractual obligations.
Current Toll Tax System:
- Toll taxes on National Highways are currently levied based on the base rate of fee per kilometer as prescribed in the National Highways Fee Rules, 2008.
- In India, the tolling is generally under an open system, wherein fee payable is a fixed amount based on the length of stretch under one project
- At present, there are over 1,000 toll gates in India.
- Currently, the FASTag system is being used to deduct toll at plazas.
- FASTags were made mandatory for all four-wheelers from February 2021.
- It is an electronic toll collection system in which ‘Radio Frequency Identification’ (RFID) technology is used to make toll payments.
- The FASTag contains a small RFID chip that communicates wirelessly with toll booth readers.
- Issues:
- Increase in Vehicular Traffic: Since 2008, there has been an exponential increase in the number of vehicles using National Highways.
- Non-compliance by Concessionaires (private companies managing toll plazas)
- Despite the introduction of FASTags (electronic toll collection system), long traffic jams at toll gates continue to be a problem.
Fact Box:National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)
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PYQQ1: With reference to India's projects on connectivity, consider the following Statements: (2023)
How many of the above statements are correct?
Solution: (d) Q2. Consider the following pairs: (2014) National Highway : Cities connected
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
Solution: (d) |
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