Gadkari Envisions FASTag as Foundation for Seamless Digital Travel, Beyond Tolls
Indian Highways Management Company Limited (IHMCL), promoted by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), organised a workshop in New Delhi with leading fintech companies to explore innovative applications of the FASTag system beyond toll collection.
The workshop aimed to gather insights on key areas including regulatory compliance, security, grievance redressal, and non-toll use cases of FASTag. This initiative is part of IHMCL’s efforts to drive the next phase of FASTag growth, supporting its integration into broader mobility and payment ecosystems.
Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari said, “The FASTag ecosystem has immense potential, not just for tolling, but as a foundation for seamless digital travel experiences across the country. Through collaboration with fintechs and other stakeholders, we aim to expand the utility of FASTag into a robust platform that will enhance user convenience, streamlines transport & mobility services, and bring greater efficiency to the sector. The presentations and discussions held at this workshop will pave the way for a digitally empowered National Highway network that will benefits every commuter in the country.”
In his address Shri V. Umashankar, Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said “Fintech has been a bright spot for India and has given us many path-breaking innovations, whereas FASTag has transformed Electronic Toll Collection in the country. The essence of this workshop is to look at the toll collection mechanisms and how to make it cashless, convenient, time-efficient, fraud-free, and error-free tolling in a collaborative manner. We envision fintech as provider of innovation and government will be the facilitator to create an end product that will provide a better experience to the road user.”
Speaking on the occasion Shri Santosh Kumer Yadav, Chairman, NHAI said “The workshop today will pave way for future innovations that will help us to enhance the scope and utility of FASTag system beyond toll collections. This is a great opportunity to create future solutions that will cater to varied needs of the National Highway users.”
Setting the context of the workshop, Shri Vishal Chauhan, Member (Administration), NHAI said “Fintech spearheads technology & innovation and we should leverage this ecosystem to enhance the toll collection system and beyond. Today’s workshop will be a stepping-stone towards exploring new possibilities and enhancement of user experience on National Highways.”
