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FASTag Rules:  In 2021, the Indian government made it mandatory for car manufacturers to affix FASTag upon registration of a new vehicle. However, there’s one small rule that is not known by many, and non-compliance with this can lead the vehicle owner to pay double the toll. Let’s take a look at the small FASTag mistake that might make you pay double toll.

Important FASTag Rule

As informed earlier, the Indian government has made it mandatory for car manufacturers to provide a FASTag with a new car. However, many people don’t know that a FASTag will be automatically blocked if it doesn’t receive any transactions for 3 consecutive months (90 days). Therefore, new vehicle buyers must use the FASTag within the first 3 months to keep it active.

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Blocked FASTag Means Double Toll

The FASTag gets blacklisted if a vehicle without an active or valid tag enters a toll plaza. In that case, the transaction will be declined, and the vehicle owner will be required to pay double the toll fee in cash. Additionally, if a FASTag is closed or blacklisted due to inactivity, it cannot be reactivated, and the vehicle owner will be required to buy a new FASTag from an authorized issuer.

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Vehicle Owner Shares Experience

Recently, a vehicle owner shared a similar experience on the social media platform X (previously Twitter). A person named Balu Garode posted on X that he bought a new car in January 2025, and last week, during a trip, a toll staff member told him that his FASTag is blocked. He had an ICICI FASTag, so he called the bank’s customer service. That’s when he came to know that within 90 days, the FASTag should be newly issued and linked to the registration number of the vehicle. If failed to do so, it gets blocked. The X user had to buy a new FASTag, as his previous one got inactive.


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