To further enhance electronic toll collection, the NationalHighways Authority of India has decided to waive FASTag fee till February 29,the government said on Wednesday.

The government has rolled out the FASTag-based tollcollection system across more than 527 national highways in the country.

“In order to further increase digital collection of user feevia FASTag at NH fee plazas, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)has decided to waive off the FASTag cost of Rs 100 forNHAI FASTag between February 15 and 29, 2020,” the Ministry of RoadTransport and Highways said in a statement.

Road users can visit any authorised point-of-sale locationwith a valid registration certificate (RC) of the vehicle and get an NHAIFASTag free of cost, it said.

These can be purchased from all national highway fee plazas,regional transport offices, common service centres, transport hubs, and petrolpumps, among others, it added.

“To search for the nearest NHAI FASTag point-of-salelocations, one may download My FASTag App, or visit www.ihmcl.com or Call 1033NH helpline number,” the statement said.

The applicable security deposit and minimum balance amountfor FASTag wallet shall, however, remain unchanged. NHAI had earlier announcedfor free NHAI FASTag from November 22 to December 15 last year.

Last month, Road Transport and Highways Minister NitinGadkari said after the FASTag system on national highways for electronic tollcollection, the revenue per day has swelled to Rs 87crore, from Rs 68 crore. Once the system is fully implemented, NHAIexpects Rs 100 crore toll income per day.