»Explained: FASTag Is Mandatory For Highway Travel From January 1 And We Answer All Your Questions 4-MIN READ Explained: FASTag Is Mandatory For Highway Travel From January 1 And We Answer All Your Questions At this time, FASTags are being issued by multiple banks, including HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Bank, Paytm Payments Bank and IDFC First Bank, to name a few. Mobile wallet apps such as Paytm and PhonePe that let you recharge pretty much any issuing bank’s FASTag. FOLLOW US ON: You will mandatorily need a FASTag for your car if you are on a road trip and crossing any toll plazas across national highways in India, from January 1. This confirmation comes from Union minister for road transport, highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari who has said that FASTags would be mandatory for paying at toll plazas and enable contactless as well as electronic payments for toll payments. We have been seeing a push by the government who also attempted to make this mandatory late last year and then pushed that deadline to the beginning of the year 2020. At this time, FASTags are being issued by multiple banks, including HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Bank, Paytm Payments Bank and IDFC First Bank, to name a few. Also worth noting, the FASTag payments option is enabled at more than 720 toll plazas on national highways across India.