FASTag mandatory from February 15 midnight, violators to pay twice the toll charge Vehicles not fitted with FASTag or without valid/functional FASTag entering into the FASTag lane will pay two time equivalent fee of the fee applicable. February 15, 2021 / 11:18 PM IST FASTag has been made mandatory for all vehicles from February 15 midnight, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a press statement. "It has been decided that all the lanes in the fee plazas on National Highways shall be declared as 'FasTag lane of the fee plaza' w.e.f. midnight of 15th /16th February 2021," the statement said.