FASTag Mandatory From February 16 Onwards; No Deadline Extension FASTag Mandatory From February 16 Onwards; No Deadline Extension By Charanpreet Singh (With Inputs From PTI) | Published: 14-Feb-21 06:13 PM IST 8,128 Views Highlights No extension in FASTag deadline, Says Gadkari It will promote digital and IT-based payment of fees for toll collection The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) today issued a notification stating that FASTag will be mandatory from tomorrow midnight. Moreover, all lanes in the fee plazas on National Highways shall be declared as 'FASTag lane of the fee plaza' effective from midnight of 15th/16th February 2021. As per National Highway Fee Rules 2008, any vehicle not fitted with FASTag or vehicle without valid, functional FASTag entering into the FASTag lane of the fee plaza shall pay a fee equivalent to two times the fee applicable to that particular category.