Big News! FASTag will be mandatory for all vehicles from January 1 Nitin Gadkari has stated that FASTag will be useful for commuters as they will not have to stop at toll plazas for cash payments. Share Updated: Dec 26, 2020, 03:29 PM IST Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday that FASTags will be mandatory for vehicles from January 1, 2021. for the uninitiated, FASTags facilitate electronic payment of fee at toll plazas. Introduced in 2016, the compulsory use of these tags will help vehicles pass without any hitch through the toll plazas, preventing long queues. The Ministry of Road T...