All you need to know to avoid extra charges from February 17

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Understanding these modifications is essential to avoid penalties and guaranteeing clean passage by tolls.

New FASTag guidelines from the National (*17*) Corporation of India (NPCI) will begin on 17 February 2025. These new tips will influence how toll funds are processed. The modifications intention to enhance the system and commuters need to be extra conscious of their FASTag standing. Not following the principles could lead on to a ‘code 176’ error, inflicting your FASTag cost to be rejected at toll plazas.

Experts declare that every of the 2 important modifications made to a FASTag’s steadiness are essential for patrons to pay attention to. If not, it could lead to your toll cost through FASTag being rejected by the freeway’s FASTag reader.

NPCI, in a round dated January 28, 2025, stated, “Transactions that are presented shall be validated based on reader read time and the time at which the tag is placed under hotlist/low balance/blacklist. Transactions presented on tags which are not active for more than 60 minutes prior to reader read time and up to 10 minutes after reader read time shall be declined with reason code 176 …This shall be implemented effective February 17, 2025.”

What does this new FASTag rule imply?

According to the FASTag system, a car could be in one in all two states: 

1) added to the whitelist and 

2) Automobiles on a blacklist.

Blacklisting could happen for numerous causes, together with insufficient steadiness

Awaiting KYC replace

According to RTO knowledge, the car registration quantity and the chassis quantity don’t match.

There are two timelines right here, in accordance to NPCI’s round: 60 minutes earlier than the FASTag learn time and 10 minutes after the reader time.