Overview
- Toll agencies collected ₹28,823 crore in FY25 and remitted ₹26,149 crore to NHAI, up from ₹27,417 crore collected and ₹22,681 crore remitted in FY24.
- The reported cost of toll collection, defined as the difference between fees collected and remittances to NHAI, fell from ₹4,736 crore in FY24 to ₹2,674 crore in FY25.
- Reforms included deletion of the three‑month deemed extension clause, timely bidding, and a shift from three‑month to mostly one‑year contracts.
- NHAI limited premature termination requests to three per financial year and barred the same contractor from rebidding on the affected plaza.
- A new windfall‑gain clause allows termination if a 15‑day moving average of collections exceeds 40% of remittances, alongside operator outreach and faster release of securities to spur higher bids.