Overview

• An NHAI circular confirms a uniform mechanism to compensate toll operators for differences in collections for three months starting August 15.
• The arrangement covers existing contracts and bids invited over the next three months, after which tenders will include annual-pass usage data and compensation will stop.
• NHAI will determine annual-pass crossings using actual transaction data provided by NPCI through IHMCL.
• The Rs 3,000 pass for private cars, jeeps and vans allows one year or up to 200 crossings at roughly 1,150 national highway and expressway plazas, with activation available via the Rajmarg Yatra app or NHAI website.
• According to media reports, calculations may factor a 1.5x rate for return journeys and cap relief at two one-way compensated pass transactions per vehicle per day at a single plaza.