In 2016, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways introduced FASTag, a new technology to reduce lines at toll booths.
FASTag, for those who are unfamiliar, is an electronic toll collecting system that makes it simpler for travellers to pay toll taxes at toll plazas and keeps track of cars that cross highways quickly since it automatically deducts the toll amount from the account.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is the foundation of the FASTag program, which is used to collect toll payments from drivers. It is a tag that is placed to the windscreen of the automobile and connected to either a bank account or prepaid card. When a vehicle with a FASTag attached drives up to a toll booth, the booth’s scanner recognizes the tag and deducts tax from the associated bank account or the prepaid card.
We’ll explain how to check your FASTag balance in Google Pay, PhonePe, and Paytm in this how-to guide.
Using Google Pay, follow these simple steps to check your FASTag balance.
- Go to your phone’s Google Pay app and open it.
- The “Recharge & Pay Bills” tab can be tapped.
- Select “FASTag Recharge” from the menu.
- From that offer, choose your bank FASTag.
- Type the vehicle’s registration number.
- Click the “View Balance” link.
Using Paytm, follow these simple steps to check your FASTag balance.
- your phone’s Paytm app should be opened.
- Secondly, click the “Pay Bills” tab.
- Select “FASTag” from the menu.
- Type the vehicle’s registration number.
- Click the “View Balance” link.
Using Phone Pay, follow these simple steps to check your FASTag balance.
- On your phone, open the PhonePe application.
- Click the “Recharge” tab.
- Choose “FASTag” from the menu.
- Key in the vehicle’s registration number.
- Press the “View Balance” button.
