{"id":286506,"date":"2024-03-11T17:36:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T12:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=286506"},"modified":"2024-03-11T17:36:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T12:06:31","slug":"a-new-toll-collection-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-new-toll-collection-system\/","title":{"rendered":"A new toll collection system"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>-This post on A new toll collection system<\/strong>\u00a0has been created based on the article “Introducing a new toll collection system<\/strong><\/a>” published in “The Hindu<\/strong>” on 8 March 2024.<\/p>\n

Why in the news?<\/h2>\n

The government is planning to implement a new highway toll collection system based on the global navigation satellite system.<\/p>\n

What is the objective of introduction of new tolling system?<\/h2>\n

Its objective is to provide users the benefit of paying toll only for the actual distance travelled on a highway, or pay-as-you-use. In future, the system may allow barrier-free movement.<\/p>\n

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What is the new proposed highway tolling system, and how will it work?<\/h2>\n

1) The tolling system will use the global navigation satellite system.<\/span> It will provide more accurate location and navigation information.<\/p>\n

2) Its implementation will involve an On-Board Unit (OBU)<\/span>, or a tracking device, fitted inside a vehicle whose location can be mapped using GAGAN<\/a>, the Indian satellite navigation system. It will have an approximate accuracy of 10 metres.<\/p>\n

3) The co-ordinates of the entire length of the country\u2019s national highways will be logged with the help of digital image processing<\/span>.\u00a0 Software will be used to assign the toll rate on a particular highway, calculate the toll amount<\/span> for a vehicle as per the distance travelled by it, and then deduct it from a wallet linked to the OBU.<\/p>\n

4) The system will additionally have gantries<\/span>, or arches<\/span> mounted with CCTV cameras, at various points on a highway for enforcement purposes<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Will FASTags be discontinued?<\/h2>\n

The new tolling system will co-exist with the FASTag-based toll collection. The government has not taken any decision on whether OBUs will be made mandatory for all vehicles or only for new vehicles.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus-Schemes & Programmes in news<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source-This post on A new toll collection system\u00a0has been created based on the article “Introducing a new toll collection system” published in “The Hindu” on 8 March 2024. Why in the news? The government is planning to implement a new highway toll collection system based on the global navigation satellite system. What is the objective… Continue reading A new toll collection system<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10374,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-286506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10374"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}