It becomes crucial to know if your FASTag is deactivated or not. As per the latest news, the FASTag of some car owners has been deactivated from January 31, 2024. If that is the case and they end up at a toll plaza, they might have to pay twice the amount as a penalty. FASTag has been mandatory for cars in India for a long time now. It is a sticker on your car’s windshield which the cameras at toll plazas can scan and the toll tax gets deducted from the connected bank account automatically. In this fashion, the long queues due to manual processes are eliminated. Let us take a look at the details here.
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How to Know if Your FASTag is Deactivated?
Note that all those FASTags were deactivated from January 31, 2024, whose KYC was not complete. KYC refers to Know Your Customer. It is a common formality which is needed across various industries. In order to keep your FASTag active, it must be connected to your details to verify your credentials. Hence, you must do it in order to continue using the services. Remember, not everyone has to go through this process if you have already done your KYC.
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To know if your KYC is complete or not, you can adopt multiple ways. Firstly, you can directly contact your bank or PayTM or other service from where you got your FASTag. They can check the status and let you know. In fact, they will contact you themselves. Alternatively, you can visit the website of FASTag and enter your details. It will confirm whether your KYC has been done or not. If not, you can directly upload the required documents and get your KYC done. Hence, you can save yourself from paying double the normal amount at toll plazas effective immediately.
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Author’s Note
FASTAgs have changed our lives for the better in the last few years. Omitting the manual process of toll collection ensures that a lot of time is saved for road commuters. Previously, there used to be long queues at the toll plazas. However, after the implementation of FASTAgs, things have changed drastically. Going forward, the government is also planning to introduce GPS-based toll collection. In such cases, the GPS will calculate the exact distance you travel on the toll road and deduct the amount proportionately. Let us see when it comes to fruition.
