The FASTag Annual Pass is a prepaid toll pass for private cars, jeeps and vans. You pay once, and your existing FASTag stops being charged at National Highway toll plazas for one year or 200 trips, whichever comes first. It started on 15 August 2025.
Price: ₹3,075 for 2026-27
The price was revised. NHAI raised it from ₹3,000 to ₹3,075 for 2026-27, effective 1 April 2026, under the National Highways Fee Rules, 2008. A PIB release of 15 March 2026 announced the change. A Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) statement in July 2026 repeats the ₹3,075 figure.
| Period | Price |
|---|---|
| 15 Aug 2025 to 31 Mar 2026 | ₹3,000 |
| 1 Apr 2026 to 31 Mar 2027 | ₹3,075 |
The fee can change again on 1 April 2027. Check the price on the Rajmargyatra app before you pay.
You can’t pay with your FASTag wallet balance. You pay separately through the app or website.
Validity: 1 year or 200 trips
The pass runs for one year from activation or 200 trips, whichever ends first (IHMCL FAQ). When either limit is reached, the tag goes back to a normal FASTag and toll is deducted per crossing again. You can then buy a fresh pass.
Unused trips do not carry over to the next pass.
Who can buy it
- Only private, non-commercial cars, jeeps and vans. Taxis, commercial vehicles, LCVs, buses and trucks are not eligible. IHMCL says use on a commercial vehicle means “immediate deactivation without notice”.
- The FASTag must be fixed on the windscreen of the registered vehicle.
- It must be linked to the vehicle registration number (VRN). Tags registered only with a chassis number are not accepted until you update the VRN.
- The tag must not be blacklisted.
- The pass belongs to that vehicle only. Moving the tag to another vehicle deactivates it.
Where it works and where it doesn’t
Accepted: National Highway (NH) and National Expressway (NE) fee plazas. NHAI puts the count at “about 1,150” plazas. A January 2026 PIB release says 1,159.
Not accepted: Fee plazas on state highways, and on expressways run by state governments or local bodies. There your FASTag works as a normal tag and toll is deducted.
Before a trip, check who runs each plaza on your route. Each plaza page on this site shows that.
How to buy and activate
- Open the Rajmargyatra app (Android or iOS) or the NHAI website.
- Enter your vehicle number. The system checks your vehicle and FASTag.
- Pay ₹3,075 by UPI, card or net banking.
- The pass activates on your existing FASTag, usually within about two hours (PIB). You don’t need a new tag.
You will get SMS alerts. When you cross a covered plaza, the SMS should show zero deduction.
How trips are counted
| Plaza type | What counts as one trip |
|---|---|
| Normal (point-based) plaza | Each crossing. A to-and-fro journey through the same plaza = 2 trips |
| Closed-system expressway (toll charged by distance between entry and exit) | One entry plus one exit = 1 trip |
A long drive that crosses six NH plazas uses six trips, not one. That is the most common surprise.
If you also hold a local or monthly pass: the IHMCL FAQ says that at a plaza where another pass is active, crossings are not deducted from your annual pass. If you commute daily through one plaza, a local pass there keeps your 200 annual trips free for other routes. See our local pass guide.
Refunds and cancellation
NHAI and IHMCL have not published a refund policy for the annual pass. News reports, including India TV, say:
- the pass cannot be cancelled once activated;
- unused trips or unused time are not refunded;
- if you sell the car or close the tag, the remaining pass value is lost.
As of November 2026 we have not found an official document that confirms or overrides this, so treat the fee as non-refundable. For a specific problem, such as a wrong deduction or a pass that didn’t activate, call the 1033 National Highway helpline or raise it in the Rajmargyatra app.
Annual pass vs paying per trip
The pass is worth buying only if your NH and NE toll over the next year would cost more than ₹3,075.
Rule of thumb: ₹3,075 ÷ 200 trips = about ₹15.40 per crossing. If your average car toll per plaza is above ₹15.40 and you’ll use most of the 200 trips within a year, the pass saves money. For most drivers the real question is whether they’ll make enough NH crossings in the year.
Worked example
The plaza fees below are illustrative. Use the real fee from the plaza’s page.
Priya drives to her hometown and back twice a month. Each one-way trip crosses 3 NHAI plazas averaging ₹110 for a car.
- Crossings per month: 3 plazas × 2 directions × 2 visits = 12
- Crossings per year: 12 × 12 = 144 (under 200, so the pass lasts the full year)
- Per-trip cost for a year: 144 × ₹110 = ₹15,840
- With the annual pass: ₹3,075
- Saving: ₹12,765
Now take Arjun, who makes one long trip a year crossing 10 plazas each way at ₹120:
- 20 crossings × ₹120 = ₹2,400 per trip, which is less than ₹3,075. The pass doesn’t pay off unless he makes a second trip.
When the pass is a bad deal
- Most of your toll is on state highways or state expressways. The pass gives no benefit there.
- You’ll use far fewer than 200 trips and your total NH toll is under ₹3,075.
- You make a daily commute through one plaza. A daily round trip uses about 60 trips a month, so the 200 trips run out in roughly three months. The concessional local pass or the local monthly pass is usually cheaper for that.
Quick checklist before you buy
- Private car, jeep or van, not commercial
- FASTag fixed on the windscreen, linked to your registration number, not blacklisted
- Most of your toll is on NH/NE plazas, not state roads
- Expected NH toll in the next year is above ₹3,075