FASTag Annual Pass (2026): ₹3,075 for 200 crossings, who qualifies, where it works, and when it pays off

The rule and the price

The pass was created by G.S.R. 388(E) of 17 June 2025, which inserted Rule 9(3B) into the National Highways Fee Rules 2008 with effect from 15 August 2025. The price was ₹3,000 for the base year 2025-26 and is revised every 1 April under Rule 5 like every other fee; PIB announced the 2026-27 price of ₹3,075 on 15 March 2026. For concessions bid before 17 June 2025 the pass counts as a Change in Law, so the concessionaire is compensated and the pass is honoured everywhere on the national highway network.

What you get

The pass is valid for one year or 200 plaza crossings, whichever comes first, after which the FASTag automatically reverts to a regular FASTag; you can activate a new pass to continue. At a point-based plaza each crossing is one trip, so a round trip is two. In closed tolling, where you take a ticket on entry and pay on exit, one pair of entry and exit counts as a single trip. The pass is not mandatory, coexists with a local or monthly pass at the same plaza, and where another pass is active the crossing is not deducted from the Annual Pass. SMS alerts go to the mobile number registered with the issuing bank.

Who qualifies

Only private, non-commercial cars, jeeps, and vans, verified against the VAHAN register. Use in a commercial vehicle leads to immediate deactivation without notice. The FASTag must be affixed to the windscreen, linked to the vehicle registration number, and not blacklisted; tags issued against a chassis number are not eligible, and the pass cannot be transferred to another vehicle.

Where it works, and where it does not

The pass is valid only at fee plazas on national highways and national expressways, roughly 1,150 plazas. At plazas on expressways, state highways, and roads managed by state governments or local bodies, the FASTag operates as a regular FASTag and the crossing is charged from your balance. That excludes, for example, the Mumbai–Pune Expressway run by MSRDC and the Yamuna Expressway run by YEIDA, both state expressways, which are covered in our expressway guide.

How to activate it

Activation is only through the RajmargYatra mobile app or the NHAI website; payment is made separately, not from the FASTag wallet balance, and the pass is activated on the existing FASTag within two hours. NHAI has ordered plazas to display Annual Pass and local pass information in English, Hindi, and the regional language, so the details should be visible at the booth.

Does it pay off? The arithmetic

At ₹3,075 for 200 crossings the pass costs ₹15.38 per crossing if you use every one. The comparison is with what you would pay per crossing without it. At the Kherki Daula plaza on the Delhi–Gurugram Expressway, where the car fee is ₹100 from 1 April 2026, the pass breaks even after 31 crossings; a daily commuter passing once each way on working days gets there in about three weeks. At a plaza charging ₹40, break-even is 77 crossings. Since crossings are counted per plaza, a long inter-city drive uses several in one go: Delhi to Jaipur on NH48 passes four national highway plazas, so a return trip consumes eight crossings.

The pass makes little sense for someone who makes one or two long trips a year, and a great deal of sense for anyone who crosses the same national highway plaza most days. Remember that trips on state expressways do not count and are charged normally.