To save toll tax, you have to show an official document as your residential proof. Only then you get this exemption.
There are currently around 1065 toll plazas in India
Whenever you pass through a national or state highway, there will be a toll plaza or toll gate on the way. To cross it, you have to pay a fixed amount, which is called toll tax. There are currently around 1065 toll plazas in India. These generate revenue of several thousand crores of rupees annually. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has made many strict rules for paying toll tax. However, toll tax is not taken from some special vehicles.
People living near toll plazas
If your house is within a radius of 20 kilometers from the toll plaza, then the National Highway Authority of India provides the facility of free toll passage. However, you have to prove it.
How can you save toll tax?
To save toll tax, you have to show any official document as your residential proof. Only then you get this exemption. If you are unable to show any such document. Then you have to pay toll.
Government vehicles get exemption
Central and state government official vehicles like police vehicles, ambulances, fire brigades do not have to pay toll tax. Along with this, vehicles of Indian Army, Navy and Air Force also do not have to pay toll tax. Not only this, NDRF vehicles engaged in relief and rescue work during disasters have also been kept free from toll tax.
Tax is not taken from bike riders
Bike riders do not have to pay toll tax in any toll tax. This is because two-wheelers are light and have less impact on the roads. Therefore, Fastag is not required for two-wheelers. Along with this, pedestrians also do not have to pay toll tax.
These special people have got relief from toll tax
Vehicles of some private people also do not have to pay toll tax. This list includes the President of India, Prime Minister, Chief Justice, Vice President, Governor of State, Cabinet Minister of the Union, Members of Parliament, Speaker of Lok Sabha, High Court and Supreme Court Judges, Union Minister of State, Chief Minister of State, Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory, Speaker of Legislative Assembly of a State, Army Commander, Vice Chief of Army Staff, Chief Secretary of a State Government within the concerned State, Members of Legislative Assembly of a State and foreign guests on state visit.
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