Toll Tax News: If you are also going to travel on the highway or are planning to travel, then there is important news for you. Recently a message is coming out in which it is being said that some people will get tax exemption from the government.
Toll Tax Rules: If you are also going to travel on the highway or are planning to travel, then there is important news for you. Recently a message is coming out in which it is being said that some people will get tax exemption from the government i.e. they will not have to pay toll tax.
Let us tell you whether the government is giving exemption in toll tax for some people or not…
PIB tweeted
PIB has written in its official tweet that a WhatsApp message is being claimed that journalists will get exemption on toll tax at all toll plazas in India, for which it will be necessary to show ID card.
एक #WhatsApp मैसेज में दावा किया जा रहा है कि भारत के सभी टोल प्लाजा पर पत्रकारों को टोल टैक्स पर मिलेगी छूट, जिसके लिए आईडी कार्ड दिखाना होगा आवश्यक#PIBFactCheck:
▶️यह दावा #फर्जी है
▶️@MORTHIndia ने ऐसा कोई आदेश नहीं दिया है
▶️अधिक जानकारी के लिए👇 https://t.co/gMqvYZPaly pic.twitter.com/wWseuIx3oy
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) November 15, 2022
The claim is completely fake
PIB has told after fact check that this claim is completely fake. No such order has been given by MORTHIndia.
Check official link
For more information about this, you can visit the official link https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/faqs_exemptions.pdf .
Who gets toll tax exemption?
PIB has shared a link, in which information has been given about who is exempted from toll tax in India. It includes the President of India, Prime Minister, Supreme Court and High Court judges, Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha speaker and MP etc. Along with this, ambulances and hearse vehicles are also exempted from toll tax.
You can also do a fact check
In the era of social media many times wrong news starts going viral. If you are in doubt about any news coming on your social media account or WhatsApp, then you can get fact checked through PIB. For this you have to visit the official link https://factcheck.pib.gov.in/ . Apart from this, you can send information on WhatsApp number 8799711259 or email : pibfactcheck@gmail.com .