Annual Fastag: Preparation to bring quickly to commercial vehicles annually, Nitin Gadkari announced - Annual Fastag Pass for state transport buses and private vehicles Govt Mulls Plan

Updated: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 07:17 PM (IST) The central government is considering bringing the annual Fastag for buses for state transport companies and private commercial vehicles to facilitate public transport. In addition, there is a preparation to provide land to the groups of private bus operators on the banks of national highways at a discounted price. Jagran Bureau, New -Delhi. To facilitate public transport, the central government can also bring an annual Fastag for buses for state transport and private commercial vehicles. The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has begun with the importance of this large part of the transport service. Remove ad, read only the news, as well as the central government is ready to provide land to groups of private bus operators at a discounted price to develop facilities along the national freeways. Private buses talk about public transport, and are the biggest role in the country. 92 percent of the buses in the country, the private sector bus and car operators Confederation of India, say that 92 percent of private sector buses are from the private sector, which has about twenty million number. It is alleged that five lakh passengers travel per day per day, 2.40 crore passengers of railways, 1.15 crore passengers from Metro, while 40 crore passengers travel per agricultural. It contains 32 crore passengers in private buses. Despite the fact that it was such a large means of transport, complaints were made on the acquisition of sufficient facilities on behalf of the Confederation. On this, Union Minister Gadkari gave assurances that the way an annual fastag of three thousand rupees was started for private car drivers was considered the same kind of facility to provide state transport and private bus and taxi drivers. The organization conducted the study by the tropist that the vehicles transported are large, so their amount must be large. On this, the Union Minister said that a study was conducted by the ministry that how this facility could be given to benefit the operators of the transport service. In addition, the Union Minister said that he did not agree with the maximum speed restriction of commercial vehicles and the maximum speed limit of private vehicles. In the meetings of the transport ministers of the states, the center has often been said that uniformity should be brought about the speed restriction. The states have not agreed yet, but efforts are underway. Similarly, on the infrastructure for private vehicles, Gadkari also suggested that if the private bus operators apply by establishing a group such as FPO, the Ministry of Transport is ready to provide land against concession tariffs to the banks of national highways for road facilities. If such proposals emerge, the ministry will formulate a policy in this regard.