{"id":124991,"date":"2024-08-01T19:19:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T13:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=124991"},"modified":"2024-08-01T19:29:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T13:59:14","slug":"new-fastag-rules-effective-august-1-mandatory-kyc-updates-and-replacement-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=124991","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;New FASTag Rules Effective August 1: Mandatory KYC Updates and Replacement Guidelines&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-124908\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/New-Logo-Smal-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"46\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">S<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">tarting from Thursday, August 1, several new rules for <a href=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=41534\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FASTag<\/a> have come into effect. Strict policies have been implemented regarding KYC. To streamline the toll payment process and reduce traffic congestion at toll booths, the central government introduced the electronic toll collection system in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_124993\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124993\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/New FASTag Rules Effective August 1\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-124993 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/112170450.webp\" alt=\"New FASTag Rules Effective August 1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/112170450.webp 1280w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/112170450-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/112170450-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/112170450-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/112170450-750x422.webp 750w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/112170450-1140x641.webp 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>New FASTag Rules Effective August 1<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">According to the new guidelines issued by the National Payment Corporation of India, updating KYC for FASTag is mandatory. The process started on August 1st. All vehicle drivers and FASTag providers must comply with these guidelines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As per NPCI&#8217;s directive, FASTag providers need to update the KYC of all FASTags issued 3 to 5 years ago by October 31. Customers are instructed to update their KYC within the specified timeframe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">From August 1st to October 31st, FASTag service providers must comply with all terms and conditions set by the National Payment Corporation of India. Companies are required to issue a new FASTag with updated KYC for FASTags that are more than five years old, replacing them with FASTags issued within the last three to five years. To ensure a smooth process, drivers are instructed to update their KYC by October 31st.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Get to know the new FASTag rules effective from August 1:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8211; FASTag must be replaced every five years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8211; KYC update is mandatory for FASTags issued 3 to 5 years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8211; The registration number must be updated within 90 days of purchasing the vehicle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8211; The vehicle&#8217;s registration number and chassis number must be linked with the FASTag.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting from Thursday, August 1, several new rules for FASTag have come into effect. Strict policies have been implemented regarding KYC. To streamline the toll payment process and reduce traffic congestion at toll booths, the central government introduced the electronic toll collection system in 2019. According to the new guidelines issued by the National Payment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"0","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[27813,27805,27786,27802,27794,27791,27812,27788,27806,27785,27803,27784,27797,27800,27807,27792,27795,27808,27787,27804,27790,27796,27801,27789,27809,27810,27798,27811,27799,27793],"class_list":["post-124991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assam","tag-august-1-fastag-rules","tag-central-government-fastag-rules","tag-electronic-toll-collection","tag-electronic-toll-system","tag-fastag-chassis-number-link","tag-fastag-compliance","tag-fastag-effective-date","tag-fastag-guidelines","tag-fastag-kyc-timeframe","tag-fastag-kyc-update","tag-fastag-mandatory-kyc","tag-fastag-new-rules","tag-fastag-policy-changes","tag-fastag-providers-guidelines","tag-fastag-registration-update","tag-fastag-replacement","tag-fastag-service-providers","tag-fastag-terms-and-conditions","tag-fastag-toll-payment","tag-fastag-update-process","tag-kyc-update-deadline","tag-national-payment-corporation-of-india","tag-new-fastag-issuance","tag-npci-fastag-directive","tag-replacing-old-fastag","tag-streamlined-toll-payment","tag-toll-booth-congestion-reduction","tag-traffic-congestion-solution","tag-vehicle-drivers-fastag-compliance","tag-vehicle-registration-update"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/124992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}