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A social media post making such a claim went viral in past few days. The Press Information Bureau (PIB) busted the claims which linked it to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
A social media post attributed to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari regarding toll taxes has been debunked. The viral post claimed that travel on national highways would not incur tolls if returned within 12 hours. The social media post came at a time when Gadkari has promised to change the national highway toll system. The claims were recently debunked by the Press Information Bureau, which stated that the viral social media post was a hoax.
The social media post said, “You will not have to pay any toll tax on the return journey if you can return within 12 hours during your journey as per the order of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.” PIB called the post fake citing National Highways Fee Rules 2008.
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According to the National Highways Fee Rules 2008, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) collects toll fees at its plazas across the country. The toll tax on any particular stretch of National Highway is collected in accordance with the notification published in the Official Gazette of the Centre. The fees are collected in accordance with the ‘provisions of the National Highways (collection of Fees by Any Person for the Use of Section of National Highways /Permanent Bridge /Temporary Bridge on National Highways) Rules, 1997; and the National Highways (Rate of Fee) Rules, 1997, and the respective contract agreement’, according to the rules.
It is also not true that people who live within 20 kilometres of a toll plaza will not have to pay toll taxes. No one is exempt from paying the toll fee under the rules. However, if the vehicle is personal and based within 20 kilometres of the toll plaza, it allows unlimited trips through the toll plaza against a monthly pass. It also comes with the condition that the vehicle has no other option for avoiding the national highway.
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Nitin Gadkari recently stated that his ministry is months away from reforming the national highway toll collection system. In Parliament, Gadkari stated that his ministry will remove all toll plazas from the country within the next six months. He stated that in the future, toll fees will be collected based on the actual distance travelled on a National Highway using a GPS system installed in a car or computerised number plates.
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