The Union Government has earned an amount of Rs 1.44 lakh crore from different toll plazas set up on the various national highways across the country.
Replying to a question from Congress member Charanjit Singh Channi in Lok Sabha, the Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari said that an amount of 1.44 lakh crore rupees have been collected as the user fee at fee plazas presently operational under Public Private Partnerships (PPP) model on National Highways since December 2000.
Regarding the questions of whether there is any fixed timeline for the implementation and abolition of toll tax and details of tolls that are still operational despite being abolished, the Minister said that the user fee at fee plazas on National Highways are collected as per NH Fee Rules, 2008 and its amendment thereof.
Giving reasons for imposing additional toll tax, if the Road Tax is already collected during the purchase …