How to buy FASTag: Over 750 sales counters set up across India by Paytm Payments Bank

Paytm Payments Bank has set up multiple camps across the country to make it easy to buy FASTags and accelerate the adoption of electronic toll payments.

FASTag is a simple and reusable tag that works on the Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. It needs to be affixed on the vehicle’s windshield. Photo: Reuters

Paytm Payments Bank has set up multiple camps across the country to make it easy to buy FASTags and accelerate the adoption of electronic toll payments. While over 250 camps have been set up at toll plazas, another 500 have been arranged in corporate offices, residential societies and parking lots in the top 20 cities including Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Pune, Chennai and Jaipur.

The bank is further boosting the FASTags buy by deploying 3500 business correspondents in all the major cities and towns. It is already the largest issuer of FASTags in India and is further aiming to equip over 3 million vehicles with FASTags in the coming months. In addition to this, the bank is also the acquiring bank of more than 110 toll plazas in India and plans to acquire another 100 toll plazas in the coming year.

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The FASTag is a simple and reusable tag that works on the Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. It needs to be affixed on the vehicle’s windshield. Each tag is linked to a pre-paid wallet to facilitate instant automatic deduction of toll charges. Paytm Payments Bank has partnered with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) as a part of the National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC) program to allow easy zipping through highway tolls using the Paytm FASTag.

How to purchase Paytm FASTag online?
You can purchase Paytm FASTag for your vehicle here. For private vehicles, it costs Rs 500, out of which Rs 250 is for the security deposit, Rs 150 is the minimum balance that needs to be maintained and Rs 100 is the tag issuance cost. FASTag buy can also be done on the Paytm app.

The FASTag will be delivered at your doorsteps free of cost following your purchase. It will be activated post validation of RC scans submitted by you. Paytm FASTag can be recharged with your Paytm Wallet using UPI or your bank account.

With FASTag purchase, the user is entitled to receive a 2.5 per cent cashback on all NHAI toll transactions throughout FY2019-20. Moreover, the user can win a free movie ticket as well.

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