Has the Central Govt Announced GPS-Based Tolling System From 1 May? A Fact-Check

Ministry of Road Transport & Highways clarified that no such decision has been taken.

Fact-Check | The claim of India shifting to a GPS-based toll system from 1 May is false.

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A post is doing the rounds on social media platforms with a claim that the central government will soon be launching a GPS-based toll system from 1 May, which would replace the FASTag system.

An archive of the post can be found here.

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The above post had gained over five thousand views on the platform at the time of writing this report. Archives of similar such claims can be found here, here, and here.

What is the truth?: The claim is false. The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) has clarified that no such decision has been taken regarding the nationwide implementation from 1 May.

How did we find that out?: We performed a keyword search on Google and found a release shared by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) on 18 April.

• It carried a clarification that mentioned no such decision to replace the existing FASTag-based toll collection system with a Satellite-based Tolling system nationwide from 1 May has been taken.

• MoRTH, in its statement, further said, "In order to enable seamless, barrier-free movement of vehicles through toll plazas and reduce travel time ‘ANPR-FASTag-based Barrier-Less Tolling System’ will be implemented at selected toll plazas."

The release was shared on 18 April.

(Source: PIB/Screenshot)

Conclusion: It is evident that the viral claim is false as the Indian government has not taken any such decision.

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