Collection and Fastag Adoption

• FASTag is India's RFID-based Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system run under the National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC) programme on National & State Highways.
• Penetration has crossed 98% of user-fee collection on NHs with 11.86 crore FASTags issued by Dec 2025 — making it a flagship digital-payments-meets-infrastructure case study.
• Examinable for both Prelims (numbers, ministry, enabling rules) and GS-III Mains (infrastructure, digital governance, logistics cost).