Cash Payments at National Highway Fee Plazas Likely to be Discontinued from 1st April 2026

• NHAI (Ministry of Road Transport & Highways) to discontinue cash toll collection at all National Highway fee plazas; payments restricted to FASTag or UPI.
• Originally notified for 1 April 2026; actual rollout dated 10 April 2026.
• Caps a multi-year migration to Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) that began with FASTag mandate of Feb 2021.
• UPSC relevance: governance + digital public infrastructure (DPI) + infrastructure financing intersection.