National Highways Fee Rules, 2026 Amended to Strengthen Toll Compliance and Digital Enforcement

• National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) (Second Amendment) Rules, 2026 notified by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) to digitally enforce toll recovery on NHs.
• Creates statutory definition and recovery process for "unpaid user fee", plugging revenue leakage as India moves to barrier-free / Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling.
• UPSC relevance: Infrastructure (GS-III), e-governance (GS-II), Motor Vehicles regulation, and FASTag/GNSS ecosystem.