By How to recharge your FASTag account using UPI & Bill Pay?
FASTag, through its Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, has revolutionised toll payments in the country by providing a convenient, cashless, and seamless payment experience across national and state highways. It helps reduce wait times at toll plazas, increasing convenience and fuel efficiency. In addition to toll plazas, FASTag is also being increasingly used at select parking plazas at malls, hospitals, and corporate parks across metro cities in India.
One of the best things about FASTag is that the process of offline and online FASTag recharge is just as seamless as the toll payments. There are various ways you can recharge your FASTag balance, including the FASTag app, at toll plazas, or by using the mobile banking app or netbanking platform of the bank which issued your tag.
Out of all these offline and online FASTag recharge methods, one of the most convenient ways to recharge your FASTag wallet is through UPI apps like Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, and more. Let’s take a closer look at the process of recharging your FASTag through UPI & Bill Pay.
How to recharge your FASTag balance using UPI & Bill Pay?
The process of recharging your FASTag balance through UPI is more or less the same across different UPI apps. Here we look at the specific process of recharging FASTag through three of the most commonly used UPI apps:
- Online FASTag recharge via Google Pay
Open the Google Pay app, click on Pay via UPI, enter your beneficiary address is NETC.RegisteredVehicleNumber@(name of issuer bank), enter the amount for recharge, verify the details, confirm and proceed for payment.
- Online FASTag recharge via BHIM
To recharge your FASTag through BHIM, open the BHIM app and click on ‘Send’. Enter your pre-defined NETC FASTag UPI ID in the format of netc.vehiclenumber@bankUPIhandle. Verify your FASTag details and enter the recharge amount.
- Online FASTag recharge via Paytm
Open the Paytm app, go to the ‘FASTag Recharge’ option, select your FASTag issuing bank, enter your vehicle registration number, and verify your FASTag details. Then, click on ‘Proceed’ and enter the amount you want to recharge for your FASTag online recharge. You can complete the payment using your debit card, credit card, Paytm wallet, or UPI.
- Online FASTag recharge via BBPS (Bill Pay)
Open your preferred payment app, click on Pay via Bill Pay, select Issuer bank’s name as Biller Name, enter amount you want to recharge, verify the details, confirm and procced to pay.
Wrapping up
It’s important to periodically check your FASTag balance online and recharge it to avoid excess toll payments and the hassle of cash transactions. Also note that if your FASTag wallet does not have sufficient balance, you will have to pay twice the toll amount as a penalty in cash. Hence, it’s prudent to always have sufficient balance.
If you are a full KYC FASTag holder, the maximum limit for recharge is as high as Rs 2 lakh. This makes it convenient for frequent highway travellers to recharge a lump sum amount, while others can choose to make frequent FASTag recharges through easy recharge options such as UPI.
