Amendments to National Highways Fee Rules, 2008

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) has come up with couple of amendments to National
Highways Fee (Determination of Rules and Collection) Rules, 2008. The changes in these amendments, as per our
understanding, are:

Particulars As per Original Notification Amendment

December 2010 Amendment
Eligibility of The rate of fee for use of a section of national
Two Lane highway, having two lanes and on which the
Roads for average investment for up gradation has
Tolling exceeded rupees one crore per kilometer,
shall be sixty per cent of the rate of fee.
The rate of fee for use of a section of national
highway, having two lanes and on which the
average investment for up gradation has
exceeded rupees two crore and fifty lakh per
kilometer, shall be sixty per cent of the rate of
fee.

Additional Toll Bypasses with cost more than 50 crores were
Rates for eligible for cost based toll rates
Bypasses
WPI to be Week ending January1st of current year
considered for (Calendar)
toll escalation
January 2011 Amendment
Toll Rates for 3- 3-axle Trucks were to be charged under
axle Trucks MAVs. MAV was defined as heavy
construction machinery or earth moving
equipment or mechanical vehicle including a multi
axle vehicle with three to six axles or vehicle with
a gross vehicle weight exceeding twenty thousand
kilograms but less than sixty thousand kilogram
Bypasses with cost more than 10 crores are
eligible for additional toll rates. However, the
additional toll rates are not based on the cost of
bypass but are 50% more than per kilometer
toll rates given in 2008 notification
For the month of December of previous year
(Calendar)
A separate toll category has been created for 3-
axle trucks with substantially less toll rates. The
per kilometer toll rate for 3-axle Truck is Rs.
2.4 whereas for 2-axle Truck it is Rs. 2.2. (The
toll rate for 3-axle Truck was Rs. 3.45 per
kilometer)
Similarly, New toll rates are given for 3-axle
Trucks for Bridges/Tunnels.

3-axle Truck is defined as a mechanical vehicle

having 3-axles (including the axle of the trailer,
if any) and with gross vehicle weight, of less
than 25,000 kilograms.

MAV is now defined as heavy construction

machinery or earth moving equipment or mechanical
vehicle including a multi axle vehicle with four to six
axles or vehicle with a gross vehicle weight
exceeding twenty five thousand kilograms but less
than sixty thousand kilogram

Local Were not available. Are now provided, as given below:

Concessions for
Commercial A person , who owns a commercial vehicle
Vehicles (excluding vehicle plying under National
Permit), registered with address on the

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Particulars As per Original Notification Amendment
Registration Certificate of a Particular district
uses such vehicle for commuting on a section of
the National Highway, permanent bridge,
tunnel or bypass, as the rule may be, which is
located within that district, shall be levied user
fee on all toll plazas which are located within
that district, at the rate of fifty percent of
prescribed rate of fee.

Provided that no such concession will be given,

if the service road or alternative road is available
for use by such commercial vehicles.

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