National Electronic Toll Collection Program

Cash mode of Toll Payments

Alternate ETC Technologies
Smart Cards +
OBU LNPR GPS

ADVANTAGES ADVANTAGES ADVANTAGES

• Can be extended to other use
cases due to smart card
capabilities.
• Flexibility of Payment
mechanism, Any card/Any
OBU
• Free Flow lanes.
• Flexibility of Payment
mechanism.
• Link to Account
• Free Flow lanes.
• Eliminates heavy investments
in toll infrastructures
• System Efficiency not affected
by environmental conditions.

DISADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

• Expensive as OBU cost are
very high
• Higher cost Operation- Image
storage/manual audit
• Enforcements without central
database & standard LNP
• Reduced accuracy as no
plates are not standard
• Expensive GPS unit
• Excessively high installation,
running and maintenance cost
• Careful handling, requirement
of extra power and other
accessories
NETC FASTag (RFID) Technology

5
Essentials of
ETC System

Vehicle Identification Connectivity

Vehicle Classification Violation Processing

Transaction Processing

Reliable & Identifies Simple and Ease to

Faster Reading Rate Vehicle Uniquely
Cost Effective
Use.
NETC Stakeholders

 National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)

 Indian Highway Management Company

Issuer/ Acquirer
Banks
Limited (IHMCL)

 National Payments Corporation of India

(NPCI)

 Issuer Member

Concessioners  Acquirer Member

Plaza Operators
System Integrators
 Concessioners /Plaza Operator/SI
NETC Lane
Various device installed at ETC Lane

 NETC tag Reader- It is a device installed at Toll Plaza that is

used to read information from the NETC tag which is affixed
on the vehicle. The RFID reader transmits a signal in the
form of EM (Electromagnetic) waves.

 Weight-in-motion (WIM) - These devices are designed to

capture and record vehicle weight. Vehicle separators are
used to distinguish between the automobiles aligned in
queue.

 Automatic Vehicle Classification (AVC) - It is an alternative

system which is used by toll plaza operator to identify the
vehicle class. Usually an infrared profiler is used to generate
the vehicle profile which in turn is matched with the pre-
defined or standard vehicle profiles.

 Image Capturing Cameras - It is used to capture the image

of vehicles passing through the ETC lane. This image will be
used to resolve any disputes raised by the customers or toll
plaza operator.
NETC Architecture

NRCS

The ETC Payment System consists of the following parties: -

• IHMCL- Manages the FASTag program, Toll Plazas, System Integrators, concessionaire etc.
• Issuer Banks - Issuer Bank issues the NETC Tag to their customers (Vehicle Owner) and link the tag to their bank account for deduction of toll fare.
• NPCI – NPCI facilitates NETC transaction & settlement between Issuer & Acquirer bank.
• Acquirer Banks - Bank acquires the Toll Plaza for facilitating toll transaction & settle the payment to concessioners.
• Concessioners/ Toll Plaza Operators –They provides infrastructure for acceptance of NETC Tag at ETC Lane.
NETC Transaction Flow – Online Txn
LEG 1 Whenever the vehicle passes through the ETC lane of
the Toll Plaza, the Toll Plaza system captures the FASTag
details like (Tag ID, TID, Vehicle class, etc.) and sends it to the
Acquiring bank for processing
LEG 4 After successful validation of Tag ID from NETC
Mapper, acquirer host calculates the appropriate toll fare
and initiate a debit request to NETC system.
LEG 7 NETC system will notify the response to acquirer host.
LEG 2 The Acquiring bank sends a request to the NETC
Mapper to validate the tag details
LEG 5 NETC System will switch the debit request
to the respective issuer bank for debiting the
account of the customer.
LEG 8 Acquirer host will notify to respective toll plaza
system.
LEG 3 Once the Tag ID is validated, NETC Mapper
responds with details like Vehicle class, VRN, Tag Status
etc. If the Tag ID is absent in NETC Mapper, it will respond
that the Tag ID is not registered.
LEG 6 Issuer host shall debit the linked tag holder account and
sends a SMS alert to the tag holder. The Issuer host shall send the
response message to NETC system. If the response is not sent within
the defined TAT, the transaction are considered as Deemed Accepted.
NETC FASTag Customer Benefits

Go Digital
NETC Business Benefits

No Revenue Leakages Monitoring of Revenue & 100% Contactless and 100%

Reporting Hygienic

Near Real Time More Cars can visit as lower entry

Settlement Process and exit time
 For all new vehicles For toll payments For all four-wheelers
sold since December since December 2019 from January 1, 2021
2017

FASTag has been made mandatory to purchase third party insurance

from April 2021
 NETC Business Insight

1237 66.18 10 170 36 137

Live Toll Plazas Million FASTag Million Transactions Billion Value of Live Member Parking Plazas
Across NH, SH & CH Issued per day Transactions per Banks
day *Data as on February 2023
Contactless Parking Solution
Customer Journey
1 Vehicle enters the entry gate
NETC Tag Reader 2 Reader reads the Tag
3 Camera captures the image of the vehicle
LED Display 4 Tag validation displayed on the board
NETC FASTag
5 Boom barrier opens
Image Capturing Cameras 6 Vehicle enters and parks

Boom Barrier
Entry

1 Vehicle moves towards exit gate

2 Reader reads the Tag
3 Camera captures the image of the vehicle NETC Tag Reader
4 Fare displayed on the board
5 Boom barrier opens Image Capturing Cameras
6 Vehicle exits the parking lot
NETC FASTag
7 SMS Sent to customer for transaction debit

Exit Boom Barrier

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