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02/09/22 13:47 PM IST

Global Navigation Satellite System-Based Tolling

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  • The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), organized a stakeholder consultation workshop on Global Navigation Satellite (GNSS) based tolling in India.
About the Workshop 
  • The main objective of the day-long workshop was to seek input and suggestions from various industry experts and stakeholders on different aspects of the GNSS-based tolling system.
  • Also, this workshop will work as a  guide to help strategies and design the future roadmap for free flow rolling systems in India based on GNSS technology.
  • Various stakeholders were invited for deliberations on GNSS based tolling system including government departments, ISRO, NIC, and industry players such as Vehicle Manufactures, AIS-140 On-Board Unit (OBU) manufacturers, Global GNSS service providers, Banks, and Payment Aggregators/Gateway service providers. 
NHAI 
  • The National Highway Authority of India or NHAI is an autonomous agency of the Government of India which was set up in 1995.
  • NHAI is responsible for the management of a network of over 50,000 km of National Highways out of the 1,32,499km in India. It is a nodal Agency of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
Source- PIB 

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