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Now I tried recharging the Fastag through my PhonePe. It asks for either the vehicle number of registered mobile number. On entering either of it, an error is thrown - Your Fastag details are currently unavailable.

However on searching my email, I saw an email which has provided a Wallet ID. Will parking an amount in this wallet tantamount to be a recharge?

Even if the Fastag recharge is successful, it is doubtful whether it will work at a toll plaza unless the KYC issue is sorted out. Would suggest to follow up regarding the KYC and get it completed.

There are two ways of recharging Fastag via UPI - one is through BBPS (Bill Pay > Recharge Fastag) and the other is via person-to-person money transfer using the VPA netc.vehiclenumber@issuingbank (eg: netc.KA01NK5678@paytm).

But if your KYC is incomplete and the issuing bank has halted recharge because of that, it is very unlikely that any method of recharging would work for you. You should get the KYC sorted out or shift to a different bank's Fastag.

My wife went to InOrbit Mall, Malad (Mumbai) today and there is parking charge of Rs. 60 which they deduct from Fastag. My car's Fastag is from IDFC First Bank and I can see the transaction in the statement online but I never got any SMS about the deduction.

But when I recharged the Fastag, I did get SMS from them. What gives?

My sisters MG ZS has the VIN of the car instead of the registration number in the Fast-tag. She was able to top up the account , but has never crossed a toll yet. Today for the first time, we are heading to the airport and was wondering if this will work with the VIN instead of the registration number?
If not, can we change the VIN to the reg number online?

My car (bought in 2018) has the VIN instead of the registration number (because I had a specific number requirement and that had a delay of about 1 month). I have been using it this way ever since - no problem so far. I recharge with netc.maj...(vin)@paytm and it all works seamlessly. It has gone through dozens of toll booths in all the South Indian states.

Having said that - there could be non-NPCI software that makes assumptions in this aspect. Yesterday my tag couldn't pay for parking at Shantiniketan Mall. Now that you mention it this could be the reason.

It should not be problem at the highway toll plaza. Most of new cars come with VIN instead of registration number as the dealer has tie up with tag providers to get the tag using VIN. But only annoying thing is to remember VIN number for any login or UPI recharge. Once you receive RC card, you could update registration number online or by visiting branch (depends on your tag provider so you can call customer care and check).

Not sure if this true.

FASTag system to end soon

Source

This is a long term vision and I don't think we are anywhere close to practical implementation. Sometimes news are also click bait :)

This has been going on for a while now (4 years: https://www.deccanherald.com/content...tem-delhi.html). I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Even if the project is ready to be rolled out all over India now, it will not obsolete Fastags immediately. A 100-rupee tag they might have had no trouble getting the bulk of vehicle owners to install; but when it comes to a much more expensive GPS sensor and associated data requirements etc. it might not be that easy for them.

It'd be a herculean task as is, now esp. so given the global semiconductor situation. I suspect this won't get off the ground at scale anytime soon.

You get the Fastag during vehicle registration. Once you get the registration certificate, you need to update the vehicle RC and a photo of the vehicle with the number plate installed, in updated in the issuer's system. Till then, it is the VIN that gets correlated to the Fastag.

And yes, I have same issue here. Vehicle used by wife who works in a bank and has not submitted these 2 documents to the issuer who is her own Bank, a different office in a different City.


This thread is 7 years old. Fastag is more than 3-4 years before that. And still not universal. Life of a vehicle is 15 years, right?

In a country where digital payments .... Aw that is politics. look at it this way - In all countries, there will be several People who don't want their movements tracked by their family.

It happened again. This time for a toll at Khed. 110 Rs deducted. Shall I cancel this Fast Tag? I have again applied for a refund. The turn around time is 30-40 days for the refund. Shall I go for another vendor or ask HDFC for a new tag cancelling the existing one?

Is there a method to withdraw what is there in the wallet other than by payment of toll? If so, please do it. My suggestion is to cancel the existing tag and get a new one. The tag has a serial number linked to your vehicle's VIN, and registration details. This has been messed up by HDFC. Since things are not frequent, this might be an innocent private car who might be wondering why he/ she is not getting any SMS. Or an outright fraud. I prefer to be defensive and presume the latter till proved otherwise.

And for my post just above, tried loading cash into the fasttag after 2 years. The Yono app wanted a copy of the PAN card, and uploading that was failing. After several attempts, and delay in travel, succeeded just as we were 1 car behind at the toll. In the meantime, Not knowing what to expect, had told wife who was driving to go to left most Lane, and we took out cash, suddenly, the card was read, and we sailed through. The registration number and fastag are not yet linked though, and we are unable to recharge through Google pay.

I actually have another Paytm fast tag which was not activated since at the time of the Fast tag getting mandatory HDFC was not responding quickly enough to activate my fast tag. Can I activate my Paytm Fast tag and cancel HDFC once activated?