{"id":381204,"date":"2026-04-16T15:30:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=381204"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:14:51","slug":"national-highways-fee-determination-rates-collection-amendment-rules-2026-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/04\/16\/national-highways-fee-determination-rates-collection-amendment-rules-2026-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavier Loads, Higher Costs: Key Changes under Fourth Amendment to National Highways Fee Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">On 13 April 2026, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">MoRTH<\/span>) notified the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2026<\/span>, revising the framework governing overloading fees on National Highways.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">These Rules came into effect on <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">15 April 2026<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Highlights of National Highways Fee Fourth Amendment Rules 2026:<\/h2>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n<li>\n<p>The amendment Rules modify <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Rule 10<\/span> of the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Rule 10 has been <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">substituted<\/span>, introducing a revised mechanism for the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">levy and collection of fees on overloaded vehicles<\/span> using National Highways.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The amendment introduces a <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">graded fee system<\/span> based on the percentage of excess load over the maximum permissible GVW:<\/p>\n<table 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border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: middle; width: 55.02mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm;\">Up to 10%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: middle; width: 52.5mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm;\">No overloading fee<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: 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&times; base fee<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: middle; width: 55.02mm;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0mm;\">More than 40%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 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Payment Interface (UPI)<\/span>, or other notified digital payment systems.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Where a vehicle enters a National Highway <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">without a FASTag or with an invalid or non-functional FASTag<\/span>, the calculation of fee rates will be done under the provisions of Rule 6 (3), in addition to the overloading fee mechanism.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The amended provisions <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">do not automatically apply to private investment<\/span> highway projects executed prior to commencement, unless the concessionaire voluntarily agrees without seeking compensation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2026, published on 13-4-2026]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">MoRTH has notified the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and 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