Shri Nitin Gadkari says GNSS technology enhances navigation and positioning, playing a crucial role in modernizing toll collection systems, ensuring seamless travel, and reducing congestion on our roads

Shri Nitin Gadkari says GNSS technology enhances navigation and positioning, playing a crucial role in modernizing toll collection systems, ensuring seamless travel, and reducing congestion on our roads

To provide seamless and barrier-free tolling experience on National Highways, Indian Highways Management Company Limited (IHMCL), a company promoted by NHAI organised a day-long international workshop in New Delhi on ‘Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) based Electronic Toll Collection in India’. The international workshop provided a unique platform to both industry and global experts to deliberate various aspects related to smooth implementation of the free-flow tolling system based on GNSS technology in India.
 
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Shri Ajay Tamta, Union Minister of State, MoRTH; Shri Harsh Malhotra,Union Minister of State, MoRTH & Corporate Affairs; Shri Anurag Jain, Secretary, MoRTH; Shri Santosh Kumar Yadav, Chairman NHAI; Shri Vishal Chauhan, Member (Administration) NHAI & CMD IHMCL; Shri S.P. Singh, Joint Secretary (Logistics) MoRTH and senior officials from Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, NHAI, IHMCL along with international industry experts from the US and Europe and representatives from IITs, NIC, NPCI, C-DAC, HOA(I), NHBF, IRF, SIAM, Financial institutions and leading global technology companies were present on the occasion.

📍 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑫𝒆𝒍𝒉𝒊

Addressed the International Workshop on 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 🛰 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 (𝐆𝐍𝐒𝐒) based 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚🇮🇳 in New Delhi today.

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Multiple panel discussions were held at the daylong workshop, where varied industrial and technical professionals along with global GNSS experts deliberated upon different aspects that included On-Board Units (OBU), Commercial vehicles and NH fee rules, Toll Charger Software, Role of issuer entity and Essentials of road infrastructure for successful implementation of multi-lane free flow Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) based Electronic Toll Collection in India.