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For the next 45 days, parking spaces in airports
it was intensive planning and railway stations as
at the minutest level well. The other use cases
(even doing away with are maintenance charge
flowers!) that resulted in for vehicles entering
a very successful event the forest areas, state
with participation of more border road check posts,
than 500 national and
international delegates. Green tax collection and
We also issued concept EV charging. Also under
note and EOI so that the evaluation is extending
deliberations on these FASTag to international
could be included in the vehicles entering India and
workshop. to congestion charges.
I think the biggest What are the policy
takeaway from the level initiatives
As an ardent learner, I always have workshop is the belief orchestrated by
that Indian GNSS journey
curiosity to learn new things, explore has kick-started in a IHMCL?
new avenues. Conducting stakeholder grand way and with a
One of the recent
consultations often brings innovative wider consensus on the initiatives by IHMCL is
ideas to our problems technology and transition.
The democratization One Vehicle One FASTag
of ideas will help each - it cleaned up the entire
Organising an international workshop stakeholder associated ecosystem and allowed
with it to add value to its enforcement through
on GNSS of a large dimension could journey. FASTag. IHMCL was also
have been challenging. What according instrumental in PoS policy
to you have been the main takeaways? IHMCL is going for issuer banks to bring

Yes, it was a challenging task when the Secretary, beyond tolling… transparency and efficiency
MoRTH, in meeting in April this year asked us to What is interesting is and remove malpractices
have wider consultation through a workshop. First that application of FASTag in FASTag issuance. Other
we thought of conducting it at a national level but has been extended to initiatives included ATMS
when we understood the interest of international different segments. It is Policy 2023 and SOPs
community to the Indian GNSS problem, we decided now used in parking plazas related to standardisation
to give the workshop an international flavour. and plans are on to include of toll plaza operations.

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