NHAI Launches Digital Local Pass and MargMitra Help Centre on RajmargYatra App
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) introduced a Digital Local Pass and the MargMitra Help Centre on its RajmargYatra app. Commuters living near toll plazas can now buy Local Passes online without visiting the plaza, while MargMitra offers FASTag support, complaint tracking and other highway services in 22 Indian languages. The move aims to make toll-related services more convenient and reduce congestion and disputes at toll booths.
Key Facts & Details
8 points- 1The NHAI launched a Digital Local Pass on the RajmargYatra app.
- 2Commuters near toll plazas can buy local passes online without visiting the plaza.
- 3The MargMitra Help Centre offers FASTag support and complaint tracking.
- 4Services are available in 22 Indian languages.
- 5The aim is smoother toll services and less congestion at booths.
Deep Dive
- +Local passes offer discounted tolls to residents living close to a toll plaza.
- +FASTag is India's electronic toll-collection system using RFID.
- +Digitising toll services supports faster, cashless highway travel.
Exam Focus
On which app did the NHAI launch the Digital Local Pass and MargMitra Help Centre?
Exam Relevance & Angle
Digital-governance and highway-service initiatives, and NHAI's tools like FASTag and RajmargYatra, are testable infrastructure and governance general awareness.
Target Exams
Background & Context
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) builds and manages national highways and runs electronic tolling through FASTag. Residents living near a toll plaza are entitled to discounted local passes; digitising these on the RajmargYatra app removes the need to queue at the plaza. The MargMitra help centre consolidates highway assistance — FASTag issues, complaints and queries — into one multilingual interface.
Test Yourself
1 / 2The Digital Local Pass and MargMitra Help Centre were launched by the NHAI on which app?
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