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GPS based toll collection system


Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways has said that the Government has finalised GPS-based(Global Positioning System) technology toll collection to ensure seamless movement of vehicles across the country.

About GPS based toll collection system 

  • Ministry: Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways
  • It will ensure India becomes ‘toll booth free’ in the next two years.
  • Toll amount will be deducted directly from the bank account based on the movement of vehicles. 
  • While now all commercial vehicles are coming with vehicle tracking systems, the Government will come up with some plan to install GPS technology in old vehicles.
  • The Minister expressed hope that the toll collections may reach Rs 34 thousand crore by March 2021. 
  • By using GPS technology for toll collection, the toll income in next five years will be Rs 1.34 lakh crore.
  • Government has been pushing for the mandatory use of FASTag at National Highways, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) based Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system, to avoid paying highway toll fees in cash. 
  • Implementation issues with the technology still persist, with truckers and motorists often stuck for hours at toll booths.
  • In order to address these issues, the NHAI is working with the Indian Highways Management Company Limited (IHMCL) and officials of 22 banks, to streamline the toll collection process. The implementation of the GPS-based tolling system is a step further, with the toll charge set to be deducted based on the movement of vehicles. 

 Global Positioning System (GPS) 

  • Satellite-based navigation system that consists of 24 orbiting satellites, each of which makes two circuits around the Earth every 24 hours. 
  • These satellites transmit three bits of information – the satellite’s number, its position in space, and the time the information is sent. 
  • These signals are picked up by the GPS receiver, which uses this information to calculate the distance between it and the GPS satellites.

Working

  • With signals from three or more satellites, a GPS receiver can triangulate its location on the ground (i.e. longitude and latitude) from the known position of the satellites. 
  • With four or more satellites, a GPS receiver can determine a 3D position (i.e. latitude, longitude, and elevation). 
  • In addition, a GPS receiver can provide data on your speed and direction of travel.

Applications  

  • Anyone with a GPS receiver can access the system. Because GPS provides real-time, three-dimensional Positioning, navigation, and timing 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all over the world, it is used in numerous applications, including GIS data collection, surveying, and mapping.
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