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I hope you all are aware about the UID card issued to disabled by Indian Government. I was told that using this card one can avail toll tax exemption on National Highways. I did get exempted on various cases using this card. But last Friday one of the toll collection officer said that only modified cars can avail this benefit and charged toll from me. After doing some research I found the below article which confirms terms mentioned by the officer. But my question is how can a visually impaired benefit from a modified car. Also what if the car is not in my name or its not a privately owned car, shouldn't I be eligible for this benefit? Request you to share your findings and feedback on this. Also share what is the solution for the same. Awaiting your positive reply. Pasting below the article I found. Toll Tax Exemption for Disabled Persons Did you know that disabled persons are exempted from paying toll tax on all the highways operated by the NHAI? There is a notification from the NHAI regarding this. Vehicles especially designed for the use by persons with disabilities are exempted from paying toll tax in India. This exemption is applicable at all toll plazas on all the highways operated by the National Highways Authority of India. Please note that the toll tax exemption is valid only for the vehicles modified for the use by a disabled person. Section 2(18) of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, defines such vehicles as "invalid carriage". So, your vehicle's RC must show the vehicle registered under the invalid carriage category. A disabled person traveling in a regular car shall have to pay the toll fee. The government amended rules to this effect and published the amendments in the Gazette of India on 08 June 2016. An NHAI notification about this change was issued on 13 June 2016 with circular number NHAI/CO/11//2016. As per the 2011 Census, 2 crore 68 lakh people in India have disability. But only a very small percentage of these people drive a vehicle. Introduction of measures like toll tax exemption and excise duty concession will help making persons with disabilities drive their own vehicles and become self-dependent. In practice, while seeking the toll tax exemption, the driver of the invalid carriage will have to show relevant documents. For example, RC showing registration of the vehicle as an invalid carriage. Showing these documents and convincing the toll booth operator takes time. As a result, the vehicle queue at toll plaza piles up. To resolve this, the government has moved a step forward. Now the government is providing free FASTag for the vehicle registered as invalid carriage. This tag allows you to zip through the toll booth in a matter a seconds. Should you have any question on this subject, please feel free to ask. Also, if you can contribute more information on this topic, please let us know. Sharing information is extremely important for the welfare of persons with disabilities. Thank you for connecting with WeCapable! Link of particular site https://wecapable.com/toll-tax-exemption-for-disabled-persons/ Best Regards, Sushmeetha B. Bubna │ Founder Director Voice Vision 103, Synthofine Estate,' A'- Wing, Off Aarey Road, Goregaon (E), Mumbai - 400 063. Work Phone: +91 22 40400000 │ Fax: +91 22 40400123 │ Hand Phone: +91 9820566010 Email: sushmee...@voicevision.in │ Web: www.voicevision.in Basudeo Bubna Memorial Trust │ Web: www.bubna.com Facebook www.facebook.com/voicevisionfans Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
