Friends Pasting a useful posting from George which did not get to the list. I guess a printable copy of this notification would be available at Eyeway portal.
Regards Harish Kotian Quoting: From: The Secretary, National Highway Authority of India, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, New Delhi. . To: The Chief Secretary All the States grid Union territories of India. Sub: Exempt/ .1n from toll tax at all toll barriers - country wide for: a) Armed Forces (serving and retired) & their family members b) Physically Disabled (Physically Challenged) Sir, After careful consideration the ministry of Road Transportation has formulated the guidelines for the above categories of personnel and has recommended that the following categories be completely exempted from toll tax at all the toll tax barriers through out Indio. 1. All the member of regular armed forces, (Army, Navy, Air Force). 2. Members of Territorial Army and NCC when moving on duty. 3. Family members of regular and irregular Armed forces personnel, when accompanying them. as well as carriages and animals when moving under military authorization. 4.All the vehicles/personnel accompanying the Armed forces personnel as a group 5. All the Physically Disabled persons having disability greater than 4&70 (carrying certificates of disability) 6. Vehicle carrying a Physically Disabled person / persons. Further action into the matter may please be taken and all concerned authorities may please be briefed for implementation of the above order effectively at the grass root level to reach the beneficiaries, It may please be noted that the above guidelines are to be followed strictly in true letter and spirit to ensure that none of the people mentioned above face any hardship / harassment at the toil barriers country wide - as has been reported by newspapers). Any violation of the above by the contractors / staff manning the toll barriers would be viewed seriously and very stringent action would be taken - (may even lead to cancellation of the contract.) Sd/- Secretary, National Highway Authority Endorsed - copy of Govt. order No Notification no: NH - 11065 / 12 / 2003 - P & M (14 Dec, 2003) order - Govt. of India, New Delhi. On the subject cited above. ________________________________ Caution: The Reserve Bank of India never sends mails, SMSs or makes calls asking for personal information such as your bank account details, passwords, etc. It never keeps or offers funds to anyone. Please do not respond in any manner to such offers, however official or attractive they may look. Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in 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..