New Delhi, June 19 -- The Union government is introducing a FASTag-based annual pass priced at Rs.3,000, from August 15 for private non-commercial vehicles in a move to facilitate cheaper, congestion-free highway travel. This pass has to be renewed every year from the date of activation or after 200 trips-whichever comes first. Officials said that every exit of toll stretches will be counted as one trip for all highways except controlled access expressways, for which the entire travel can be counted as one trip. The announcement comes at a time when the government has rolled out a pilot for ANPR (automatic number plate recognition) -based barrier-free tolling systems in select stretches, and a satellite-based highway toll collection system ...