The visitors from SAARC countries will have to pay Rs 740 instead of Rs 540.
The new ticketing system will help reduce the human load on the main structure.
Visitors who buy the Rs 50 ticket would not be allowed to enter the main mausoleum but would be able to move around the Taj and see the rear side, the Yamuna riverfront at the back.
The Taj Mahal is considered one of the finest specimen of the Mughal architecture.
In 1983, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was cited as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage.