11th March, 2003
Ministry of Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation  


STAMP DUTY TO BE RATIONALISED


LOK SABHA

Rationalisation of stamp duty all over the country to not more than 5% by the end of Xth Plan is sought to be taken up as an urban reform measure which has been included in the draft Memorandum of Agreement circulated by Central Government to the State Governments under Urban Reforms Incentive Fund.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation Shri Pon Radhakrishnan in a written reply to a question by Smt. Jayashree Banerjee and Shri Suresh Ramrao Jadhav in Lok Sabha today.