[Chd,Haryana] Congress Demands Withdrawal Of Hike in 65 Stamp Duty
Randeep Singh Surjewala has demanded immediate withdrawal of “steep hike” in 65 types of stamp duty services in Haryana.
He said recently “massive hike” has been effected in
agreement deed,
power of attorney and partnership deed.
“By effecting massive hike in the stamp duty rates for 65 types of deeds
This, the MLA from Kaithal claimed, was due to fallacious policies of the BJP governments at the state and the Centre.
Notably, the Indian Stamp (Haryana Amendment) Bill, 2018 was passed by the state Assembly recently to revise the rates of stamp duty of small denominations fixed since 1967.
Congress Spokesperson Surjewala said the Khattar government has imposed a massive 267 per cent increase in partnership deed stamp duty while increasing it from Rs 3.75 to Rs 1,000 and 889 per cent increase in stamp duty for agreement deeds by increasing it from Rs 2.25 to Rs 2,000.
“Similarly, the stamp duty for power of attorney has been increased by 333 per cent by increasing this duty from Rs 300 to Rs 1,000. For power of attorney, a person will now have to shell out Rs 100 instead of Rs 37.50,”