Stamp duty waived on 50 sq yard urban, 100 sq yard rural plots in Haryana

Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini today announced that no stamp duty will be charged on the registration of residential plots up to 50 square yards in urban areas and up to 100 square yards in rural areas allotted under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Mukhyamantri Shahri Awas Yojana and Mukhyamantri Gramin Awas Yojana.

The CM was responding to a calling attention motion moved by the Opposition on the issue of collector rate hikes in the Vidhan Sabha.

Refuting the allegations, Saini said: “The Opposition is unsuccessfully trying to mislead the public. Between 2004-05 and 2014, during their rule, collector rates increased on an average by 25.11% annually. Under our government (2014-2025), the increase has been only 9.69%.”

Stamp duty rates unchanged since 2008

The CM clarified that since 2008, stamp duty has been levied at 7% (including 2% development fee) for men and 5% for women. “These rates remain unchanged. No new tax on registration has been introduced by our government,” he added.

Saini further took a dig at the Opposition, saying that the real issue was not collector rates but people who use black money in land deals to evade stamp duty. “The Opposition should stand up for the poor and underprivileged, not those who profit through illegitimate means,” he said.

Relief on Gaushala land

He also announced that stamp duty on the purchase and sale of Gaushala land, earlier reduced to 1% in 2019, has now been fully waived in 2025.

Data-driven collector rates revision

Explaining the revision of collector rates, Saini said it was a routine, transparent exercise done annually in line with prevailing market prices. He pointed out that even during Congress rule, rates had been revised regularly, with annual hikes ranging between 10% and 300% across districts from 2004-05 to 2013-14.

The CM said collector rates had been raised by only 10% in 72% of the state’s 2,46,812 segments. “This process is based on a rational, data-driven formula. The top 50% of property registries in each segment were analysed, and where registry value was 200% higher than the collector rate, the maximum increase applied was 50%,” he explained.