Exemption of stamp duty for women
Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Jan 30: Former MLA Kulgam and senior CPI (M) leader, Mohd Yousuf Tarigami has said that the decision of Governor’s Administration to reverse the previous Government’s order of exempting women from paying stamp duty on registration of land, is unjust and the Governor must reconsider it.
In a press statement issued here today, Tarigami said the previous PDP-BJP Government had taken this small step of exemption for women from paying stamp duty on registration of land, which was a huge relief for women. By this decision, not only the property was being purchased in the name of women, but it was also giving some relief to poor people as they would be exempted from paying the stamp duty on purchase of property.
He said instead of doing something for the women empowerment, the Governor’s Administration revoked the previous Government’s decision which is not just. He said a large number of people in order to save stamp duty were preferring to get registration of properties done in the name of women. It is high time that the Governor’s Administration reconsiders its decision. He said there is strong resentment among the masses and specially the woman again this order of the Governor.
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