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Maharashtra To Resume Online Property Registration And Stamp Duty

The move was base don directives of a cabinet sub-committee headed by deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar.

Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) low-cost residential buildings stand in the Kurla area of Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) low-cost residential buildings stand in the Kurla area of Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)

The Maharashtra government has decided to resume online registration and stamp duty of sale and purchase of properties, as per directives of a cabinet sub-committee headed by deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar.

It was also decided that 25 percent of district plan, tribal and Scheduled Caste sub-plan funds will be earmarked for the health sector during 2020-21, officials said.

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“Personnel serving in essential services like health, medical education, police administration and home guards should get their pending wages immediately. If industrialists ensure they will take care of their workers’ accommodation and health in rural areas and industrial estates of MIDC, such industrial units can be reopened,” they said.

The state disaster management authority should take an appropriate decision as per Central government guidelines, and the meeting also decided to start Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act works in rural areas.