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Women get 1% stamp duty concession on property up to ₹1 crore

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Battle IAS UP current affairs title card: Women get 1% stamp duty concession on property up to ₹1 crore (, 22 July 2025)

What happened

  • The Cabinet extended the stamp duty concession on deeds in favour of women: a 1 per cent concession will apply on deeds valued up to ₹1 crore. [UP Cabinet]

Background

  • The aim is to encourage property registration in women’s names. [UP Cabinet]

Why it matters

  • Property in women’s names improves their bargaining power at home and access to credit.

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How to use this in Mains

GS-VI women's economic empowerment

  1. Property in women's names improves their bargaining power at home and access to credit.
Quotable data point

The Cabinet extended the stamp duty concession on deeds in favour of women: a 1 per cent concession will apply on deeds valued up to ₹1 crore [UP Cabinet].

UP Information Dept: Cabinet decisions, 22 July 2025 (Hindi PDF)

Exam angle

UPPCS

GS-VI: women's economic empowerment.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPPCS

Stamp duty concession for women in UP (July 2025) covers deeds up to

Answer (c) & explanation

Source: as cited in this article.

Official source: UP Information Dept: Cabinet decisions, 22 July 2025 (Hindi PDF)

facts from cited sources only; numbers machine-checked against source text; faculty review pending