Stamp duty relief for women; Tata centres in 121 polytechnics

{ YOGI CABINET CLEARS 37 PROPOSALS

- HT Correspondent

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to extend 1% exemption in stamp duty to women registering property valued up to Rs 1 crore.

As of now, the exemption, capped at Rs 10,000, was limited to property worth Rs 10 lakh only. With this revision, women will now be eligible for up to Rs 1 lakh rebate on property registration.

Tata technology centres to be set up in 121 polytechnics

Chaired by chief minister Yogi Adityanath, the cabinet meeting cleared 37 out of 38 proposals, including a plan to upgrade 121 government polytechnic institutes with the help of Tata Technologies Limited (TTL). An investment of Rs 6,935.86 crore will be made towards machines and equipment. TTL will contribute 87% of the cost (Rs 6,034.20 crore), while the state will bear the remaining Rs 1063.96 crore, minister for labour and employment Anil Rajbhar and minister for technical education Ashish Patel told media persons. Additionally, Rs 858.11 crore will be spent on civil infrastructure, with 45 institutes to be upgraded in the first phase.