Stamp duty on sale transactions of all kinds of immovable properties, including agricultural land, will be reduced from 7.5% to
6%.The Karnataka Stamp (Second Amendment) Bill 2009 was ratified by the legislative assembly to give effect to the changes in stamp duty. Chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, in his budget speech in March this year, had announced reduction of stamp duty on sale transactions of all kinds of immovable properties, including agricultural land.

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