News: Gurugram Metro Seeks 0.5% Stamp Duty Surcharge-27-03-2026
Gurugram Metro Rail Limited (GMRL) has proposed an extra 0.5 percent surcharge on stamp duty for property transactions in the city, along with a 35 percent share of transit-oriented development (TOD) fees that the Haryana government collects for additional floor area ratio (FAR) on properties around 500-800 metres from metro alignments, officials said on Friday.
The measures could make buying property slightly costlier, but government officials said they are still being discussed. An official said the proposal for a metro cess was taken up on Friday at a committee meeting in Chandigarh chaired by chief secretary Anurag Rastogi.
Stamp duty in Gurugram is currently between 5 to 7 percent of property value, depending on location and buyer, with a 2 percent rebate for female buyers. A 2 percent cess is levied for infrastructure, split equally between the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) and the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA). A senior town and country planning official said it serves as a dedicated revenue stream for both agencies.
A senior GMRL official said the proposal is part of the metro’s approved detailed project report (DPR), which envisages revenue through value capture finance (VCF) from high-density mixed-use development along transit corridors. TOD revenue was estimated as a premium on sale of additional FAR in the TOD zone, and the 0.5 percent surcharge was proposed for revenue estimation in the TOD study.
Under the proposal, 35 percent of yearly projected VCF collections would go to the metro and the remaining 65 percent to expanding utility capacity around stations. GMRL has also asked that part of the revenue now collected by the town and country planning department, MCG or HSVP for extra FAR near the corridor be allocated to the project. The official said the metro needs these streams for financial viability and a decision is likely soon.
A senior Haryana government official at the meeting said the surcharge and related financial matters are at an initial stage. The finance and revenue departments will examine them, and a report will be sought from the department concerned before the state takes a call on what he called major policy decisions.
