News: Haryana Cabinet: Rs 500 Stamp Duty for EWS Homes, Tax-Free EVs-28-07-2026
Haryana’s Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, took decisions on July 28 spanning affordable housing, industry, governance, welfare and electric mobility.
Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban 2.0, Economically Weaker Section (EWS) beneficiaries buying eligible dwelling units up to 60 square metres will pay just Rs 500 stamp duty and Rs 500 registration fee per conveyance deed. Today stamp duty is 5 per cent plus 2 per cent additional duty, with slab-based registration fees; the government said the change eases the burden and supports "Housing for All". The Cabinet also approved Haryana Abadi Deh (Vesting, Recording and Resolving of Ownership Rights) Act, 2025 rules for legal ownership records of Lal Dora properties, with a transparent route to settle ownership and disputes, and gave in-principle approval to a formula-based property tax assessment system for urban local bodies replacing the 2013 mechanism, with exemptions for religious institutions, government schools and hospitals, agricultural properties and other categories.
New electric two-, three- and four-wheelers priced up to Rs 30 lakh get a 100 per cent motor vehicle tax exemption, pricier ones 50 per cent, and CNG vehicles keep their 20 per cent rebate. Non-transport vehicles up to Rs 20 lakh registered in women’s names earn a one per cent rebate.
The Haryana Progressive MSME and Export Promotion Policy 2026, billed as the state’s most comprehensive for micro, small and medium enterprises, has 60 initiatives targeting Rs 55,000 crore of manufacturing investment, over five lakh jobs and doubled exports in five years, using capital and interest subsidies, credit support, export assistance, common infrastructure, technology adoption and sustainability measures.
The draft Haryana Local Audit Bill, 2026 sets a statutory framework for independent audits of local bodies and institutions receiving public funds; the Local Audit Department could issue surcharge notices, seek records and report to the State Legislature within fixed timelines.
Legal heirs of those dying unnaturally in police custody, through torture, suicide, detainee quarrels or police negligence, get Rs 7.5 lakh; natural deaths, illness, escape attempts and natural disasters are excluded, and in torture cases at least half is recovered from guilty officials’ salaries.
Haryana domicile ex-Agniveers get 20 per cent horizontal reservation as Fire Operator-cum-Driver, Wildlife Guard, and Constable in the Indian Reserve Battalion and State Disaster Response Force. Patwari training shrinks from 18 months to one year, trainees get a regular salary instead of a stipend, and post-training pay improves. The Health Department adds 22 Senior Radiology Officer posts, and Radiographers become Radiology Officers. Three Haryana domicile dependents of martyred Armed Forces and CAPF personnel, minors at their parents’ death, can be considered for Group-C jobs as adults.
A Bill to set up Kusum International University in Rewari, amending the Haryana Private Universities Act, 2006, was approved, which the government said will expand higher education capacity toward the National Education Policy 2020 goal of 50 per cent Gross Enrolment Ratio. The Haryana State Commission for Minorities Bill, 2026 would create a statutory commission protecting minority communities’ rights and welfare.
