{
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0, cite Payotte (https://payotte.com/india/by-state) with a link",
  "topic": "women-buyer-rates",
  "extracted": "2026-10-14",
  "states": {
    "ch": {
      "reduced_rate": "not_read",
      "women_rate": null,
      "general_rate": "5%",
      "condition": null,
      "answer": "In Chandigarh, no reduced stamp duty rate for women buyers was read at the official source.",
      "note": null,
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Rates of stamp duty and registration fees (Chandigarh Administration)",
          "url": "https://chandigarh.gov.in/files/2021updoc/dc19-stampduty.pdf"
        }
      ]
    },
    "kl": {
      "reduced_rate": "not_read",
      "women_rate": null,
      "general_rate": "8%",
      "condition": null,
      "answer": "In Kerala, no reduced stamp duty rate for women buyers was read at the official source.",
      "note": null,
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Existing rates of stamp duty and registration fees for ready reference (as on 01.04.2023)",
          "url": "https://registration.kerala.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Stamp-Duty-Fees-Ready-reckoner-2023.xlsx-Table-1.pdf"
        }
      ]
    },
    "mh": {
      "reduced_rate": "not_read",
      "women_rate": null,
      "general_rate": "5%",
      "condition": null,
      "answer": "In Maharashtra, no reduced stamp duty rate for women buyers was read at the official source (a 1% reduction from 1 April 2021 appears only in an editor's note, not confirmed).",
      "note": null,
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Maharashtra Stamp Act 1958, Schedule I, Article 25 (as modified up to 1 June 2022)",
          "url": "https://ipindia.gov.in/storage/uploads/reference/AN5hvWq67hNPCYJHoo0pRTK5Y65qVagMexZo726B.pdf"
        },
        {
          "title": "Mumbai Municipal Corporation (Second Amendment) Act 2018, section 144F",
          "url": "https://grievanceigr.maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/4.Mumbai_Muncipal_Corporation_(Second_Amendment)_Act_2018.pdf"
        }
      ]
    },
    "or": {
      "reduced_rate": "not_read",
      "women_rate": null,
      "general_rate": "5%",
      "condition": null,
      "answer": "In Odisha, no reduced stamp duty rate for women buyers was read at the official source.",
      "note": null,
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "IGR Odisha, fees for documents (sale of immovable property)",
          "url": "https://www.igrodisha.gov.in/FeeDetails.aspx?fee=DOCF"
        }
      ]
    },
    "py": {
      "reduced_rate": "yes",
      "women_rate": "5%",
      "general_rate": "10%",
      "condition": "woman buyer permanently residing in the territory",
      "answer": "In Puducherry, a woman buyer pays 5% stamp duty instead of 10%, as a woman buyer permanently residing in the territory.",
      "note": null,
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Registration Department, Puducherry: table of fees for all kinds of documents",
          "url": "https://regn.py.gov.in/services.html"
        }
      ]
    },
    "rj": {
      "reduced_rate": "yes",
      "women_rate": "5%",
      "general_rate": "6%",
      "condition": null,
      "answer": "In Rajasthan, a woman buyer pays 5% stamp duty instead of 6%.",
      "note": null,
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Stamp duty and registration fee detail, Rajasthan (as applicable on 01-05-2024)",
          "url": "https://rajnivesh.rajasthan.gov.in/Uploads/3fc839e7-2e7f-44c0-8e19-9c539e5b7f7b.pdf"
        }
      ]
    },
    "ut": {
      "reduced_rate": "yes",
      "women_rate": "3.75%",
      "general_rate": "5%",
      "condition": "up to ₹25 lakh",
      "answer": "In Uttarakhand, a woman buyer pays 3.75% stamp duty instead of 5% (up to ₹25 lakh).",
      "note": null,
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Stamp and Registration Department, Uttarakhand: stamp duty and registration fees (March 2025)",
          "url": "https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s32d579dc29360d8bbfbb4aa541de5afa9/uploads/2025/03/202503221356169495.pdf"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}