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Finance Minister Archive

Transfer of property to Reits may be exempted from stamp duty

Following representations received by the prime minister’s office (PMO) from both domestic and foreign private equity players in the past two months, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is expected to consider the issues of scrapping stamp duty on transfer of properties by private individuals and firms to real estate investment trusts (Reits) and making dividend distribution […]

Public sector banks allowed to monetize their real estate

In a major development, the finance ministry has allowed the public sector banks to use their real estate to raise money from the market through Special Vehicle Purpose (SPV). Most of the properties which would give handsome gains to banks are situated in metropolitan areas such as Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. G S Sandhu, the […]