Overview
- Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said rules have been notified and a soft launch is complete, with the mandate to cover registerable and non-registerable documents statewide.
- Citizens will generate stamp duty online at any time from home without intermediaries, with payments processed through approved digital methods.
- Documents can be executed entirely online using Aadhaar-based eSign or a digital signature certificate, with stamp content embedded to prevent tampering.
- Digitally stamped records will be stored electronically with legal recognition and can be retrieved via QR code, reducing loss, damage or misuse.
- The shift follows the Telgi scam and ongoing issues under earlier systems, including duplicates, misclassification and duty evasion, even as annual collections rose from about ₹45.9 crore in 2009–10 to about ₹2,320 crore in 2024–25.