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UP Cabinet Approves Women’s Stamp Duty Rebate, Polytechnic Revamp and Chitrakoot Link Expressway

The package mobilizes ₹2,000 crore for youth tablets; allocates land for defence corridor expansion; restores the old pension option for eligible staff.

The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday approved a major relief for women and a boost to technical education (Sourced)
The Uttar Pradesh cabinet has approved a proposal to extend the 1% stamp duty exemption for women buying property worth up to ₹1 crore. (Photo for representational purposes only)
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Overview

  • The cabinet instituted a 1% stamp duty rebate on properties up to ₹1 crore purchased in women’s names, up from the previous limit of ₹10 lakh.
  • A ₹6,935.86 crore plan will transform 121 government polytechnics into Tata Technology Centres of Excellence, with Tata Technologies funding 87% of the project.
  • Construction of the 15.172 km Chitrakoot Link Expressway was approved on an EPC basis at an estimated ₹939.67 crore, with work set to begin in upcoming phases.
  • The prior smartphone distribution order under the youth empowerment scheme was rescinded in favor of a ₹2,000 crore tablet rollout for FY 2025–26.
  • Cabinet decisions include the sale of 4.62 acres in Noida to RAPHE mPhibr, a token lease of 10 hectares in the UP Defence Corridor to DRDO’s IRDE, and restored old pension scheme eligibility for nearly 2,000 employees.