Chandigarh, Aug. 28 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday announced the stamp duty waiver on the registration of residential plots up to 50 square yards in urban areas and up to 100 square yards in rural areas and houses allotted under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Mukhyamantri Shahri Awas Yojana, and Mukhyamantri Gramin Awas Yojana.

Speaking in the assembly during the last sitting of the monsoon session and while responding to the calling attention notice of INLD MLAs Aditya Devilal and Arjun Chautala regarding "steep hike in the collector rates of land and plots in the state", chief minister said the Opposition was spreading doubts and false information.

Making the announcement in the assembly, Saini said that the...