To provide a citizen-centric and secure way of paying non-judicial stamp duty, Haryana Government will make e-Stamping mandatory in the entire State from March 1.
This was earlier made mandatory in only four districts — Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonepat and Panchkula.
Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu, on Sunday said any citizen could generate stamp paper online through the e-Stamping system, which is available on the website https://egrashry.nic.in.
All other offices and agencies-- Treasury Office, Sub Treasury Office and authorised branches of State Bank of India, would stop selling non-judicial stamp papers. Stamp vendors would generate non-judicial stamp paper up to Rs10,000 per person through e-Stamping module only.
The minister said that the system was implemented in two parts, including making the payment for stamp papers in the relevant receipts head, and generating e-Stamp paper through e-Stamping portal after online confirmation of payment. Any depositor could make payment for generation of e-Stamp paper by using payment aggregator service on E-GRAS portal or manual payment on E-GRAS portal, he added.
Capt Abhimanyu said that the payment aggregator service had been implemented with Punjab National Bank, IDBI Bank and State Bank of India with effect from May 2, 2015. These banks would not charge any fee for collection of Government receipts through net banking on E-GRAS portal, and have also been allowed to collect government receipts using debit and credit card.
The depositor would pay charges amounting to 0.70 per cent for up to Rs2,000 and 0.73 per cent for above Rs2,000 in case of debit card and 0.90 per cent in case of credit card, exclusive of all taxes, charges and levies, which would be automatically deducted along with the payment to be made. After successful payment, the citizen could generate online e-Stamp paper immediately through e-Stamping system.
The Haryana Finance minister said that the Electronic Government Receipt Accounting System (E-GRAS) had been implemented successfully all over the State. SBI, PNB, IDBI Bank, State Bank of Patiala, Central Bank of India and Treasury Bank branch concerned of other banks dealing with Haryana Treasury business are collecting government receipts through E-GRAS manually. Any citizen could pay through draft or cash after generating requisite challan on E-GRAS manually, he added.
He said that after successful payment, the depositors would generate online e-Stamp papers immediately and seek the date of registration from the Revenue Authority using Haryana Registration Information System (HARIS) portal. The Revenue Authority, after verifying the payment online through E-GRAS portal, would register the document and the system would automatically deface the e-Stamp and corresponding Government Receipt Number (GRN) online to avoid duplication.
Capt. Abhimanyu said that the Cyber Treasury established by the Haryana Government at Chandigarh would verify the payment details received from banks concerned in the Management Information System (MIS) with the credits in its Nodal Account every day. In case of any un-reconciled payments, the Cyber Treasury would inform the bank for resolution through the system. The accounts of those successful transactions received in the Cyber Treasury through e-Scroll or hard copy of scroll would be prepared automatically on daily basis and reported to Principal Accountant General on prescribed date. The Cyber Treasury Officer would closely monitor all the activities for reconciliation of payments, he added.
The minister said that the depositor could apply online on the E-GRAS portal for refund of unused e-Stamp paper by filling up the requisite information in the prescribed format available on the website. Thereafter, the system would send the information to the Drawing and Disbursing Officer (DDO) concerned in the district concerned, who would prepare refund bill through e-Billing system and get it passed in the Treasury concerned. The Treasury would then carry out online transfer of the amount into the payee’s account using Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) or National Electronic Fund Transfer (HEFT), he added.
