Haryana Government has decided that a woman, who avails the benefit of two per cent rebate in stamp duty for registration of property in her name, would now be able to furnish decree of such property only in the name of another woman up to three years.
In case, the decree of the property is made in the name of a man during this period, he would have to deposit two per cent stamp duty.
A decision to this effect has been taken in view of the instances where some men of the same family get the decree of the property done in their name after a woman had availed benefit of two per cent rebate in stamp duty, announced the Chief Minister Manohar lal while speaking at the State-level Mahila Samman Samaroh organised in Sonipat.
On this occasion, the Chief Minister honoured 47 women achievers, besides awarding four districts for improvement in sex ratio and three districts for improvement in nutritional level of children.
The Chief Minister, however, faced protest by Anganwari workers at the venue, who demanded increase in the monthly honorarium.
Following this, he made an announcement that monthly honorarium of Anganwadi workers would be increased by `640 and that of Anganwadi helpers by `321.
Stating that his Government is initiating effective steps for empowerment of women, Manohar lal said that under the Ujjawla scheme, the entire state would be made kerosene free by March 31, 2017. This scheme would benefit about five lakh families. The budget allocation of Woman and Child Development Department for the year 2017-18 has been increased to `1247 crore from `1007 crore, earlier, he said.
He said that the ambitious Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao programme launched from Haryana has shown fruitful results. The sex ratio at birth, which was around 850 had now increased to 938 girls against 1000 boys in the month of February 2017. The Government would achieve the target of 950 girls, this year, he added.
Apart from giving scholarships and prizes to girl students, the Government has also decided to open a college in a radius of 20 kilometer. Separate bus arrangements on 110 routes have been made and women police stations at sub divisional level have been opened to prevent crime against women, said the Chief Minister.
The woman ratio in police department which was six per cent two years ago, has been increased to eight per cent and it would be further increased to 10 per cent by new recruitment by the end of this year, he added.
The Chief Minister also listed the new initiatives launched by the government for empowering the women in the state.
On the occasion, the outstanding achievers award was conferred upon 22 women for their outstanding performance in different fields in the State. They included sports women, Shakshar Mahila Samooh, government employees, social workers, entrepreneurs and anganwadi workers.