The Haryana Government on Tuesday decided not to levy any property tax on the land used for agriculture only in urban areas. With this, Haryana has become the first state in the country to exclude land used for agriculture only from the purview of tax by making amendments in the section of the property tax itself.
On March 15, 2021, Haryana Government by passing this bill in the Vidhan Sabha during the ongoing budget session had made this provision exclusively in the law imposing property tax.
An official spokesperson said that with the latest amendment made by Haryana Government, a provision has been made to levy property tax only on the basis of the value of the property and to set a minimum rate for property tax.
The municipalities will also have the right to levy property tax at higher rates than these minimum rates.