Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis presented the state budget based on the principle of ‘Panchamrut’.

Real estate sector welcomes 1% stamp duty waiver for women home buyers Cyrus Mody, Founder & Managing Partner at Viceroy Properties, welcomed the Budget provision of a one percent stamp duty waiver for women homebuyers.

This will empower more women to become homebuyers and thus address a long-due concern of gender disparity.

Shinde govt’s 1st budget offers relief in professional tax
Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis announced a waiver in professional tax for women with a monthly salary of up to Rs 25,000. Earlier, women with a salary of more than Rs 10,000 had to pay professional tax.

Civil aviation minister laud’s Maharashtra Budget provision to slash VAT on aviation fuel
Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia praised the Maharashtra Budget provision to cut VAT on air turbine fuel from 25 percent to 18 percent in Mumbai, Pune and Raigad.

Source: Indian Express