President gave his assent to changes in the Indian Stamp Act 1899.
It will rationalise and harmonise the system of levying stamp duty and help curb tax evasion.
Amendments to the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, were introduced as part of the Finance Act 2019, and was approved by the Parliament.
This amendment was proposed to create the legal and institutional mechanism to enable states to collect stamp duty on securities market instruments at one place by one agency.