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    "content": "Lands, to polish that issue further and make it such that it discourages fragmentation. How can that be achieved? It is very easy! Anybody who is dividing land below half an acre or a quarter an acre, irrespective of where that piece of land is located, it should be the one to attract stamp duty on the higher scale. Any land that is not being sub-divided to below a specific size should attract lower stamp duty. Any land that is being consolidated should also attract less stamp duty. If we can go that direction, definitely, we are going to get rid of the sub-divisions which are taking place everywhere in this country. If we really want to have good utilization of land, it means that we must try and as much as possible discourage fragmentation of the land that we have. This is only possible if we apply a policy that is realistic. If it is a question of the Ministry using discretion, that can be very disastrous because it is those who are close to the office bearers who may enjoy those privileges like it used to happen. You could hear somebody being exempted from stamp duty, yet he is buying land for his own use but institutions which are for the community do not even enjoy those privileges. That is why it is good to come up with some of these policies and in the right way, so that we can be able to achieve what is good for the community."
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