Registration department hopeful of exemption from lockdown

The Registration and Stamps department is hopeful that the government will exempt its services from lockdown and allow registrations through slot booking process.The department which witnessed impress

The Registration and Stamps department is hopeful that the government will exempt its services from lockdown and allow registrations through slot booking process. The department which witnessed impressive recovery since the adverse impact of the first phase of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is hopeful that the pace of revenue collection will continue unhindered in spite of the lockdown. Senior officials are citing that the department was exempted during the first phase of the lockdown too, but was impacted by the slowdown in transactions for a few months. The collections started improving since December last with revenue in excess of ₹400 crore each reported during the last three months of the previous financial year. “Revenue during April, the first month of the current financial year, stood at ₹717 crore marking a good beginning,” a senior official told The Hindu.