संक्षेप में: राजस्थान में हर ज़िले की ज़िला स्तरीय समिति (DLC) राजस्थान स्टाम्प नियम, 2004 के नियम 58 के तहत दरें सुझाती है। स्टाम्प ड्यूटी DLC मूल्य और तय क़ीमत में से जो अधिक हो, उस पर लगती है, और भूमि अधिग्रहण के मुआवज़े में भी यह एक न्यूनतम आधार है। इक़रारनामे और रजिस्ट्री के बीच दर बदल जाए तो ख़र्च बदल जाता है। हम किसी भी इलाक़े की DLC दर नहीं छापते — अपनी दर आधिकारिक पोर्टल पर ख़ुद देखें।
Delhi’s review, and why it reaches Rajasthan
On 23 October 2026 The Tribune reported that the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs would convene a meeting between the Centre and the Delhi Government on circle rates, with the immediate focus on agricultural land. Delhi last notified district-wise agricultural circle rates in 2015. Later the same day the paper reported that the meeting had been put off because key officials were not available, and is now expected in January 2027 with the same agenda.
Delhi’s rates are Delhi’s business. The idea underneath is the same in Rajasthan: the state fixes a minimum value for land, and that value sits under every registry and some compensation. Rajasthan calls it the DLC rate, after the committee that recommends it. Our DLC rate guide covers the basics and from DLC rate to total registry cost does the sum. This page adds who sets the rate, how it changes, and what to do when it is wrong for you.
Who sets the rate in Rajasthan
Rule 58 of the Rajasthan Stamp Rules, 2004 assesses the market value of agricultural, residential and commercial land “on the basis of the rates recommended by the District Level Committee”. The committee is constituted by the State Government for each district. Within that rule:
- The Inspector General of Stamps prepares guidelines, with the State Government’s approval, and the committee’s recommendations must follow them.
- An increase of more than fifty per cent takes effect only after the Inspector General approves it; a decrease needs the State Government’s approval.
- The Inspector General can revise rates by notification in the Official Gazette, with the State Government’s prior approval, and the State Government can re-determine rates from a date it specifies.
- If a committee has not revised its rates in time, the rule raises the district’s existing rates by ten per cent from the next 1 April. The timing in that sub-rule was amended on 8 February 2024.
In practice, news reports describe the same chain. For the revision that took effect in early December 2024, Rajasthan Patrika reported that the State Government asked districts for proposals in June, sub-registrars drafted them, committees chaired by district collectors met with MLAs attending, the Finance Department approved the rates, and the Registration & Stamps Department loaded them into its system.
How often it changes
More often than once a year, lately. News reports describe revisions taking effect in December 2024, in April 2026 and on 3 August 2026; in May 2026 Patrika counted the coming revision as the fourth in about two and a half years. Our note on the 2026 revisions covers what was reported then.
A revision can change how a rate is applied, not only its amount. Patrika reported that the December 2024 revision moved agricultural land in rural areas to rates per hectare instead of per bigha, and changed how commercial rates applied to farmland near highways. If you checked a rate before a revision, check the unit and the row again, not just the number.
What the rate decides
- Stamp duty. The Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998 defines market value as the price the property would fetch in the open market on the date of execution, as determined under the rules, or the consideration stated in the instrument, whichever is higher. Rule 58 makes the DLC rate the basis for that determination. So duty is charged on the higher of the DLC value and the price.
- Compensation on acquisition. Section 26 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 has the Collector take the higher of three values: the market value specified under the Stamp Act for registering sale deeds in the area; the average sale price of similar land in the nearest village or vicinity over the three years before; and any consented amount. Value is taken on the date of the preliminary notification under section 11, and then multiplied by a factor set in the Act’s First Schedule. See highway notifications and acquisition rulings.
- Conversion. Conversion charges are worked out with reference to the DLC rate, and the 2026 rural rules are reported to set the premium as a percentage of it — see our note on the 2026 rules.
What a revision changes for you
- The date counts. Market value is taken on the date of execution. If the rate rises between your agreement to sell and the sale deed, the duty is worked out on the new rate if the DLC value is now higher than the price.
- Write it into the agreement. Say who bears any extra duty if the rate changes before the registry, and by when the deed must be executed.
- Check on the day. Read the rate again close to the registry date, take a dated screenshot, and note the row and the unit.
- A seller’s floor moves too. A buyer pays duty on at least the DLC value, so a higher rate changes what a buyer will budget for. It does not value your field.
Read the rate yourself
- Type the address of the Registration & Stamps Department’s portal yourself: epanjiyan.rajasthan.gov.in.
- Open the DLC rate section. Choose the district, rural or urban, the sub-registrar office or tehsil, and then the village or colony.
- Read the row for your land’s class — irrigated, unirrigated, residential or commercial are different rows — and the unit beside it.
- Note the date you checked. If the portal is unclear, the sub-registrar’s office will confirm it; the department’s toll-free line, as its IGRS site gives it, is 1800-180-6127.
The step-by-step guide shows each screen, and the registry cost estimator does the arithmetic with the rate you read, in your browser.
When the rate and the market disagree
- The price is above the DLC value. Duty is on the price. Write the true price in the deed. The Act requires the consideration and all facts affecting duty to be “fully and truly set forth” (section 30), and a registering officer who believes the market value has not been truly set forth can refer the deed to the Collector (section 51). An undeclared cash part is a risk to the buyer, not a saving.
- The price is below the DLC value. Duty is on the DLC value all the same. If you think the wrong row or class was applied — commercial for farmland, irrigated for dry land — ask the sub-registrar in writing which row was used and why. On a reference under section 51 the Collector decides the market value after hearing the parties. Section 65 lets a person aggrieved by certain orders of the Collector apply to the Chief Controlling Revenue Authority, within ninety days in the text we read; ask an advocate whether it covers your order.
- The rate for the whole village looks wrong. Committees meet when a revision is being prepared, news reports say. Put a written representation, with registered sale deeds from the village as evidence, to the Collector’s office before the next one.
- The land is being acquired. The stamp-duty value is only one of the section 26 floors; the average of recent registered sales is another. Keep copies of registered sales near you, and take an advocate’s view on the award.
- Tax. A gap between the price and the stamp-duty value can have income-tax consequences for both sides. Ask a chartered accountant before you settle the price.
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Questions · अक्सर पूछे सवाल
Who sets the DLC rate in Rajasthan?
A District Level Committee constituted by the State Government for each district recommends the rates, following guidelines the Inspector General of Stamps prepares with the State Government’s approval. Under Rule 58 of the Rajasthan Stamp Rules, 2004, a large increase needs the Inspector General’s approval and a decrease needs the State Government’s, and the Inspector General and the State Government can also revise rates themselves.
Is stamp duty charged on the DLC value or on the price?
On the higher of the two. The Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998 defines market value as the open-market price determined under the rules or the consideration stated in the instrument, whichever is higher, and the rules assess land on the DLC committee’s rates.
If the DLC rate changes after I sign an agreement to sell, which rate applies?
Market value under the Rajasthan Stamp Act is taken on the date the instrument is executed, so the rate in force when the sale deed is executed is the one that counts. Say in the agreement who bears any extra duty if the rate changes before the registry, and check the rate again on the day.
Does the DLC rate decide compensation if land is acquired?
It is one of the floors. Section 26 of the 2013 land acquisition Act has the Collector take the higher of the stamp-duty value for the area, the average sale price of similar land nearby, and any consented amount, as on the date of the preliminary notification, and then apply a multiplier. The award decides the figure for a parcel; take an advocate’s view.
Does AgriZameen publish DLC or circle rates?
No, for any area. Rates are revised without much notice and differ by village, land class and road frontage. Read yours on the official e-Panjiyan portal or at the sub-registrar’s office, and note the date you checked.
Sources
- The Tribune (Manikant Mishra), 23 October 2026 — the Centre–Delhi meeting on circle rates, its focus on agricultural land, the 2015 notification.
- The Tribune, 23 October 2026 — the meeting postponed, now expected in January 2027.
- Rajasthan Stamp Rules, 2004 (ICSI bare-act copy, PDF) — Rule 58: the District Level Committee, the Inspector General’s guidelines and approvals, Gazette revision, re-determination, the default increase.
- TeamLease RegTech — the Rajasthan Stamp (Amendment) Rules, 2024 of 8 February 2024, amending Rule 58(3).
- Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998 (ICSI bare-act copy, PDF) — section 2(xxiii) market value, section 30, section 51, section 65.
- Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (High Court of Tripura copy, PDF) — section 26.
- Rajasthan Patrika, 3 December 2024, in Hindi — how the December 2024 revision was made, and the change to per-hectare rates for farmland.
- Rajasthan Patrika, 13 May 2026, in Hindi — the April 2026 revision, and the count of revisions.
- Rajasthan Patrika, 4 August 2026, in Hindi — rates in effect from 3 August 2026.
- IGRS Rajasthan, Registration & Stamps Department — the toll-free number.