Since the Department of Registration & Stamps typically only maintains digital records for recent years, finding a direct online can be a challenge. Why the 2001 Rate is the "Golden Benchmark"
: For Income Tax assessments, the 2001 RR rate serves as a benchmark, though a registered valuer's report is often required to certify the final FMV.
The 2001 rates serve as the benchmark for the Income Tax Department. For properties acquired before April 1, 2001, taxpayers are permitted to use the 2001 RR rate as the "cost of acquisition" to calculate indexed costs and minimize capital gains liability.
Here is the challenge. The Maharashtra government’s official portal (igrmaharashtra.gov.in) archives data systematically only from 2010 onwards. The 2001 data exists in one of three forms:
of the property as of that date (as per Section 55 of the Income Tax Act). Cost Inflation Index (CII)