Who pays the stamp duty for stock transactions?

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Here is the table mentioning the stamp duty charges paid by the buyer or seller:

Transaction	Who will pay stamp duty?
Sale of securities on the stock exchange	Buyer
Sale of Securities through offline markets	Seller
Transfer of security	Transferor
Issue of security	Issuer
Other Cases- making, drawing, or executing instruments	Concerned Trader

Note: Previously, stamp duty was paid by both the buyers and sellers of the stock transactions. Now, only investors buying stocks have to pay stamp duty. The seller of the securities will not pay any stamp duty.

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