Interest on loan taken for acquiring a residential house , S.80EEA ?

The Finance Act (No. 2) 2019 inserted S. 80EEA to allow deduction of interest on loan taken for acquiring a residential house property. Section inter alia requires that the stamp duty value does not exceed Rs. 45 lakhs. Whether a person would be entitled to claim S. 80EEA benefit if he has acquired the residential house for Rs. 50 lakhs, if the Ready Reckoner value of the flat Rs. 42 lakhs?

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