There is vast difference between income and gain.
Sale of land which is treated as an asset is considered under capital gains and is not agricultural income.
However RURAL Agricultural land is not considered as capital asset, and any gain arising over its sale is not liable for capital gains; means its tax exempt... While not the same if urban agricultural land.
Urban agricultural is a land means the following:
1) Land in any area which is within the jurisdiction of a municipality or cantonment board and have a population upto 10,000. OR
2) Land in any area within such distance, measured aerially, in relation to the range of population:
Shortest distance from limits mentioned in 1) |
Population |
Upto 2 km |
>10,000 and upto 1,00,000 |
Upto 6 km |
>1,00,000 and upto 10,00,000 |
Upto 8 km |
>10,00,000 |
The population referred above is to be considered as per the immediately preceding population census.