Bying agriculture land in karnataka

Mahesha (Querist) 13 December 2012 This query is : Resolved
Dear Sir,
My father owns ancestor property (Inherited from his father) in Karnataka. I was earning more than 5 lakh rupees per year so far, but recently (August 2012)I resigned from work to do research. Am I eligible to buy agriculture property in Karnataka? Whether present income is considered or average of few years is considered based on IT return? Where is the exact rule we can find? Please note that my name is not included in the ration card of my father as I was staying elsewhere.

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ajay sethi (Expert) 13 December 2012
Under existing Karnataka Land Reforms Act, a person who is not a agriculturist and the income from non-agriculture sources is more than Rs.2 lakhs of the family, cannot purchase agrl. Lands. However you can buy land after obtaining necessary permission from jurisdictional Asst. Commissioner.

ajay sethi (Expert) 13 December 2012
Income ceiling to buy farm land may be increased
Anil Kumar M, TNN May 26, 2012, 05.16AM IST

BANGALORE: In the run-up to the June 7-8 Global Investors Meet, Karnataka is set to amend a 51-year-old statute which bars people having an annual income above Rs 2 lakh from buying farm land.

The state may amend Section 79-A of the Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961, to allow non-agriculturalists with income up to Rs 6 lakh to purchase agricultural land.There are hints that this figure might be raised further or scrapped altogether. Citing the Andhra Pradesh model, some ministers are in favour of scrapping the ceiling.

If the government sticks to the Rs 6-lakh ceiling, then the amendment will not have much impact. It's unlikely that anybody wanting to set up an industry will have such a low declared annual income.

The revenue department proposed the amendment after years of deliberation. "The Rs 2-lakh ceiling was appropriate in 1960s, but times have changed. Many industries and business houses have built a strong presence and increased the earning capacity of the people. Therefore, an amendment to this act is necessary," sources told TOI.

Moves are afoot to amend Section 109, which says some pieces of land must be exempted from certain provisions. Powers of the deputy commissioner to exempt land from the provisions of the Land Reforms Act are likely to be delegated to the assistant commissioner.

Further, Section 118 of the Act will be amended giving powers to the government, instead of the revenue tribunal, to review deputy commissioners' orders on land disputes, a senior officer said.