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Indian PolityHardAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2024, GK

As per the State List under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India, the States have jurisdiction over agricultural land in connection with which of the following subjects? 1. Taxes on agricultural income 2. Duties in respect of succession of agricultural land 3. Estate duty in respect of agricultural land Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. A.1 and 2 only
  2. B.2 and 3 only
  3. C.1 and 3 only
  4. D.1, 2 and 3

Correct answer

D. 1, 2 and 3

Explanation

The correct answer is D, 1, 2 and 3. All three are State List subjects: taxes on agricultural income, duties on succession to agricultural land and estate duty on agricultural land.

The Seventh Schedule divides law-making powers between the Union and the States in three lists: the Union List, the State List and the Concurrent List. In the State List, entry 46 covers taxes on agricultural income, entry 47 duties in respect of succession to agricultural land, and entry 48 estate duty in respect of agricultural land. The Union List has matching entries for income tax, succession duty and estate duty on property other than agricultural land. This split is why the Union cannot tax agricultural income in India.

Option A is wrong because it leaves out estate duty, entry 48. Option B is wrong because it leaves out tax on agricultural income, entry 46. Option C is wrong because it omits succession duty, entry 47.

Exam tip: State List entries 46, 47 and 48: agricultural income tax, succession duty and estate duty on agricultural land.

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  1. A.1 only
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  3. C.1,2 and 3
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  1. A.1 and 2 only
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  3. C.1, 3 and 4 only
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  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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