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What NRIs and OCIs may and may not buy under FEMA 1999, the inheritance route into agricultural land, repatriation rules, power of attorney, and TDS on NRI sales.
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FEMA bars NRIs from buying raw agricultural land — but not converted residential plots. The rule, the 3 exceptions, and the one distinction that matters.
The Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 explained at statute level — NRI/OCI definitions, what's permitted, what's banned, and why.
NRIs can't buy agricultural land in India — but they can inherit it. Succession documents, mutation, holding rules, and remote management, explained.
Who an NRI can sell agricultural land to, TDS under Section 195 vs 194-IA, the Form 13 lower-deduction route, and repatriation.
What FEMA rule 24 says about NRIs and farmhouses, how converted land differs from agricultural land and what to verify before paying.
When the land seller is an NRI, section 195 (section 393(2) in the 2025 Act) applies instead of the resident-seller TDS rule.
The errors that cost NRIs money or title when buying land in India, and how to avoid them.
How an NRI is taxed on selling land in India, why indexation is for residents only, and what a DTAA does and does not do.
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