Who is an N R I ?
Under the Foreign Exchange Management
Act, 1999, Non-resident Indians are:
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Indian citizens who stay abroad for
employment or carrying on business or vocation outside India or
for any other purpose in circumstances indicating an uncertain
period of stay abroad; OR,
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Government servants who are posted
abroad on duty with the Indian Mission and similar other
agencies set up abroad by the Government of India where the
officials draw their salaries out of Government resources; OR,
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Government servants deputed abroad
on assignments with foreign government or regional/international
agencies like the World Health Organization (WHO), Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP); OR, 4.
Official of the State Government and Public Sector Undertakings
deputed abroad on temporary assignments or posted to their
branches or offices abroad.
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