NRI Investment Guide
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A Guide to NRI Investments in India

  1. Who's an NRI?
  2. Tax incidence
  3. Income heads exempt from taxation for NRI
  4. Special provision for NRIs- Chapter XII A S. 115C
  5. Option not to file income tax return; S. 115 G ;
  6. Tax payable on redemption of assets
  7. Who is a Person of Indian Origin?
  8. What is an OCB?
  9. What types of Bank Accounts can NRIs open ?
  10. Can accounts be maintained by NRIs with any bank in India?
  11. What are the different types of rupee accounts permitted to be maintained?
  12. What is an NRE Account ?
  13. What is the distinction between NRE account and NRO account?
  14. Interest rate
  15. Repatriation
  16. Non-resident Non- repatriable (NRNR)
  17. Status of NRO/NRE accounts on the return of the accounts holder to India?
  18. FCNR accounts
  19. FCNR - Repatriation
  20. What is Resident Foreign Currency Account?
  21. How to handle non-repatriable rupee income?
  22. Investments
  23. General rules for investments
  24. Holding in Joint Names.
  25. What is investment through Primary markets and investment through Secondary markets?
  26. How does an NRI buy/sell stocks through the secondary market?
  27. When an NRI purchase shares how does she make the payment?
  28. What are the formalities involved in repatriation of the sale proceeds?
  29. Sale through stock exchanges
  30. Construction industry
  31. Portfolio Investment Scheme
  32. Can shares/debentures be given away as gifts to relatives?
  33. Gift money
  34. NRI returning to settle back in India