nri returning to india buy agricultural land, become resident buy farm land, status change nri resident farmland
An NRI is returning to India to settle, can they now buy agricultural land?
HHemant Joshi6 महीने पहले · 183 व्यू
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🌾Farmer.in Krishi Teamविशेषज्ञ ✓5 महीने पहले
The agricultural land buying bar is tied to your residential status under FEMA, not to your citizenship, so once you genuinely return and become a 'person resident in India' under FEMA, the NRI restriction on buying agricultural land no longer applies to you in the same way, and a resident Indian can buy agricultural land subject to state land ceiling and tenancy laws. The key is that the change must be real: you have returned to India to stay for an uncertain period with the intention to reside, which makes you a resident under FEMA, rather than just visiting. Note that some states also have their own laws on who can buy agricultural land, including conditions like being an agriculturist, so even a resident may face state level rules. If you are mid transition, time the purchase for after your status is clearly that of a resident, and confirm both your FEMA status and the state's agricultural land purchase rules with a lawyer and CA before buying. General information, not legal advice.
IImran Qureshi5 महीने पहले
I moved back to India from the Gulf two years ago. Once I was clearly a resident, I could buy farm land, but in my state there was still a rule about being an agriculturist that I had to deal with. So returning solves FEMA, but check your state law too.