Agricultural Land

Under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, there is no restriction on an NRI inheriting an agricultural land

Under Fema and the Foreign Exchange Management (Acquisition and Transfer of Immovable Property in India) Regulations, NRIs are not permitted to purchase an agricultural land or plantation property or farmhouse in India

Reserve Bank of India rules require that agricultural land can only be sold to a person who is a resident in India

About 150,000 farm ponds were constructed under the rural job guarantee scheme to ensure storage of rain water and improved irrigation in rural India, says the government

The central bank does not permit an NRI to purchase agricultural land in India

If the proprietor holds agricultural land, it would be held in the name of the proprietor (individual) and not the proprietary firm

India rather than the US or China is now believed to have the biggest acreage of any country, according to a map released Tuesday by the US Geological Survey

Telangana govt will use blockchain technology to not just update land records, but also to ensure dynamic upgradation of data, says principal secretary Jayesh Ranjan

The survey will verify details and update land ownership data in 10,733 revenue villages in Telangana before the start of a farm subsidy scheme

In case of inheritance, the holding period of land is taken from the acquisition date by the owner who actually acquired it