Mutual fund Asset Management Companies in India cannot accept
investments in foreign currency.
Indian laws, specifically the Foreign Exchange Management Act
(Fema), do not allow you to park your money in a regular resident savings
account in India once you have achieved the NRI status. This law makes it
compulsory for an NRI to have the knowledge and know the NRE and NRO account
differences and know which suits you more.
* NRE: NRE account is well suited for those who
want to send the money they have earned overseas to india.
*NRO: money kept in NRO accounts also has to be
in Indian rupee and money cannot be repatriated to a foreign currency easily.
Once the account is activated, an NRI can invest by any of
the below methods.
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A. Self or Direct
*An NRI can carry out transactions, debiting or
crediting through normal banking channels.
*Their application with the required KYC details
must indicate that the investment is on a repatriable or non-repatriable basis.
* KYC documents consist of a recent photogragh,
certified copies of PAN card , a passport copy, residence proof of outside
india, and a bank statement . The bank may require an in-person verification
which an NRI can comply with, by visiting the Indian embassy in their resident
country.
B.Through the power of Attorney (POA)
Another common method is to have someone else
invest on behalf of an NRI. In
India, Mutual fund companies allow holders to
invest on their behalf and take other decisions pertaining to their
investments. However, the signatures of both the NRI investor and PoA should be
present on the KYC documents to make such types of investment.
A.