New Delhi, Dec. 08, 2004
IANS
The Indian government has withdrawn the income tax proposed on interest
accrued or payable on deposits held by NRIs, Minister of State for Finance
S.S. Palanimanickam told the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.
Such accounts include NRI external deposits and foreign currency deposits
of NRIs, he said.
Income tax will, however, be payable from April 1, 2006, he said in
reply to a question.
Several NRI organizations had raised the issue after the exemption
was withdrawn in the budget for fiscal 2004-05 unveiled by Finance Minister
P. Chidambaram in July.
Minister of State of Overseas Indian Affairs Jagdish Tytler had taken
up the issue with the finance ministry.