What happens to Ancestral Agriculture Land after becoming US citizen

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Folks,
What happens to our anchestral agriculture land that is in our name after taking up US citizenship as below are the restrcitions even after becoming OCI ?

E. Restrictions

Persons registered as OCI:

o Cannot acquire agricultural or plantation properties in India;

o Do not enjoy any voting rights;

o Cannot contest selections to Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha/ Legislative Assembly/Council;

o Cannot hold Constitutional posts such as that of President, Vice President, Judge of Supreme Court/High Court etc.
 
gcMeansWait said:
Folks,
What happens to our anchestral agriculture land that is in our name after taking up US citizenship as below are the restrcitions even after becoming OCI ?
------------Nothing. if you got that agriculture land through inheritance it remain on your name.

E. Restrictions

Persons registered as OCI:

o Cannot acquire agricultural or plantation properties in India;
-------------That is what FEMA or RBI says. Do you think who make law in India follow the law? Do you think that if you buy agriculture land the Registrar or Sub Registrar ask your Citizenship or passport? They don’t know NRI or OCI law and they will registrar the agricultural land on your name if you want to buy. I know few persons who bought Agricultural land after becoming OCI and some bought on parent’s name. You keep reading NRI or OCI law as you are interested and you want to follow the law but the system in India works differently and they don’t read NRI or OCI law and they don’t want to.
o Cannot contest selections to Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha/ Legislative Assembly/Council;

o Cannot hold Constitutional posts such as that of President, Vice President, Judge of Supreme Court/High Court etc.
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You cannot acquire agricultural land in India after you become a OCI holder. Land that you owned as Indian citizen continues to be yours legally.
 
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