NRE FD interest in case of RNOR status

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Hi,
I have lived for 344 days in india over the last seven years. so i am an RNOR.

In case my status is RNOR will i have to play income tax on interest earned by my NRE FD's
Please assume i am RNOR and let me know if interest income on NRE FD is taxable or not?

Interest on NRE is FDs is exempt from tax under section 10(4)(ii), provided you are NRI as per FEMA Act and Income tax Act. For RNOR, it is exempt under section 10(15)(iv)(fa), here condition is that you should be allowed to maintain that account under FEMA. In most cases, RNOR person has to covert its NRE account to RFC (Resident Foreign Currency) account to continue to have exemption.

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