Centre should desist from amending NRI Status: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has criticised the centre over its proposed amendment in criteria for residential status of those working abroad.
To the proposed amendment, Pinarayi maintained that it would affect "hard working" Indians, especially those in the Middle East.
The Chief Minister, in a letter to PM Modi, requested that Finance Bill 2020 be amended in a manner that avoids hardships to those working in the Gulf region.
According to the proposed changes, a person will be considered a resident if he/she stays in the country for 120 days, a reduction of 60 days from the earlier permittance of 180 days.
"The govt of Kerala places on record its strong disagreement with the move in the Finance Bill 2020, brought in under the guise of checking tax abuse,” the CM said.

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