Declaration of acquisition of immoveable property

RBI has vide circular no. 79 dated 15th February 2012 clarified that where a person resident outside India establishes in India an office, branch or a place of business and that office, branch or place of business acquires any immoveable property in India, then a declaration in form IPI has to be submitted to the RBI within 90 days of the said acquisition. However this declaration is not required to be given by a non-resident who is a Non-resident Indian or a person of Indian origin. The form clarifies this aspect as well. Which means that a NRI or a PIO need not make any reporting of their acquisition of immoveable property in India. The RBI circular can be found here