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Succession
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9 November 2026
The OCI inheritance guide: inheriting Indian immovable property
An Indian parent cannot gift agricultural land, a farmhouse, or plantation property to their OCI child during their lifetime. They can leave all three to that same child in a will. The inheritance channel is the only legal route for rural property to pass to an OCI heir from a living Indian family. This is the first piece in a nine-part series on OCI inheritance. It covers what the card permits in immovable property inheritance, from whom OCIs can inherit, and the operational layers that receipt of Indian property actually triggers.