Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : 2 only
The correct answer is 2 only.
- Notification, on OCI card-holders published in March 2021 has provided the following provisions:
- Grant of a multiple-entry life-long visa for visiting India for any purpose.
- Special permission is required to:
- undertake any research;
- undertake any missionary or mountaineering or journalistic activities;
- undertake internships in any foreign diplomatic missions; and
- visit any place that falls within the so-called protected or restricted or prohibited areas.
- Hence, statement 3 is incorrect.
- Purchase or sale of immovable properties other than agricultural land or farmhouse or plantation property. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect.
- Pursuing the following professions: doctors, dentists, nurses, and pharmacists, advocates, architects, and chartered accountants.
- Hence, statement 2 is correct.
Other provisions: - Exemption from registration with the Foreigners Regional Registration Officer for any length of stay in India.
- OCI card-holders will enjoy parity with Indian nationals in the matters of tariffs in airfares in domestic sectors in India, and entry fees to be charged for visiting sites.
- The concept of OCI was brought through the Citizenship Act, 1955.
- The government of India launched the Overseas Citizenship of India Scheme in 2005.
- On 9 January 2015, the GOI merged the Persons of Indian Origin card scheme with the OCI card scheme.
- Provisions related to Indian Citizenship are mentioned in Article 5-11, Part - IInd of the Indian Constitution.
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