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Dear Rajesh,

I am a USC/OCI residing in India who is now a R&OR. My Indian CA is telling me that any capital gains arising on distribution/sale of US mutual funds will be taxed as regular income in India and will not be eligible for the indexation provision. Is this correct ?

Regards
vishwa

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