Salary earned by Indian workers in Gulf exempt from tax: Finance minister
FM Sitharaman clarified that NRI workers in Saudi, UAE and Qatar will not face any altered tax liability. (Fil... Read More NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday clarified that the salary earned by Indian workers in Gulf countries would continue to be exempt from income tax in India. Reacting to a tweet by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra, the finance minister emphasised that recent amendments in the Finance Act, 2021 will not put any additional or new tax burden on non-resident Indians working in the Gulf. Sitharaman said that the government is not going back on its words and the hardworking Indian workers in Saudi, UAE and Qatar will not face any altered tax liability.