Remedial, Not Anticipatory: Evaluating India’s Legal Framework for Non-Resident Indians

This article critically examines the disconnect between indias legal framework and its global citizens or more commonly called NRI’s/. The article argues that the current legal framework is largely reactive instead of being anticipatory, the framework just acts a remedial safety net that only deploys after a crisis has already been commited. By examining the structural failures within the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) ,Passport Act, Limitation act, etc I illustrate how fragmented enforcement and jurisdictional hurdles transform strong on paper protections into procedural nightmares for NRIs. The article draws a comparative study by drawing lessons from proactive institutional models of other countries and also provides potential reforms that could benefit our citizens abroad. . The article concludes that India must move past 20th-century bureaucracy toward a coordinated, digitally enabled system that prioritizes prevention and certainty.