Gift By Resident individual to NRI specified relative.

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rmalhotra (Querist)
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12 January 2024 Sir,
There is lot of opinions that how a resident individual can send money abroad to his " Specified Relative '.

A ) It could be a direct transfer thru bank to bank a/c abroad of a NRI Specified Relative under LRS
OR
B) Resident individual can also gift money to a close relative NRI vide a cheque or net banking to his NRO account in India, subject to overall limit of USD 250,000 in a financial year. The NRI can take out the money already lying in his NRO account subject to a limitation of USD 1 million per financial year.

Hence following queries:-
1 Which of the above alternates is correct.
2. Is there any prescribed limit beyond which alternate ' B ' is required to be adopted
3 Is there any difference if amount is transferred as ' Maintenance ' or ' Gift '.

Pls guide.