‘Stay’ refers to physical presence in India, whereas ‘reside’ refers to permanent residence. Thus, even if an aero plane pilot ‘resides’ in India for more than 182 days throughout his passage, he cannot be deemed to ‘reside’ there.
Monnishaa Mahajan, Principal Attorney at Legal Help NRI. Monnishaa has an experience of more than 15 years in assisting and advising NRI's in resolving their disputes in India.