How do I Determine My Residential Status in India?

You are considered an Indian resident for a financial year: 

i. When you are in India for at least 6 months (182 days to be exact) during the financial year

ii. You are in India for 2 months (60 days) for the year in the previous year and have lived for one whole year (365 days) in the last four years If you are an Indian citizen working abroad or a member of a crew on an Indian ship, only the first condition is available to you – which means you are a resident when you spend at least 182 days in India. The same is applicable to a Person of Indian Origin (PIO) who is on a visit to India. The second condition is not applicable to these individuals. A PIO is a person whose parents, or any of his grandparents were born in undivided India.   

You are an NRI if you do not meet any of the above conditions. 

For FY 2019-20 if an individual has come to India on a visit before 22nd March, 2020 and 

a) has been unable to leave because of lockdown on or before 31st March, 2020, period of stay from 22nd to 31st March shall not be considered.

b) has been quarantined due to Covid19 on or after 1st March, 2020 and departed on evacuation flight on or before 31st March, 2020 or unable to leave India his period of stay from the beginning of quarantine to 31st march shall not be considered.

c) has been departed on a evacuation flight on or before 31st March, 2020, period of stay from 22nd March 2020 to date of departure shall not be considered