{"id":463,"date":"2025-04-15T04:53:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T04:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastlegal.in\/blog\/?p=463"},"modified":"2025-04-15T04:53:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T04:53:46","slug":"resident-director-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fastlegal.co.in\/blog\/company-law\/resident-director-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Appointment of Resident Director in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Section 149 (3) of the Companies Act, 2013 has provided for the residence of a director in India (Resident Director in India) as a compulsory i.e. every <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">company<\/a> shall have at least one director who has stayed in India for a total period of not less than 182 days in the previous calendar year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So if you are <a href=\"https:\/\/fastlegal.in\/blog\/foreign-subsidiary\/foreign-nationals-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Incorporating a new company <\/a>that has all the Directors who is not Indian Residents, you need to hire one Indian Resident Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2240\" height=\"1260\" src=\"https:\/\/fastlegal.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/9782280098.png\" alt=\"Resident Director in India \" class=\"wp-image-1985\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fastlegal.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/9782280098.png 2240w, https:\/\/fastlegal.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/9782280098-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/fastlegal.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/9782280098-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/fastlegal.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/9782280098-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/fastlegal.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/9782280098-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/fastlegal.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/9782280098-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2240px) 100vw, 2240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Duties and Responsibilities of Resident Director in India<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Resident Director will be fully responsible as Normal Director of the Company,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Resident Director will not be involved in operational control of the company.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Resident Director will be <a href=\"https:\/\/fastlegal.in\/blog\/company-law\/how-to-appoint-or-add-new-director-in-private-limited-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appointment<\/a> to fulfill the statutory requirements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Directorship will be covered under the officers and liability insurance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Resident Director will participate in Board Meetings of the Company, wherever required<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fastlegal.in\/blog\/company-law\/passing-of-resolution-by-circulation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Circular or other Resolutions<\/a> will be approved or disapproved as par Individual Understanding.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Resident Director will be from our team only.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Section 149 (3) of the Companies Act, 2013 has provided for the residence of a director in India (Resident Director in India) as a compulsory i.e. every company shall have at least one director who has stayed in India for&hellip; 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