Source: The Daily Telegraph (UK). 26 June 2008 at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/asia/india/goaandsouth/2199466/Indian-auth orities-clamp-down-on-foreigners-living-in-Goa.html
Title: Indian authorities clamp down on foreigners living in Goa By Rahul Bedi in New Delhi Scores of British homeowners across Goa face the prospect of eviction from their properties following a government investigation into their purchases. Victims of the powerful nexus between unscrupulous property dealers and corrupt local politicians who sold them flats and well-appointed beach houses with either incomplete or forged deeds, these Britons now run the real risk of being dispossessed of their homes. In many cases they were acquired as retirement homes, after great forethought and deliberation, with their life savings. These unfortunate Brits are caught in the crossfire between greedy politicians and equally rapacious property developers said a 48-year old Indian business woman currently building a house in south Goa who, fearful of consequences, declined to be named. Top Indian real estate corporations, she added had invested heavily-some putting in over Rs 20 billion (£250 million)-into Goa as its profile as a tranquil home-owning and holiday destination grew exponentially over the past decade. Goas law minister Dayanand Narvekar conceded that overseas property buyers in Goa had been "misguided by locals but added that ignorance of the law even in Britain, was no excuse for wrongdoing. Mounting xenophobia and a movement by locals against outsiders colonising their state, is also working against the 3000-odd long term residents, many of them Britons who were slowly beginning to leave after years of residence. The property alarm has resulted in the British High Commission in Delhi cautioning Britons against acquiring real estate in Goa. Over the past two decades Goa has emerged as India's most popular tourist destination, with about 40 per cent of visitors coming from the UK. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/asia/india/goaandsouth/2199466/Indian-auth orities-clamp-down-on-foreigners-living-in-Goa.html ==================================== It is curious that the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office has issued an advisory against buying property in Goa even though the regulations are determined by Union policy.
