Can an NRI open a HUF demat account?<\/h3>
No, an NRI cannot open a HUF demat account; only a resident individual or Karta can open a HUF demat account.<\/p><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n
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You must have an individual demat account in which you can hold securities to create long-term wealth. But most of you are not aware of the HUF demat account in which you can manage the investment as the head of your family, known as \u201cKarta\u201d. Using this account, you can create wealth for your family. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":22315,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[256],"class_list":["post-22142","demat","type-demat","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-demat-account"],"acf":{"freelancer":"Harjyot"},"yoast_head":"\n
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