NRI Gift vs Loan

Hi,


My brother is building a house in India and I would like to help him with the construction of the house. I am an NRI living in USA and I have couple of questions.

- Is there a limit on the amount that can be gifted from US?

 * It's not clear to me if US gift tax or Indian gift tax or both laws are applicable when I remit the money.  As per US gift tax law ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_tax_in_the_United_States ) only $13000 per person per year can be gifted

- Is it better to provide this amount as loan? In this case is this amount repatriable?

 * My brother is certainly planning repay the amount at SOME POINT. This might or might not happen

Thanks in advance.

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How much amount you need to transfer?

Around 30000 USD.

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