1. It is your choice to choose your profession, if you are not practicising any restrictive trade practice, you are at your liberty to practice legally valid profession.
2. If your status is 'NRI,' your income which is earned or accrued in India is taxable in India. ... Income which is earned outside India is not taxable in India. Interest earned on an NRE account and FCNR account is tax-free. Interest on NRO account is taxable for an NRI
3. It is an arrangement between you and your paymaster.
4. Read the 2nd answer above.
As per the current Income Tax Act, if an Indian citizen stays out of the country for more than 182 days, he becomes non-resident. It is now changed that in order to become a non-resident, he/she has to stay out of the country for 240 days.
To qualify for NRI status:
The positive aspect is that in most cases, NRIs can continue to visit India for up to 181 days in the financial year and even in other cases where the period of stay in India is 120 days (and also for 365 days or more in preceding 4 years) or more or in case of Indian citizens who are not tax residents of any other.