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Fema / RBI : Individuals who receive or transfer funds on behalf of others may face prosecution under various Indian laws. The article explains...
Fema / RBI : RBI has reiterated that software and ITES exporters must submit the annual survey based on the previous financial year. The guidel...
Fema / RBI : RBI requires mutual funds to report foreign liabilities and assets annually for compilation of Balance of Payments and Internation...
Fema / RBI : This article explains why FEMA does not explicitly prohibit round-tripping transactions and how regulators instead control them th...
Fema / RBI : Service exporters must file monthly EDF declarations from October 2026 under new FEMA regulations. Non-compliance may affect eBRC ...
Fema / RBI : RBI has clarified reporting requirements, valuation methods, submission procedures, and entity obligations under the Portfolio Inv...
Fema / RBI : The amendment redefines revenue reserves by excluding provisions for liabilities and depreciation. This ensures clearer classifica...
Fema / RBI : RBI revises the definition of revenue reserves to exclude provisions and liabilities. The change enhances transparency and consist...
Fema / RBI : The Reserve Bank of India has removed a key provision from capital adequacy norms to ensure consistency with updated investment ru...
Fema / RBI : RBI introduces annual IFR assessment instead of continuous compliance for RRBs. The change reduces operational burden while mainta...
Fema / RBI : The key issue was whether cash falls within the definition of property under the PBPT Act. The Tribunal ruled that cash is a tangi...
Fema / RBI : The case examined whether Indian assets could remain seized after foreign asset value was repatriated. The Tribunal ruled that onc...
Fema / RBI : The appellant claimed the disputed funds were received unknowingly and had attempted to return them. The Tribunal granted relief b...
Fema / RBI : The Tribunal held that bank accounts cannot remain frozen merely because the account holder is related to a suspect or under inves...
Fema / RBI : The Tribunal held that retention of seized assets can continue under Section 8(3) when a PMLA prosecution complaint is already pen...
Fema / RBI : RBI amended governance rules for Rural Co-operative Banks after observing that some directors were briefly resigning and returning...
Fema / RBI : RBI amended governance rules for Urban Co-operative Banks after finding directors briefly resigning and rejoining boards to bypass...
Fema / RBI : RBI issued revised draft directions to regulate recovery practices of banks, NBFCs, and other regulated entities. The framework pr...
Fema / RBI : RBI has released draft amendment directions for commercial and small finance banks to strengthen Pillar 3 disclosures under Basel ...
Fema / RBI : RBI has abolished the mandatory Investment Fluctuation Reserve requirement for commercial banks following changes in market risk a...
Annual Return on Foreign Liabilities and Assets (FLA Return)– An Analysis (Key Points, FAQ’s and Important Definitions) 1. Compliance Particular: Annual Return on Foreign Liabilities and Assets (FLA Return) 2. Requirement: FLA Return is required to be submitted mandatorily by all the India resident companies which have received FDI and/ or made ODI in any […]
What is Annual Return of Foreign Liabilities and Assets? -FLA annual return are one of the compliances that have to be met by the companies that are involved with FDI (Foreign Direct Investments) or companies who invest in foreign companies either via joint venture or wholly owned subsidiaries, also termed as Overseas Direct Investment (ODI).
As per Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s data on global operations, aggregate gross advances of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) increased from Rs. 18,19,074 crore as on 31.3.2008 to Rs. 52,15,920 crore as on 31.3.2014. As per RBI inputs, the primary reasons for the spurt in stressed assets have been observed to be, inter-alia, aggressive lending practices, wilful […]
(i) These Regulations may be called the Foreign Exchange Management (Deposit) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019. (ii) They shall come into force with effect from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
Please be informed that all Companies/LLPs which have received FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) and/or made FDI abroad (i.e. overseas investment) have to file an Annual Return which is Foreign Assets & Liabilities Return (FLA). 1. The due date for filing FLA return is 31st of July, 2019 for the FY 2018-2019. 2. Non-filing of the return […]
The Union Budget 2019-20 has proposed several amendments/rationalisation measures aimed at encouraging and incentivizing NBFCs and these are discussed as under:
Foreign Liabilities & Assets Information Reporting (Flair) System (FLA Return) Applicability:-Annual return on Foreign Liabilities and Assets has been notified under FEMA 1999 and it is required to be submitted by all the India resident companies (Reporting Entities)* which have received FDI and/ or made overseas investment in any of the previous year(s), including current […]
July month has already observed too many due dates for the professional. New forms have also been introduced out of which BEN 1 and NFRA 1 is still a confusion for many learned professionals. Moreover, RBI also changed the e-mail based FLA filing to web based filing for FLAIR from 2019 which will have its […]
The Reserve bank of India has announced the new reporting structure for FDI related transactions in which they have combined different reporting into a single combined form i.e. the Single Master Form (‘SMF’) which subsumed all the existing reporting in different forms such as ARF, FCGPR, FCTRS etc. Also, by implementation of this new structure, […]
RBI today released the draft report of Internal Working Group on Comprehensive Review of Market Timings. Comments on draft report are invited from market participants and other interested parties by July 31, 2019.
