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On a review it has been decided to fix the intra-day open position / daylight limit of the Authorised Dealers at five times the Net Overnight Open Position Limit available to them or the existing Intra-day open position limit as approved by the Reserve Bank, whichever is higher, for positions involving Rupee as one of the currencies.
Funds representing deposit liabilities may be utilised for making loans to resident constituents for meeting – their foreign exchange requirements or for the rupee working capital/capital expenditure needs of exporters /corporates who have a natural hedge or a risk management policy for managing the exchange risk subject to the prudential/interest-rate norms, credit discipline and credit monitoring guidelines in force. Authorised dealers may be guided accordingly.
In light of Para 127 of the Monetary Policy Statement 2012-13 announced by RBI Governor on April 17, 2012 (copy enclosed), banks should now re-align their cash management in such a manner so as to ensure that cash receipts in the denominations of Rs. 100 and above should not be put into re-circulation without the notes being machine processed for authenticity.
Please refer to paragraph 2 of our circular RPCD.CO.RRB.BC.No. 36/03.05.33 (C) /2011-12 dated November 24, 2011 on Interest Rates on deposits held in FCNR (B) Accounts. In view of the prevailing market conditions, it has been decided that until further notice and with effect from the close of business in India as on May 4, 2012, the interest rates on FCNR (B) Deposits will be as under:
The extant policy for foreign investment in commodity exchanges, has since been reviewed and it has been decided that prior approval of the Government (FIPB) would be required only for FDI component and Government approval would not be required for investment by registered FIIs in commodity exchanges. All other conditions contained in A.P (DIR Series) Circular No.41 dated April 28, 2008 shall remain unchanged.
Attention of Authorised Dealers Category – I (AD Category – I) banks is invited to the A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 74 dated June 30, 2011, and A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 55 dated December 09, 2011, on issue of equity shares/ preference shares under the Government route by conversion of import of capital goods / machineries / equipments (including second-hand machineries) and pre-operative / pre-incorporation expenses (including payments of rent, etc.), subject to the terms and conditions stated therein.
With a view to further liberalizing the documentation requirements, the limit for foreign exchange remittance for miscellaneous purposes without documentation formalities, has been raised from USD 5000 to USD 25000 with immediate effect.
On a review, it has been decided that henceforth NRI as defined in Foreign Exchange Management (Deposit) Regulations, 2000 contained in Notification No. FEMA.5/2000-RB dated 3rd May 2000, as amended from time to time, shall be eligible to transfer funds from NRO account to NRE account within the overall ceiling of USD one million per financial year subject to payment of tax, as applicable (i.e. as applicable if funds were remitted abroad). Such credit of funds to NRE account shall be treated as eligible credit in terms of paragraph 3(j) of Schedule-1 of Notification No. FEMA.5/2000-RB dated 3rd May 2000.
As per the extant guidelines, ECB proceeds can be utilized for permissible foreign currency expenditure and Rupee expenditure. On a review, it has been decided that at the time of availing Loan Registration Number (LRN) from the Reserve Bank, borrowers should provide bifurcation of the utilization of the ECB proceeds towards foreign currency and Rupee expenditure in Form-83.
On a review of developments in the global financial markets and current macro-economic conditions, the Reserve Bank has taken the following measures to ease foreign currency flows as also to enhance the availability of export credit in foreign currency: