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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...
For disseminating the information pertaining to compounding orders, it has been decided to host the compounding orders passed on or after June 1, 2016 on the Bank’s website (www.rbi.org.in). The data on the website will be updated at monthly intervals in the following format:
AD Cat- I banks were required to submit statement E on total remittances received every quarter. Authorised Dealer Category – I (AD Cat – I) banks are now advised to report the above mentioned statement in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) system from the quarter ending June 2016.
Authorised Persons, who are Indian Agents under Money Transfer Service Scheme were required to submit quarterly statement of the quantum of remittances received in the prescribed format.
On a review, it has been decided to change the fraud monitoring and reporting mechanism at the Regional Offices and Central Fraud Monitoring Cell (CFMC) of the RBI. Accordingly, henceforth:
In case the investor in a Credit Information Company in India is a wholly owned subsidiary (directly or indirectly) of an investment holding company, the conditions as at (2) and (3) above will be applied to the operating group company that is engaged in credit information business and has undertaken to provide technical know-how to the Credit Information Company in India.
Unlisted debt securities: FPIs can invest in the primary issues of non-convertible debentures/bonds by a public company issued in demat form, provided that the issuing company does not use the borrowing proceeds for real estate activities, purchase of land, investing in capital market or on-lending to other entities. The custodian banks of FPIs shall ensure compliance with this condition based on an undertaking from the issuing company.
Many persons are interested at preserving old currency, new released currency, foreign currency received by them. Few of them possess the foreign currency for some specified purpose. Many times they counter questions regarding eligibility for possession of foreign currency and the permitted limit to which they can possess the foreign currency.
The concept of NPA is introduced by RBI to reflect a bank’s actual financial health in its balance sheet and as per the recommendations made by the Committee on Financial System (Chairman Shri M. Narasimham). The provisioning should be made on the basis of the classification of assets into different categories.
The Reserve Bank of India today placed on its website the Discussion Paper (DP) on Framework for enhancing Credit Supply for Large Borrowers through Market Mechanism. Absence of an overarching ceiling on total bank borrowing by a corporate entity from the banking system has resulted in banks collectively having very high exposures to some of the large corporates in India.
On a review it is felt necessary to revise the regulations issued under the Foreign Exchange Management (Exports of Goods and Services) Regulations, 2000 as amended from time to time. Accordingly, in consultation with the Government of India, the said regulations have been repealed and superseded by the Foreign Exchange Management (Exports of Goods and Services) Regulations, 2015.
