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Exchange Earner’s Foreign Currency (EEFC) Account- Liberalisation -1. Attention of Authorised Dealer Category – I (AD Category – I) banks is invited to Regulation 4 of Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Currency Accounts by a person resident in India) Regulations, 2000 notified vide Notification No.FEMA.10/2000- RB dated 3rd May, 2000 and as amended from time to time, in terms of which a person resident in India is permitted to open and maintain with an authorized dealer in India a Foreign Currency Account known as Exchange Earner’s Foreign Currency (EEFC) Account subject to the terms and conditions of the Exchange Earner’s Foreign Currency Account Scheme specified in the Schedule to the above mentioned Notification.
It is clarified that Domestic Venture Capital Funds registered with SEBI, have been permitted to invest in equity and equity-linked instruments only of off-shore Venture Capital Undertakings. Accordingly, Domestic Venture Capital Funds registered with SEBI, desirous of making investments in off-shore Venture Capital Undertakings may approach SEBI for prior approval.
It has been decided to enhance the existing limit of USD 100,000 per financial year to USD 200,000 per financial year (April – March) with immediate effect. Accordingly, AD Category – I banks may now allow remittance up to USD 200,000, per financial year, under the Scheme, for any permitted current or capital account transaction or a combination of both.
Reserve Bank of India Governor Dr Y Venugopal Reddy on Tuesday presented the First Quarter Review of Annual Statement on Monetary Policy for the Year 2007-08 on Tuesday. Dr Reddy kept the interest rates unchanged, but hiked the Cash Reserve Ration by 50 basis points to 7.0 percent.
We have been receiving queries from authorised dealers whether such undertaking and certificate should be obtained in all cases of remittances in foreign currency to non-residents including remittances for trade payments.
(1) These rules may be called the Senior Citizens Savings Scheme Rules, 2004. (2) They shall come into force on the 2nd day of August, 2004.
In the Foreign Exchange Management( Transfer or Issue of Security by a person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2000, In Regulation 2, after item (vii), the following item shall be inserted, namely:- (vii) (a) ‘ Non-resident Indian (NRI) shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (iv) of Regulation 2 of the Foreign Exchange Management (Investment in Firm or Proprietary Concern in India) Regulations, 2000.’ in item (viii), the words ‘ Non-resident Indian (NRI)’ shall be deleted;
Money Transfer Service Scheme ( MTSS ) is a quick and easy way of transferring personal remittances from abroad to beneficiaries in India. Only personal remittances such as remittances towards family maintenance and remittances favouring foreign tourists visiting India are permissible. The system envisages a tie-up between reputed money transfer companies abroad and agents in India who would disburse the funds to the beneficiaries at ongoing exchange rates. The system does not envisage the repatriation of such inward remittances. The India agent is also not allowed to remit any amount on account of exchange loss to the overseas principal.
The guidelines for licensing of new banks in the private sector were issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on January 22, 1993. Out of various applications received, RBI had granted licences to 10 banks. After a review of the experience gained on the functioning of the new banks in the private sector, in consultation with the Government, it has now been decided to revise the licensing guidelines.
The sale/maturity proceeds (net of applicable taxes) of shares or convertible debentures purchased under this Scheme shall be credited only to NRSR account where the purchase consideration was paid out of funds held in NRSR account and to NRO or NRSR account at the option of the seller where the purchase consideration was paid out of inward remittance or funds held in NRE/FCNR/NRO/NRNR account.
