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Fema / RBI : RBI has introduced a concessional forex swap facility allowing eligible PSUs to hedge ECB and OFCB exposures at a fixed 1.50% cost...
Fema / RBI : RBI's KYC framework mandates customer identification, risk categorization, and ongoing monitoring to combat money laundering and t...
Fema / RBI : The article explains RBI’s decision to reduce the export proceeds realization period from 15 months to 9 months and its impact o...
Fema / RBI : Companies receiving foreign investment must comply with reporting, valuation, and approval requirements under FEMA. Failure to do ...
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 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 has issued draft amendment directions to harmonise governance standards for risk management, compliance, and internal audit fu...
Fema / RBI : RBI has released draft amendment directions on the Standardised Approach for Counterparty Credit Risk after reviewing legal and re...
Fema / RBI : RBI's 2026 amendment directions permit AIFIs to finance listed InvITs but impose stringent conditions relating to valuation, lever...
Fema / RBI : RBI has amended the Small Finance Banks framework to permit lending to listed InvITs while imposing detailed conditions on leverag...
Fema / RBI : The RBI has classified bank exposures to REITs as Commercial Real Estate exposures with specified risk weights. Overseas branch le...
DBOD No. CID.BC. 1/20.16.003/2011-12 Pursuant to the instructions of the Central Vigilance Commission for collection of information on wilful defaults of Rs.25 lakhs and above by RBI and dissemination to the reporting banks and FIs, a scheme was framed by RBI with effect from 1st April 1999 under which the banks and notified All India Financial Institutions were required to submit to RBI the details of the wilful defaulters. Wilful default broadly covered the following:
Sub: Master Circular on AML/CFT – Anti Money Laundering (AML) Standards/ Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) /Obligations of Securities Market Intermediaries under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 and Rules framed there under. 1. The Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) was brought into force with effect from 1st July 2005. Necessary […]
Major Highlights- India’s external debt, as at end-March 2011, was placed at US $ 305.9 billion (17.3 per cent of GDP) recording an increase of US $ 44.9 billion or 17.2 per cent over the end-March 2010 level on account of significant increase in commercial borrowings, short-term trade credits, bilateral and multilateral borrowings.
MASTER CIRCULAR NO. 8/2011-12, DATED 1-7-2011 If any person contravenes any provision of FEMA, 1999, or contravenes any rule, regulation, notification, direction or order issued in exercise of the powers under this Act, or contravenes any condition subject to which an authorization is issued by the Reserve Bank, he shall, upon adjudication, be liable to a penalty up to thrice the sum involved in such contravention where the amount is quantifiable or up to Rupees Two lakh, where the amount is not quantifiable and where the contravention is a continuing one, further penalty which may extend to Rupees Five thousand for every day after the first day during which the contravention continues (Section 13(1), Chapter IV of FEMA, 1999). In terms of rule 4 of the Foreign Exchange (Compounding Proceedings) Rules, 2000, the powers to compound the contraventions have been prescribed for compounding authorities with regard to the sum involved in such contravention and no contravention shall be compounded unless the amount involved in the contravention is quantifiable.
Import of Goods and Services into India is being allowed in terms of section 5 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), read with Notification No. G.S.R. 381(E), dated May 3, 2000 viz. Foreign Exchange Management (Current Account Transactions) Rules, 2000 as amended from time to time. This Master Circular consolidates the existing instructions on the subject of ‘Import of Goods and Services’ at one place. The list of underlying circulars consolidated in this Master Circular is also furnished.
The acceptance of deposits by an Authorised Dealer/Authorised bank from persons resident outside India are regulated by the provisions of sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 6 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 read with FEMA Notification No. 5/2000 RB dated May 3, 2000, as amended from time to time.2. This Master Circular consolidates the existing instructions on the subject of ‘Non-Resident Ordinary Rupee (NRO) Account’ at one place. The list of underlying circulars/notifications consolidated in this Master Circular is furnished in the Appendix.
ORDER S.O.1492(E), DATED 1-7-2011 SECTION 50 OF THE FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION (REGULATION) ACT, 2010 – POWER TO EXEMPT IN CERTAIN CASES – ACT NOT TO APPLY TO ALL BODIES CONSTITUTED OR ESTABLISHED BY OR UNDER A CENTRAL ACT OR A STATE ACT REQUIRING TO HAVE THEIR ACCOUNTS COMPULSORILY AUDITED BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL OF INDIA
MASTER CIRCULAR NO. 5/2011-12, This Master Circular consolidates the existing instructions on the subject of ‘Memorandum of Instructions for Opening and Maintenance of Rupee/Foreign Currency Vostro Accounts of Non-resident Exchange Houses’ at one place. The list of underlying Circulars/notifications is set out in the Appendix. 2. This Master Circular is issued with a sunset clause. This circular will stand withdrawn on July 1, 2012 and be replaced by an updated Master Circular on the subject.
MASTER CIRCULAR NO. 4/2011-12, DATED 1-7-2011 Acquisition and transfer of immovable property in India by NRIs/PIOs/Foreign Nationals of Non-Indian Origin is regulated in terms of sub-sections (3), (4) and (5) of section 6 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 read with Notification No. FEMA 21/2000-RB, dated May 3, 2000. The regulatory framework and instructions issued by the Reserve Bank in this regard have been compiled in this Master Circular. The list of underlying circulars/notifications is furnished in Appendix.2. This Master Circular is being issued with a sunset clause of one year. This circular will stand withdrawn on July 1, 2012 and be replaced by an updated Master Circular on the subject.
MASTER CIRCULAR NO. 3/2011-12, DATED 1-7-2011 Establishment of Branch/Liaison/Project Offices in India is regulated in terms of section 6(6) of Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, read with Notification No. FEMA 22/2000-RB, dated May 3, 2000 as amended from time to time. 2. This Master Circular consolidates the existing instructions on the subject of ‘Establishment of Branch/Liaison/Project Offices in India by Foreign Entities’ at one place. The list of underlying circulars/notifications consolidated in this Master Circular is furnished in the Appendix.
