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Fema / RBI : RBI amended the Cross Border Merger Regulations to replace NCLT-specific references with the broader term "Competent Authority." T...
Fema / RBI : The article explains how routing Indian funds through offshore structures and reinvesting them into India may violate FEMA and att...
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 : 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 updated FEMA regulations to modify payment modes, sale proceeds remittance, and reporting requirements for NRIs, OCIs, and...
Fema / RBI : The 2026 amendment broadens investment eligibility under FEMA by allowing all individual persons resident outside India to invest ...
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...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to permit banks to engage companies excluding non-banking financial companies to act as business correspondents (BCs) for the purpose of financial inclusion. These companies will be in addition to the indiv
The Reserve Bank of India has, today, placed on its website “A Profile of Banks 2009-10”. The publication, “A Profile of Banks 2009-10”,the sixth volume in the series, provides a bank-wise and bank group-wise information on important performance in
In case of disputes where the Reserve Bank of India is an involved party, the dispute shall be referred to the Central Government which may authorise an officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary for settlement of the dispute and the decision of such officer shall be final and binding on all parties.
Banks are putting up stiff resistance to Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) move to deregulate the interest rate on savings bank accounts — the last bastion of administered rates. Banks benefit from low-cost savings deposits. The central bank wants to free the savings deposit rate to smoothen monetary policy transmission, which it feels is hampered by the current fixed-rate regime.
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance today lashed out at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for “not filing an FIR against the BCCI when it found out that the society has violated several provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) i
On a review, it has been decided to include the National Payments Corporation of India. (NPCI) and United Stock Exchange of India Ltd.(USEIL) as part of institutions forming crucial financial infrastructure. Accordingly, banks’ investments in NPCI and USEIL will also be excluded from the aggregate Capital Market Exposure ceiling of 40 percent of net worth and direct investment ceiling of 20 percent of net worth, till they are listed. After listing, the exposure in excess of the original investment (i.e. prior to listing) would form part of the Capital Market Exposure.
It has come to our notice that, certain Overseas Entities who are authorized by the Reserve Bank of India, under the Payment and Settlement System Act, 2007, to operate in-bound cross border money transfer services through agents appointed in India, have been insisting on “exclusivity” arrangements with their agents for rendering such services in India. […]
Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, reviewed the progress towards Financial Inclusion by banks in India with Dr. D. Subbarao, Governor, Reserve Bank of India, and Shri R. Gopalan, Secretary (Financial Services). Deputy Governors RBI, Mrs. U
The Reserve Bank’s First Quarter Review of Monetary Policy on July 27, 2010 expressed concerns over the global outlook. Indicators of economic activity in advanced economies continue to suggest that the recovery is slowing and that the second half of
Realty firms and property consultants today said both consumers and developers are likely to be affected by the hike in key policy rates by RBI as loans would become dearer, though the impact would be marginal.
