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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 : Companies receiving foreign investment must comply with reporting, valuation, and approval requirements under FEMA. Failure to do ...
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 profitability of RRBs, as a segment, has been improving. However, some of the factors responsible for losses in RRBs are identified as : low recovery, high NPA, low business level, low productivity per branch and per staff, high cost structure, poor financial management, limited area of operation, non-viable level of operation in branches located in resource-poor areas etc. Further, one of the RRBs, namely Puduval Bharthiar Grama Bank, which was set up in March 2008, has not yet reached a breakeven point;
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) having considered it necessary in public interest and to regulate the financial system of the country to its advantage had laid draft guidelines on the regulation of issue of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) with maturity of less than one year .
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has unveiled a Consolidated FDI Policy on 1 April 2010 which consolidates all the prior policies / regulations on Foreign direct investments (FDI) as per Foreign Exchange Control Regulations and Press Notes /Press Releases / Clarifications issued by DIPP, into a single document and thereby reflects the current ‘policy framework’ on FDI.
Many non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) have made investment in overseas ventures without the regulatory clearance by Reserve Bank of India (RBI). A Statement with the details of the NBFCs, registered with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), which have made investments in overseas Joint Ventures/ Wholly Owned Subsidiaries without approval of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) during the last three years and action taken is attached as Annex -I. Similar Statement in respect of other NBFCs is at Annex-II.
The Reserve Bank on Wednesday suggested lowering the foreign investment limit in new private sector banks to below 50 per cent from 74 per cent currently, in order to strengthen the local banks.
Hitherto, Indian corporates in the services sectors viz., hotels, hospitals and software were allowed to avail ECB upto USD 100 million per financial year under the automatic route for permissible end-uses. ECB beyond USD 100 million was arguably not permissible even under the approval route.
The Reserve Bank of India does not have any estimate of alleged illegal gold transactions going on in the country, according an RTI reply. The application addressed to the Finance Ministry was transferred to the Bankers’ Bank for a reply on the issue of illegal gold transactions, ‘hawala’ trade and blackmoney stashed away in banks abroad, but the RBI said it had no information on these issue.
The Reserve Bank on Thursday said it will consider allowing corporates in hotel, hospital and software sectors to raise overseas debts beyond $ 100 million, the stipulate limit now. “…it has now been decided to consider applications from the corporates in the hotel, hospital and software sectorsto avail of ECB beyond $ 100 million under the approval route, for foreign currency or rupee capital expenditure for permissible end-uses,” RBI said in a notification.
The Bank had announced in the Annual Policy 2010-2011 that companies which have their assets predominantly as investments in shares for holding stake in group companies but not for trading, and also do not carry on any other financial activity, i.e., Core Investment Companies,
In terms of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Master Circular dated July 1, 2010 on Customer Service, banks have been advised that they should exercise due care and necessary precautions for the protection of the lockers provided to the customer.
