MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Economic Affairs)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 22nd April, 2020
S.O. 1278 (E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (aa) and (ab) of sub-section (2) of section 46 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Amendment Rules, 2020.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019, in rule 6, in clause (a), for the provisos, the following provisos shall be substituted namely:-
“Provided that an entity of a country, which shares land border with India or the beneficial owner of an investment into India who is situated in or is a citizen of any such country, shall invest only with the Government approval:
Provided further that, a citizen of Pakistan or an entity incorporated in Pakistan shall invest only under the Government route, in sectors or activities other than defence, space, atomic energy and such other sectors or activities prohibited for foreign investment:
Provided also that in the event of the transfer of ownership of any existing or future FDI in an entity in India, directly or indirectly, resulting in the beneficial ownership falling within the restriction or purview of the above provisos, such subsequent change in beneficial ownership shall also require government approval”.
[F. No. 01/05/EM/2019-Part (1)]
ANAND MOHAN BAJAJ, Jt. Secy.
Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide notification number S.O.3732 (E), dated the 17th October, 2019 and subsequently amended vide S.O. 4355 (E), dated the 5th December 2019.
