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As per the extant External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) policy, Infrastructure Finance Companies (IFCs) i.e. Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) categorized as IFCs by the Reserve Bank were permitted to avail of ECBs for on-lending to infrastructure sector under approval route subject to satisfaction of prescribed conditions.
The present policy of Government of India permits 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) under Government route Le. with prior approval of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in the manufacture of Cigars & Cigarettes, subject to obtaining industrial license under the Industries (Development & Regulation) Act, 1951.
Foreign travellers can carry 50% more foreign exchange in cash than they could earlier. In a move towards further liberalisation of its foreign exchange policy, the Reserve Bank of India said it has increased the cash limit for foreign travel from $2,000 to $3,000 with immediate effect.
In the Foreign Exchange Management (Current Account Transactions) Rules, 2000, in schedule II, item number 8 and the entry relating thereto shall be omitted.
RBI has asked finance companies to obtain a no-objection certificate from it before investing overseas, it said on Monday. The company will also have to clearly mention the activities that will be done by the overseas entity while making an application to RBI.
Attention of the Authorised Dealer Category – I (AD Category – I) banks is invited to the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident Outside India) Regulations, 2000, notified vide Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000, as amended from time to time.
Instances have been observed where NBFCs have made overseas investments without regulatory clearance of the Department of Non-Banking Supervision, Reserve Bank of India. Any investments made by NBFCs without regulatory clearance is a violation of FEMA 2004 and attracts penal provisions.
Government on Friday said that ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank cannot be called Indian-owned banks, setting at rest the debate generated over the nationality of the top two private sector lenders. At best, the two can be called as Indian-controlled banks,” DIPP secretary R P Singh said when asked about the government’s stand in the wake of the two seeking clarifications on the matter.
India today said it would next month initiate discussion on liberalising Foreign Direct Investment in sectors ranging from defence to agriculture and even retail — a source of political woes for the government in the past. The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), the nodal agency for framing FDI policies, will come out with six discussion papers in mid-May on overseas investment norms.
The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) probe into suspected money-laundering and foreign exchange violations in the Indian Premier League (IPL) has zeroed in on 18 benaami companies based out of India who have made huge investments in some IPL franchisees.
