Fema / RBI : The 2026 FEMA amendment removes uncertainty surrounding INR borrowings by resident individuals from NRIs and OCI relatives. The RB...
Fema / RBI : Explains how ECBs allow Indian entities to borrow abroad while ensuring compliance with RBI rules. Key takeaway: growth is enabled...
Fema / RBI : Expanding overseas is easier under new rules, but compliance risks remain. Missing filings or structuring errors can trigger penal...
Fema / RBI : The issue concerns alternative settlement mechanisms for international trade. The framework allows INR-based transactions with fle...
Goods and Services Tax : ECGC payouts in INR do not qualify as export proceeds under GST and FEMA laws. Exporters must secure AD bank write-offs to avoid r...
Corporate Law : Authorities found Dubai property acquisitions by Indian residents routed through hawala, leading to action for violations of FEMA ...
Fema / RBI : BCAS submits comments on RBI’s draft External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) regulations, seeking clarity on eligibility, KYC norms...
Fema / RBI : BCAS provides feedback on draft FEMA trade regulations, flags concerns over AD bank powers, seeks clarity and consistency....
Fema / RBI : New FEMA rules allow settlement of foreign exchange violations with penalties up to ₹5 crore. Pending cases will follow earlier ...
Fema / RBI : The Government amended FEMA regulations, enabling resolution of violations up to ₹5 crore by paying fines. Ongoing cases follow ...
Corporate Law : The Appellate Tribunal under SAFEMA held that routing demonetized cash through another person’s bank account constituted a benam...
Fema / RBI : The issue was whether properties purchased using company funds could escape benami classification. The Tribunal held that unexplai...
Fema / RBI : The Tribunal ruled that transactions predating the alleged crime cannot be treated as proceeds of crime without a clear link. It s...
Fema / RBI : The issue was whether properties unconnected to crime could be attached under PMLA. The Tribunal held that equivalent value assets...
Fema / RBI : The Tribunal ruled that taxation of income does not negate its use in benami transactions. Even disclosed or assessed income can f...
Fema / RBI : RBI has withdrawn the requirement for prior approval of tie-ups between AD banks and non-bank remittance platforms. The new framew...
Fema / RBI : RBI has notified Foreign Exchange Management (Authorised Persons) Regulations, 2026 to streamline authorisation norms under FEMA. ...
Fema / RBI : RBI notified the Foreign Exchange Management (Authorised Persons) Regulations, 2026 introducing revised eligibility, compliance, a...
Fema / RBI : The issue involved foreign investment limits in the insurance sector under FEMA regulations. The amendment allows up to 100% FDI u...
Fema / RBI : The issue involved foreign investment from countries sharing land borders with India. The amendment mandates Government approval f...
The provisions of Section 15 of FEMA permit compounding of contraventions and empowers Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) to compound any contravention, except under section 3 (a) of FEMA on an application made by the person committing such contravention. In order to simplify the procedures for compounding, the Government of India notified Foreign Exchange (Compounding Proceedings) Rules, 2000 (“Rules”).
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today ruled out imposition of Tobin tax on capital inflows in the country, saying the situation in India has not not reached a problem stage.
Attention of Authorised Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.70 dated June 30, 2009 increasing the period of realisation and repatriation to India of the amount representing the full export value of goods or software exported, from six months to twelve months from the date of export, subject to review after one year.
A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 56, June 28, 2010 The provisions of section 15 of FEMA, 1999 permit compounding of contraventions and, as such it empowers the Reserve Bank to compound any contravention as defined under section 13 of the FEMA, except the contraventions under section 3 (a) of FEMA, on an application made by the person committing such contravention. Attention of all the Authorised Dealer Category – I (AD Category – I) banks and their constituents is invited in this regard to the Foreign Exchange (Compounding Proceedings) Rules, 2000 notified by the Government of India vide G.S.R.No.383 (E) dated 3rd May 2000 as amended from time to time (copy as on date given at Annex – I) and the A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.31 dated February 1, 2005.
Meanwhile, an NRO (non-resident ordinary) account gives one the privilege of depositing overseas earnings as well as Indian earnings. An NRO account can be in the form of saving, current and term deposit account.
The Centre has not closed the window for issuing warrants and partly-paid shares to non-residents even as the recently announced consolidated FDI policy framework excluded these instruments from the definition of “capital”, a senior Government official said.
The government has decided to allow Indian companies to freely enter into share-swap deals with foreign firms to facilitate cross-border mergers and acquisitions, provided such deals are consistent with the country’s policy on foreign direct investment (FDI).
The industry ministry today said it will come out with a definition of ”group company” soon, a clarification that would help global companies like Wal-Mart to begin operations without violating norms. “We are working on a clarification.
FOREIGN investors will be required to give a commitment that they will not do anything detrimental to India’s interest as the government looks to tighten scrutiny of foreign direct investment, but experts say the regulation is not so innocuous. The department of industrial policy and promotion or DIPP, the key government body for policy on foreign direct investments, has initiated discussions with concerned ministries including finance, law, home, and the RBI.
The government will consider changes in rules to allow 100% foreign owned and well capitalised non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) to set up subsidiaries, removing the curbs introduced by the foreign direct investment guidelines issued last year. The Reserve Bank of India will work out the details of the changes, a government official told.
