Fema / RBI : The article explains that the FLA Return is a position-based FEMA compliance triggered by outstanding foreign investments, not by ...
Fema / RBI : RBI has updated the FLA Return FAQs, clarifying who must file, the 15 July deadline, revision procedures, and reporting requiremen...
Fema / RBI : The 2026 FEMA amendment expands portfolio investment eligibility beyond NRIs and OCIs to all individuals resident outside India. I...
Fema / RBI : The article examines how recent FEMA reforms have simplified downstream investments while highlighting unresolved issues involving...
Fema / RBI : India has expanded portfolio investment access by allowing any individual resident outside India to invest in listed Indian compan...
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 ...
Fema / RBI : The Karnataka High Court upheld the Appellate Tribunal's finding that the respondents satisfied the definition of person resident ...
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Fema / RBI : The RBI has withdrawn non-operative FEMA circulars after reviewing directives issued since June 2000. The ruling helps Authorised ...
Fema / RBI : RBI has rationalised FEMA reporting by introducing revised return formats, discontinuing several reports, and easing compliance re...
Fema / RBI : RBI has allowed Authorised Dealer Category-I banks to exclude hedged positions arising from FCNR(B) deposits, ECBs, and OFCBs whil...
Fema / RBI : The RBI has directed all AD Category-I banks to submit daily data on FCNR(B) deposits, ECBs, and OFCBs mobilized under its swap fa...
Fema / RBI : RBI's Sixth Amendment to the FEMA Deposit Regulations broadens the scope of SNRR accounts by permitting IFSC branches to maintain ...
On a review and in partial modification of earlier instructions it has been decided that in respect of the Compounding Orders passed on or after March 01, 2020 a summary information, instead of the Compounding Orders, shall be published on the Bank’s website in the following format:
RBI decided to discontinue the 17 returns/reports as listed under under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 which includes Report on Category-wise transaction where the amount exceeds USD 5000 per transaction
Following are the types of Bank account which a foreigner can maintain in India: ♦ Non – Resident External Rupee Account (NRE). ♦ Non- Resident Ordinarily Account (NRO). ♦ Foreign Currency (Non – Resident) Account Bank (FCNR (B)). ♦ Non – Resident (Non Repatriable) Rupee Deposit Accounts (NRNR Accounts). ♦ Special Non- Resident Rupee Account […]
INCORPORATION OF COMPANY BY FOREIGN NATIONALS? Incorporation of Company by Foreign Nationals/Non Resident Indian/Overseas Citizen Of India (OCI) is a cumbersome process and subject to Regulatory approvals. The laws which here are of concern are: 1. Companies Act, 2013 2. Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999. FEMA PERSPECTIVE Starting point of Foreign investment is inflow of […]
i) These regulations may be called the Foreign Exchange Management (Margin for Derivative Contracts) Regulations, 2020. ii) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Gazette of India.
A Foreign National can start a business in India without being a Resident and one can setup up a new business in India in any of the following ways: A. Limited Company (Private Limited/Public Limited Company) B. Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) C. Branch Office or Liaison/Representative Office, Project Office A. LIMITED COMPANY A non-resident Indians […]
ANALYSIS OF COMPOUNDING ORDERS ISSUED BY AUTHORITY YEAR 2020 1) Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident Outside India (Inbound Investment) (FEMA 20/2000-RB), Taking on record transfer of shares from resident to non-resident. Applicant M/s W. Hunger Hydraulics India Private Limited Compounding Application Number C.A. No. 126/2019 Amount imposed under Compounding Order Rs. […]
Foreign investments into India to acquire equity instruments of an Indian company are primarily regulated in terms of the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019 (NDI Rules). ‘Equity Instruments’ means equity shares, convertible debentures, preference shares and share warrants issued by an Indian company. [Rule 2(k) of NDI Rules] Pursuant to the amendments to […]
Know Person Resident Outside India (PROI) and Non-Resident Indian (NRI) under FEMA Pursuant to the amendments to Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (‘FEMA’) through Finance Act, 2015, recently, the Ministry of Finance notified the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019 (“the Nondebt Instruments Rules”) vide Notification No. 3732(E) dated 17th October, 2019 and Foreign […]
The Ministry of Finance, Government of India has now classified instruments issued under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) as debt and non-debt instruments and has notified the rules/ regulations in this regard. The Finance Act of 2015 had proposed certain amendments to the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999. The Central Government (“CG”), vide sections […]
