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Fema / RBI : The RBI has withdrawn non-operative FEMA circulars after reviewing directives issued since June 2000.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 ...
Reserve Bank’s power to permit export or import of currency: Notwithstanding anything contained in these regulations, the Reserve Bank may, on an application made to it and on being satisfied that it is necessary to do so, allow any person to take or send out of India to any country or bring into India from any country currency notes of Government of India and /or of Reserve Bank of India subject to such terms and conditions as the Reserve Bank may stipulate.
FCGPR is required to be filed with the RBI for issue of shares through Bonus/Right issue by an Indian company to a person resident outside India/body corporate incorporated outside India. Website: https://firms.rbi.org.in/firms/ Due date for filling: Within 30 days from the date of issue of shares TYPE OF REGISTRATION: Entity User Registration- (If an entity […]
Shailendra Swarup Vs Deputy Director (Supreme Court of India) Section 68 of FERA, 1973 deals with Offences by companies. Section 68(1) provides that every person who, at the time of the contravention was committed, was in charge of, and was responsible to, the company for the conduct of business of the company as well as […]
Start-ups eco system is always dynamic and volatile. They are always in search of the innovative funding and that also in a cost effective manner. In order to promote start-ups, government always comes out with innovative initiatives either they give exemption from regulatory requirements or provide cost effective funding. One of the step taken by […]
Broadly any company issuing Compulsorily Convertible Debentures (CCD) will be required to comply following laws in India, which are as under: 1. Companies Act 2013 2. Foreign Exchange Management Act ( FEMA) 3. Income Tax Act, 1961. The overview of some of the provision of above laws to be taken into consideration before choosing CCDs as instrument for raising funds by a private limited company
Liaison Office Companies incorporated outside India can open ‘Liaison Office’ (also known as representative office) in India. Liaison office is a place of business to act as a channel of communication between the principal place of business or Head Office. The Liaison office can undertake only liaison activities, it is not allowed to undertake any […]
Determining residential status as per FEMA Law and the ‘major accounts’ that can be opened in India by Non-resident Indians When a resident Indian gains non-resident Indian status, it is mandatory by the law to change the residential status in the bank accounts. FEMA rules for NRIs do not allow holding a savings bank account in India. […]
‘FREELY CONVERTIBLE CURRENCY’ is not defined in Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 [‘FEMA Act’], however it seems that it has been borrowed in Indian Act from Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund [‘Fund’] of United Nation and bye laws thereof; ARTICLE XXX (F) OF ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND defines ‘’a freely usable […]
FLA is Return on Foreign Liabilities and Assets which is governed by FEMA, 1999. The RBI has started a web-based system online reporting portal – Foreign Liabilities and Assets Information Reporting (FLAIR) for submission of foreign liabilities and assets (FLA) return. Applicability of FLA return Following entities are required to file for FLA return: > […]
Requirement for obtaining prior approval of RBI in cases of acquisition/ transfer of control of Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) As per the RBI Notification DNBS (PD) CC.No.376/03.10.001/2013-14 and Notification No. DNBS(PD) 275/GM(AM)-2014 dated May 26, 2014 Prior approval of RBI is to be taken when there is change in management/ control of NBFC. After granting […]
