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Fema / RBI : RBI has withdrawn the requirement for prior approval of tie-ups between AD banks and non-bank remittance platforms.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...
It is not that complicated for Non-Resident Indians (NRI) to buy or sell immovable property in India and remittance of sale proceeds, but there are certain rules and regulations to be followed during such transactions.
Provided also that in case the officially valid document presented by a foreign national does not contain the details of address, in such case the documents issued by the Government departments of foreign jurisdictions and letter issued by the Foreign Embassy or Mission in India shall be accepted as proof of address.
Obtaining a certified copy by reporting entity shall mean comparing the copy of officially valid document so produced by the client with the original and recording the same on the copy by the authorized officer of the reporting entity in a manner prescribed by the regulator.
To hedge the currency risk arising out of genuine trade transactions involving exports from and imports to India, invoiced in Indian Rupees, with AD Category I banks in India.
The sale of a 98 per cent stake in Essar Oil to Rosneft and the Trafigura-United Capital Partners (UCP) consortium. Of the total deal amount of $12.9 billion, about $5 billion debt held at group level will get settled through this transaction and another $6 billion debt of Essar Oil will be taken by Rosneft consortium,
Foreign Company Approvals, Reporting and Taxation for opening and operating Branch Office/ Liaison Office/ Project Office in India. Taxation of foreign income entails the taxation by one country of income that its residents earn in another country. India limits the foreign tax credit to the lesser of foreign tax paid or local tax payable.
Consequently, reporting requirement in terms of paragraph 8 (additional email reporting of RDB transactions for onward reporting to depositories) of A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 60 dated April 13, 2016 has been dispensed with. However, it should be noted that the reporting of RDBs will continue as per the extant ECB norms.
On August 19, 2017, Mr. Urjit Patel, Governor, RBI spoke on the inaugural session of the National Conference on Insolvency and Bankruptcy: Changing Paradigm, Mumbai, and emphatically mentioned the present precarious position of the Balance Sheet of the banks in India and the efforts of RBI, Ministry of Finance as well the banks themselves towards finding a resolution of the huge stressed assets of the banks. His speech appears in RBI website as per the given link. Those interested can read the original speech but to simplify the speech for an average reader, I have extensively quoted along with my observations. It is intended to understand the present financial position of the banks better.
Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) can invest in India as per the following regulation of Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or issue of Security by a person resident outside India) Regulations, 2000 dated May 3, 2000 as amended from time to time: i. As per Regulations 5(1), NRIs may invest in shares/Compulsorily Convertible Preference Shares (CCPS)/ Compulsorily Convertible […]
In order to streamline the deficiencies, functioning and to pluck out money laundering in the area of Foreign Investment by Institutional Investors abroad, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has come up with new regulation being SEBI (Foreign Portfolio Investors) Regulations, 2014
