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Fema / RBI : The RBI has withdrawn non-operative FEMA circulars after reviewing directives issued since June 2000.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 ...
In common parlance, a Payment gateway is an online platform which facilitates acceptance of payments electronically through various available options like credit card, debit card , bank transfer and real-time bank transfer based on online banking. The role of payment gateway in facilitation of payment acceptance online makes them an essential element of the e-commerce industry. These are growing and emerging along with the e-commerce industry. (Example: Paypal, Directpay, Alert pay, CCAvenue, PayUMoney etc.).
1. Who can issue? Any corporate (entity registered as a company under the Companies Act, 1956/ 2013) or body corporate (entity specially created out of a specific act of the Parliament) is eligible to issue Rupee denominated bonds overseas. Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) coming under the regulatory jurisdiction of […]
A new reporting format has also been introduced for Venture Capital Fund (VCF) / Alternate Investment Fund (AIF), Portfolio Investment and overseas investment by Mutual Funds as per the format in Annex II and Annex III. In case of reporting purchase and repurchase of ESOPs, the AD banks may continue to report the same in the existing format (Annex IV).
Arundhuthi Bose Preface With an attempt to streamline the regulations on transfer or issue of securities by a person resident outside India with the consolidated FDI Policy[1], the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on the 15th of February, 2016, amended Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, […]
This write-up discusses the changes made by way of the present notification in the definition of NRI and the Schedules to the principal regulation that govern the investments made by NRI on repatriation basis under portfolio investment scheme (Schedule 3) and Investment made on non-repatriation basis (Schedule 4).
The Government of India has liberalized its Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy on Pension sector. Accordingly, Paragraph 6.2.18.7 his. of `Consolidated FDI Policy Circular 2015′, effective from 12.5.2015, is amended to read as below:
The Government of India has liberalized its Foreign Direct Investment policy on Insurance Sector. Accordingly, Paragraph 6.2.18.7 of `Consolidated FDI Policy Circular 2015′, effective from 12.5.2015, is amended to read as below:
Reserve Bank has granted general permission to foreign companies to establish Project Offices in India, provided they have secured a contract from an Indian company to execute a project in India, and i. the project is funded directly by inward remittance from abroad; or
Following the mention of startup friendly measures in its Sixth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy for the year 2015-16, Reserve Bank of India has clarified that the relaxations available to other businesses are applicable to startups as well. Following are the clarifications brought about by the RBI pursuant to the said monetary policy.
Direct investment outside India means investments, either under the Automatic Route or the Approval Route, by way of contribution to the capital or subscription to the Memorandum of a foreign entity or by way of purchase of existing shares of a foreign entity either by market purchase or private placement or through stock exchange, signifying a long-term interest in the foreign entity (JV or WOS).
