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Fema / RBI : Ketan V. Parekh Vs. Special Director, Directorate of Enforcement and another (Supreme Court)- Ketan Parikh, Kartik Parikh and M/s....
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Fema / RBI : The relief sought for by the petitioner seeking permission to be accompanied by an advocate of his choice when he appears before t...
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Fema / RBI : RBI revises FEMA regulations, modifying payment rules for Asian Clearing Union (ACU) members, excluding Nepal and Bhutan. Changes ...
Fema / RBI : RBI updates FEMA regulations, revising payment rules for ACU member countries. The amendment affects foreign exchange transactions...
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RBI issues regulations on cross-border mergers between Indian and foreign companies under FEMA, detailing compliance, valuation, and approval processes.
RBI had earlier constituted a Working Group to review the guidelines for Hedging of Commodity Price Risk by Residents in overseas markets (Chairman: Shri Chandan Sinha). Based on the report of the working group and comments received on the report, draft directions for hedging of commodity price risk and freight risk were released for comments on Jan 12, 2018.
Risk Management and Inter-bank Dealings: Revised guidelines relating to participation of a person resident in India and Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) in the Exchange Traded Currency Derivatives (ETCD) Market
RBI permits the overseas branches/subsidiaries of Indian banks to refinance ECBs of highly rated (AAA) corporates as well as Navratna and Maharatna PSUs, provided the outstanding maturity of the original borrowing is not reduced and all-in-cost of fresh ECB is lower than the existing ECB. Partial refinance of existing ECBs will also be permitted subject to same conditions.
The limits for investment by FPIs for the quarter January – March 2018 is increased by INR 64 billion in Central Government Securities (Central G-Secs) and INR 58 billion in State Development Loans (SDLs).
As announced in paragraph 13 of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies, of the fourth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2017- 18 dated October 04, 2017, it has now been decided to permit FPIs to settle OTC secondary market transactions in Government Securities either on T+1 or on T+2 basis. It may be ensured that all trades are reported on the trade date itself.
ii. If hedging requirement of the user exceeds the limit in course of time, the designated bank may re-assess and, at its discretion, extend the limit up to 150% of the stipulated cap. iii. Hedge contracts in OTC market can be booked with any AD Cat-I bank, provided the underlying cash flow takes place with the same bank.
These Regulations may be called the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2017.
Notwithstanding anything contained in paras 4, 5, 5A and 5B, resident entities with foreign currency exposures and non- resident entities with rupee exposures, other than individuals, may hedge underlying exchange rate risk arising out of transactions permitted under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999
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.
