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In order to capture the statistics relating to Foreign Direct Investments (FDI), both inward and outward, by Limited Liabilities Partnerships (LLPs) in India, it has been decided that henceforth, all LLPs that have received FDI and/or made FDI abroad (i.e. overseas investment) in the previous year(s) as well as in the current year, shall submit the FLA return to the Reserve Bank of India by July 15 every year, in the format as prescribed in the A.P (DIR Series) Circular No. 145 dated June 18, 2014. Since, LLPs do not have21-Digit CIN (Corporate Identity Number), they are advised to enter ‘A99999AA9999LLP999999’ against CIN in the FLA Return.
A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 20 As announced in the Fourth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement (para. no. 39) on September 29, 2015, with a view to further liberalising the existing hedging facilities, it has been decided to allow all resident individuals, firms and companies, who have actual or anticipated foreign exchange exposures, to book foreign exchange forward and FCY-INR options contracts up to USD 1,000,000 (USD one million) without any requirement of documentation on the basis of a simple declaration.
A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.18 The Government of India has enacted The Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 (Black Money Act) on May 26, 2015 to address the issue of undisclosed assets held abroad. It provides for separate taxation of income and assets acquired abroad from income not disclosed but chargeable to tax in India.
A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.17 In order to facilitate Rupee denominated borrowing from overseas, it has been decided to put in place a framework for issuance of Rupee denominated bonds overseas within the overarching ECB policy. The broad contours of the framework are as follows:
In connection with the declarations made by persons resident in India under the provisions of the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 (Black Money Act), it is clarified that: No proceedings shall lie under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) against the declarant with respect to an asset held abroad for which taxes and penalties under the provisions of Black Money Act have been paid.
G.S.R. 701(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to sub-section (1) of Section 37A of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), the Central Government hereby prescribes the mandatory threshold of the aggregate value of Foreign Exchange, Foreign Security or any immovable property, situated outside India as not less than rupees one crore.
S.O. 2454(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause [A] of section 138 of the Finance Act, 2015 (20 of 2015), the Central Government hereby appoints the 9th day of September, 2015 as the date on which the provisions of clause [13] of the said section, sections 140,141, 142 and clause (ii) of section 143 of the said Act shall come into force.
In the sectors/activities as per Annexure, foreign investment up to the limit indicated against each sector/activity is allowed, subject to the conditions of the extant policy on specified sectors and applicable laws/regulations; security and other conditionalities. In sectors/activities not listed therein, foreign investment is permitted up to 100% on the automatic route, subject to applicable laws/regulations; security and other conditionalities.
On a review, it has been decided that an Indian company may issue employees’ stock option and/or sweat equity shares to its employees/directors or employees/directors of its holding company or joint venture or wholly owned overseas subsidiary/subsidiaries who are resident outside India, provided that : The scheme has been drawn either in terms of regulations issued under the Securities Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 or the Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014 notified by the Central Government under the Companies Act 2013, as the case may be.
The Reserve Bank has been receiving enquiries about the applicability of the aforesaid directions on investment by FPIs in security receipts (SRs) issued by the Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs). It is clarified that the restriction on investments with less than three years residual maturity shall not be applicable to investment by FPIs in SRs issued by ARCs. However, investment in SRs shall be within the overall limit prescribed for corporate debt from time to time.
