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India’s foreign exchange reserves declined by $755 million to $301.84 billion on the back of a reduction in foreign currency assets (FCAs) for the week ended March 11. The reserves had surged $1.8 billion the week before to $302.59 billion. FCAs, the biggest component of the foreign reserves, declined by $705 million for the week ended March 11, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its weekly data released this evening.
Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee today announced in his Budget Speech that discussions are underway to further liberalize the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy. All prior regulations and guidelines have earlier been consolidated into one comprehensive document in order to make FDI policy more user friendly. This is reviewed every six months, said the Finance Minister. The last review was released in September 2010.
The government is considering a simple and streamlined set of norms for all kinds of overseas investments into capital markets, but wants such foreign investors to undergo a stricter scrutiny process. The move could facilitate direct investments by both individual and institutional entities abroad into Indian equity and debt markets, as against the current practice of coming through FIIs, venture capital and private equity funds.
Foreign exchange –Contravention of provisions of Act–Liable to prosecution as well as penalty by adjudicating officer–Proceeding before adjudicating officer for acts considered offence–Exoneration in adjudication proceedings–No case for criminal proceedings thereafter on same facts–Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973, ss. 8, 9, 50, 51, 56– Radheshyam Kejriwal v. State of West Bengal
Amid the growing clamour to crack down on generation of black money, the Finance Ministry has instituted a study group to improve “voluntary compliance” by suggesting appropriate measures to motivate tax evaders to disclose their unaccounted funds. T
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 [FCRA] has been passed by both the houses of Parliament to replace Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976 [FCRA 1976] to • regulate the acceptance and utilization of foreign contribution prohibit acceptance and utilization of FC or foreign hospitality for any activities detrimental to national interest.
It has now been decided that the FFMCs and the ADs Category-II [which are not Regional Rural Banks (RRBs), Local Area Banks (LABs), Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) and Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)], having a minimum net worth of Rs. 5 crore, may participate in the designated currency futures and currency options on exchanges recognized by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) as clients only for the purpose of hedging their underlying foreign exchange exposures.
You are requested to give your comments on the Circular 2 of 2010, if any. Comments received in this Department by 15th February, 2011 will be duly considered for incorporation in the third edition of Consolidated FDI Policy document.
The Reserve Bank has found violation of foreign investment guidelines by the BCCI, the parent body of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which organises Twenty20 cricket tournament. RBI, according to sources, has discovered violation of norms by the
The Enforcement Directorate has sought a copy of the FIR filed by the police on the Rs 400 crore Citibank fraud with a view to lodge a separate case of money laundering against the perpetrators of the scam. Official sources said the directorate has
