RBI Notifications includes Notifications, Circulars, Guidelines, Press release issued by Reserve Bank of India & GOI Related to Banking and Fema Law.
Fema / RBI : Learn how India’s Digital Rupee (e₹) works, including secure wallets, offline payments, fractional transactions, and 24/7 usab...
Fema / RBI : RBI Notification No. RBI/2025-26/82 mandates uniform, transparent procedures for settling deceased customers' claims across banks....
CA, CS, CMA : Key regulatory updates: GST advisory, SC rulings on adjournments/confiscation, Customs tariff value fixation, REEIMS import mandat...
Fema / RBI : RBI updates FAQs on Special Rupee Vostro Accounts for INR trade settlement, clarifying repatriation, investments, and exchange rat...
Fema / RBI : RBI kept the repo rate at 5.50% in the Oct 2025 policy. GDP growth is projected at 6.8%, and inflation at 2.6%. New rules for cred...
Fema / RBI : India submits consolidated portfolio investment data to IMF twice a year, covering equity and debt securities, enhancing transpare...
Fema / RBI : RBI drafts amendments to NBFC Scale Based Regulation, introducing 'High-quality infrastructure projects' and tiered risk weights o...
Fema / RBI : RBI releases draft rules for Small Finance Banks’ Capital Market Exposure, capping aggregate CME at 40% of Tier 1 Capital and se...
Fema / RBI : RBI proposes draft directions consolidating rules on commercial banks capital market exposures CME, setting prudential ceilings (e...
Fema / RBI : The RBI released draft directions for All India Financial Institutions (AIFIs) to harmonize rules on lending to related parties, e...
Fema / RBI : The contentions of the RBI that the dispute is between the Petitioner and Respondents is not acceptable since the dispute arises o...
Fema / RBI : Harsh Nitin Gokhale Vs Reserve Bank of India & Ors (Supreme Court) In the present case, writ petition file seeking relief to e...
Fema / RBI : Directorate of Enforcement Vs. Subhash Muljimal Gandhi ( Delhi HC)- that interest at the rate of 6% per annum under Rule 8 could ...
Fema / RBI : Ketan V. Parekh Vs. Special Director, Directorate of Enforcement and another (Supreme Court)- Ketan Parikh, Kartik Parikh and M/s....
Fema / RBI : Binod Kumar Versus State of Jharkhand & Others- In the impugned judgment, it is mentioned that the basic allegation is amassing of...
Fema / RBI : The issue was whether outsourcing IT services can dilute regulatory responsibility. RBI clarified that CICs, their boards, and man...
Fema / RBI : Individuals are now entitled to one free full credit report each year with calibrated credit scores. This improves transparency an...
Fema / RBI : The regulator issued a consolidated KYC framework for ARCs, mandating risk-based due diligence, digital/V-CIP safeguards, and stri...
Fema / RBI : New directions mandate strict identification and reporting of wilful defaulters by asset reconstruction entities. The key takeaway...
Fema / RBI : The regulator has overhauled credit reporting norms for asset reconstruction entities, mandating uniform data formats and frequent...
Non resident Indian (NRI)/ Person of Indian Origin (PIO) close relative [means relative as defined in Section 6 of the Companies Act, 1956] by way of crossed cheque /electronic transfer, subject to the following conditions: (i) the loan is free of interest and the minimum maturity of the loan is one year; (ii) the loan amount should be within the overall limit under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme of USD 200,000 per financial year available for a resident individual. It would be the responsibility of the lender to ensure that the amount of loan is within the Liberalised Remittance Scheme limit of USD 200,000 during the financial year;
RBI has decided vide A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 17, Dated- September 16, 2011 to permit a resident individual to make a rupee gift to a NRI/PIO who is a close relative of the resident individual [close relative as defined in Section 6 of the Companies Act, 1956] by way of crossed cheque /electronic transfer. The amount should be credited to the Non-Resident (Ordinary) Rupee Account (NRO) a/c of the NRI / PIO and credit of such gift amount may be treated as an eligible credit to NRO a/c. The gift amount would be within the overall limit of USD 200,000 per financial year as permitted under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) for a resident individual.
RBI increases Repo and Reverse Repo and Marginal Standing Facility Rates by 0.25 percent to 8.25, 7.25 and 9.25 per cent respectively.
Please refer to the Mid-Quarter Monetary Policy Review of September 16, 2011, in terms of which the repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) has been increased by 25 basis points from 8.00 per cent to 8.25 per cent with immediate effect. Accordingly, the Standing Liquidity Facilities provided to banks (export credit refinance) and Primary Dealers (PDs) (collateralised liquidity support) from the Reserve Bank would be available at the revised repo rate, i.e., at 8.25 per cent with effect from September 16, 2011.
In terms of Schedule 3, 4 and 5 of the FEMA Notification No. 20/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000, sale proceeds of Foreign Investments in India were treated as eligible credit to NRE/FCNR (B) accounts, where the purchase consideration was paid by the Non-resident Indians / Persons of Indian Origin out of inward remittance or funds held in their NRE/FCNR (B) accounts and subject to applicable taxes, if any. It is now clarified that the same facility would be available to NRIs/ PIOs under Regulation 11 of the said Notification.
Resident individuals may be permitted to include resident close relative(s) as defined in the Companies Act, 1956 as a joint holder(s) in their EEFC/RFC bank accounts on ‘former or survivor’ basis. However, such resident Indian close relative, now being made eligible to become joint account holder, shall not be eligible to operate the account during the life time of the resident account holder.
A person resident in India who proposes to transfer, by way of gift, to a person resident outside India any security including shares/convertible debentures is required to obtain prior approval of the Reserve Bank. However, the value of security to be transferred together with any security transferred by the transferor, as gift, to any person residing outside India which was not to exceed the rupee equivalent of USD 25,000 during a calendar year has been enhanced to USD 50,000 per financial year.
Non-Resident Indian (NRI), as defined in FEMA Notification No. 5, ibid, may be permitted to open NRE / FCNR(B) account with their resident close relative (relative as defined in Section 6 of the Companies Act, 1956) on ‘former or survivor’ basis. The resident close relative shall be eligible to operate the account as a Power of Attorney holder in accordance with extant instructions during the life time of the NRI/ PIO account holder.
It has been decided that individuals resident in India may be permitted to include non-resident close relative(s) (relatives as defined in Section 6 of the Companies Act, 1956) as a joint holder(s) in their resident bank accounts on ‘former or survivor’ basis. However, such non- resident Indian close relatives shall not be eligible to operate the account during the life time of the resident account holder.
Following the announcement by the Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee in his budget 2011-12, the Government in consultation with the regulators had raised the limit for FII investment in long-term corporate bonds issued by the companies in the infrastructure sector from USD 5 billion to USD 25 billion. This scheme was operationalised vide SEBI circular CIR/IMD/FIIC/5/2011 dated 31st March 2011.
