The important objective of cash management of an entity is that it has enough money available to pay for what it needs in the present and near future. It’s the actual inflow and outflow of cash, highlighting the business entity’s ability to meet obligations at any given time. The cash management system has several types…
Cash management challenges include poor cash flow forecasting, inconsistent revenue, late payments, high overhead costs, settlements or transactions in multiple currencies, regulatory changes, economic fluctuations, etc., which can strain the overall financial performance of an organisation. Cash flow refers to the real-time movement of money in and out of a business, showing the liquidity and…
Cash management refers to efficiently handling a business’s cash. The cash Management system covers a range of activities including managing bank accounts, ensuring sufficient liquidity to meet short-term obligations, optimizing cash flows, and making strategic investment decisions. The advantages of effective cash management of a business, Nowadays companies adopt Cash Management Systems designed and functioning…
Besides investment in Bank deposits, NRIs and PIOs can invest in various financial instruments in India with earnings being repatriable. These investments include stocks through portfolio investment scheme accounts, government securities, public sector undertaking Bonds, the National Pension Systems, or units issued by Infrastructure Debt Funds. Repatriation of all the foreign source investments and accrued…
NRIs can purchase immovable property in India, except for agricultural land, plantation property, and farmhouses. They can pay for the property using funds from inward remittances, debiting their NRE, FCNR(B), or NRO accounts, but not with traveler’s checks or foreign currency notes. NRIs can also acquire immovable property through gifts from Indian residents, NRIs, or…
RBI Master direction on ECB updated as of Sept. 30, 2022, FED Master Direction No. 5/2018-19 specifies that AD that Category I banks are permitted to allow the creation/cancellation of charges on immovable assets, movable assets, financial securities, and the issue of corporate and/or personal guarantees in favour of overseas lender/security trustee, to secure the…
In terms of section 6(4) of FEMA, 1999 a person resident in India may hold, own, transfer, or invest in foreign currency, foreign security, or any immovable property situated outside India if such currency, security, or property was acquired, held or owned by such person when he was resident outside India or inherited from a…
In terms of Regulation 2 of FEMA Notification No.13 dated May 3, 2000, Non-Resident Indian (NRI) means a person resident outside India who is a citizen of India. A person of Indian Origin (PIO) means a citizen of any country other than Bangladesh or Pakistan who had (a) at any time held an Indian passport…
Any person resident outside India can open an SNRR account with authorised dealer bank in India having a business interest in India. This account is required to carry out bonafide transactions in rupees which conform with the provisions of the FEMA Act, rules, and regulations made thereunder. However, the Opening of SNRR accounts by Pakistan…
Nepal Remittance Scheme (INRF Scheme) was launched by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in May 2008 to provide a safe and cost-efficient avenue for migrant Nepalese workers in India to remit money back to their families in Nepal. In August 2021, the Scheme was improved to boost the trade payments between the two countries,…