The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday has signed its renewed Statement of Commitment (SoC) to the FX Global Code (“Code”). The FX Global Code (Code) is a compilation of best market practices, formulated by Central Banks and market participants, developed under the auspices of Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel. The Code sets…
Reserve Bank of India on Monday said it has been decided to put in place an additional arrangement for invoicing, payment, and settlement of exports/imports in INR. All Category-I Authorised Dealer (AD) banks shall require prior approval from the Foreign Exchange Department of Reserve Bank of India, Central Office at Mumbai, before putting in place…
RBI today announced several measures in order to enhance forex inflows to the country while ensuring overall macroeconomic and financial stability. “The global outlook is clouded by recession risks. Consequently, high-risk aversion has gripped financial markets, producing surges of volatility, sell-offs of risk assets, and large spillovers, including flights to safety and safe-haven demand for…
[Guidelines on import of gold by Qualified Jewellers as notified by – The International Financial Services Centers Authority (IFSCA)] RBI notified agencies in case of banks and nominated agencies as notified by DGFT, and the Qualified Jewellers (QJ) as notified by International Financial Services Centers Authority (IFSCA) are currently permitted to import gold under specific…
RBI today said that a large number of queries have been received at various offices of the Reserve Bank, based on newspaper reports on a Supreme Court Judgement, on whether prior approval of RBI is required for acquisition/transfer of immovable property in India by as Overseas Citizen of India OCIs. In this regard, Central Bank…
RBI today notified AD category banks to use any other widely accepted/Alternative reference rate in the currency concerned for such transactions. “This is in view of the impending cessation of LIBOR as a benchmark rate, it has been decided to permit AD banks to use any other widely accepted/Alternative reference rate in the currency concerned,”…
International Monetary Fund (IMF) makes the general SDR allocation to its members in proportion to their existing quotas in the Fund. The Board of Governors of the IMF had approved a general allocation of about SDR 456 billion on August 2, 2021 (effective from August 23, 2021) of which the share of India is SDR…
Entiites other than individuals can remit funds outside India for the following purposes which are stipulated under Para 1 of Schedule III to FEM (CAT) Amendment Rules, 2015. They may donate up to one percent of its foreign exchange earnings during the previous three financial years or USD 5,000,000, whichever is less. Such donations shall…
Liberalised Remittance Scheme is a scheme introduced by RBI as a liberalization measure to facilitate Resident Individuals (RI) to freely remit funds up to USD 2, 50,000/- outside India in a financial year (April to March) for any permissible current or capital account transaction or a combination of both. The remittances can be made in…
A resident individual is permitted to make a rupee loan to an NRI/PIO who is a close relative of the resident individual (‘relative’ as defined in Section 2(77) of the Companies Act, 2013 by way of crossed cheque/ electronic transfer subject to the following conditions: The loan amount shall be within LSR limit of USD…