FEMA - Corporate Law Reporter

Foreign investment in India by SEBI registered FII, QFI and long term investors in Corporate Debt

RBI/2013-14/494 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.104 February 14, 2014 To All Category I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir, Foreign investment in India by SEBI registered FII, QFI and long term investors in Corporate Debt Attention of Authorized Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to Schedule 5 to the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or… Read More

External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) Reporting arrangements

RBI/2013-14/495 A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 105 February 17, 2014 To All Category-I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir, External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) Reporting arrangements Attention of Authorized Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to the Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing or Lending in Foreign Exchange) Regulations, 2000, notified vide Notification No. FEMA 3/2000-RB… Read More

Amendments in form FC-GPR – Foreign Direct Investment Reporting under FDI Scheme

RBI/2013-14/490 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.102 February 11, 2014 To All Category - I Authorised Dealer banks Madam / Sir, Foreign Direct Investment Reporting under FDI Scheme: Amendments in form FC-GPR Attention of Authorised Dealers Category-I (AD Category - I) banks is invited to provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security… Read More

How to identify pre-2005 currency notes

This note has the year of printing clearly printed in the middle of the bottom row on the backside. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced its plans to withdraw all currency noted issued before 2005. Financial experts believe that the move is largely aimed at removing fake or counterfeit currency embedded into the… Read More

Survey of India™s Foreign Liabilities and Assets for the Mutual Fund Companies 2012-13

The Reserve Bank of India today released, on its website, the datarelated to the results of Survey of India's Foreign Liabilities and Assets for the Mutual Fund Companies 2012-13. The data compiled are based on annual survey on India's foreign liabilities and assets (FLA) of the mutual fund companies (MFs) and Asset Management Companies (AMCs)… Read More

Introduction of Rs 10 Plastic Notes in select cities

It has been decided to introduce plastic notes in the denomination of Rs. 10. One billion plastic notes of the denomination of Rs. 10 will be introduced in a field trial in five cities selected for their geographical and climatic diversity. These cities are Kochi, Mysore, Jaipur, Shimla and Bhubaneswar. The field trial is expected… Read More

RBI releases Report of the Committee on Financial Benchmarks

The Reserve Bank of India has, today, placed on its website, the Report of the Committee on Financial Benchmarks. It may be recalled that the Reserve Bank had announced the constitution of the Committee on Financial Benchmarks (Chairman: Shri P. Vijaya Bhaskar, Executive Director) on June 28, 2013 with a mandate to study various issues… Read More

RBI releases Report of the Technical Committee on Mobile Banking

The Reserve Bank of India has today released, on its website for public comments, the "Report of the Technical Committee on Mobile Banking". The comments may be emailed sent by post to the Chief General Manager, Department of Payment and Settlement Systems, Reserve Bank of India, Central Office, 14th Floor, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Mumbai-400001… Read More

Foreign Exchange Management Act – Emerging Issues and Recent Developments – VCCircle

Foreign Exchange Management Act - Emerging Issues and Recent Developments India is one of the largest FDI destinations in the world with the relaxation of foreign exchange restrictions, there has been a significant flow of investments into India. At the same time, Indian businesses have been making investments and acquisitions overseas. With the inbound and… Read More

Deregulation of Interest Rates on Non-Resident (External) Rupee (NRE) Deposits

RBI/2013-14/476DBOD.No.Dir.BC.90/13.03.00/2013-14January 31, 2014All Scheduled Commercial Banks(Excluding RRBs)Dear Sir/ MadamDeregulation of Interest Rates on Non-Resident (External) Rupee (NRE) DepositsPlease refer to our circular DBOD.Dir.BC.71/13.03.00/2013-14 dated November 29, 2013 advising banks that the freedom to offer interest rates on incremental NRE deposits with maturity of 3 years and above without any ceiling in order to pass on the benefit… Read More

Indian Banking: the New Landscape

- Keynote address by Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, at the Mint™s Annual Banking Conference, 2014 in Mumbai on January 31, 2014 Sukumar and Tamal, thank you very much, for this invite. I am happy to note that you and your paper- the Mint, have been focussing on the process of change… Read More

RBI releases Framework for Revitalising Distressed Assets in the Economy

The Reserve Bank of India today released on its website the Framework for Revitalising Distressed Assets in the Economy. The Framework outlines a corrective action plan that will incentivise early identification of problem cases, timely restructuring of accounts which are considered to be viable, and taking prompt steps by banks for recovery or sale of… Read More

Unconventional Monetary Policy: The Indian Experience with Crisis Response and Policy Exit

Speech by Shri Deepak Mohanty, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India at the Reserve Bank Staff College (RBSC), Chennai, December 26, 2013 I thank Principal Uma Subramaniam for this opportunity to interact with you on unconventional monetary policy. The seminar is topical and timely. It is now 5 years since the collapse of the Lehman… Read More