RBI Ease of Doing Business Initiatives under FEMA

"Discontinuation of Returns Reports under FEMA, 1999"

Overview

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) vide notification / Circular No. RBI/2020-21/66 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 05 dated 13th November 2020, has published Discontinuation of Returns/ Reports under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999” in the exercise of the powers conferred under sections Section 10(4) and 11(2) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999) and are without prejudice to permissions/approvals, if any, required under any other law.

The Circular is issued to :

All Authorised Persons

Aim and Vision of this Circular:

to improve the ease of doing business and
reduce the cost of compliance,

RBI Ease of Doing Business Initiatives under FEMA

The existing forms and reports prescribed under FEMA, 1999, were reviewed by the Reserve Bank. Accordingly, it has been decided to discontinue the 17 returns/reports as listed in Annexure A to this Circular as mentioned below with immediate effect.

Provisions of this Circular

The attention of Authorised Persons is invited to the Master Direction - Reporting under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 dated January 01, 2016 (click here), as amended from time to time, and other reporting related instructions issued by the Reserve Bank of India. AD banks may bring the contents of this circular to the notice of their constituents.

List of Discontinued Reports Annexure A

Sl No.	Name of Report	Reporting Entity	Frequency
1	Category-wise transaction where the amount exceeds USD 5000 per transaction	AD Category-II	Monthly
2	Category-wise, transaction-wise statement where the amount exceeds USD 25,000 per transaction	AD Category- II	Monthly
3	Statement of Purchase transactions of USD 10,000 and above (including transactions of their franchisees)	FFMCs and AD Category- II	Monthly
4	Extension of Liaison Offices (LOs)	AD Category-I banks	As and when the extension is granted
5	Extension of Project Offices (POs)	AD Category-I banks	As and when the extension is granted
6	FII/FPI daily: Daily inflow/outflow of a foreign fund on account of investment by FPIs	AD banks	Daily
7	FII/FPI Return (Monthly): Data relating to actual inflow /outflow of remittances on account of investments by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) in the Indian Capital market	AD Category-I banks	Monthly
8	FVCI reporting: Inflows/outflows of remittances on account of investments by Foreign Venture Capital Investor (FVCIs) and Market value of Investments made by FVCIs	AD Category-I banks/Custodian banks	Monthly
9	Reporting of Inflow/Outflow details in respect of Mutual Fund by Asset Management Companies	Asset Management Companies	Quarterly
10	Market value of FII Investment in India on a fortnightly basis	AD Category-I banks	Fortnightly
11	Market value of FII Investment in India on a monthly basis	AD Category-I banks	Monthly
12	FII holdings as a percentage of floating stock	AD Category-I banks	Monthly
13	Form DRR for Issue/transfer of sponsored/unsponsored Depository Receipts (DRs)-Hardcopy@	Custodian	At the time of issue/transfer of depository receipts
14	ADR/GDR Movement Report - two-way fungibility	AD Category-I banks	Monthly
15	Repatriation of Sales proceeds of underlying shares represented by FCCBs/GDRs/ ADRs	Custodian	Monthly
16	GDR/ADR underlying shares issued, redeposited, and released monthly reporting	Custodian	Monthly
17	Monitoring of disinvestments by Overseas Corporate Bodies	AD banks	Monthly
Please note that it is only the hardcopy filing of form DRR that has been discontinued. The domestic custodian may continue to report the form DRR on FIRMS application in terms of Regulation 4 (5) of FEM (Mode of Payment and Reporting of Non-Debt Instruments) Regulations, 2019.

Link: https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/NotificationUser.aspx?Id=11994&Mode=0

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