Foreign Exchange Management (Deposit) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2024


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The Reserve Bank of India has issued the Foreign Exchange Management (Deposit) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2024. These new regulations, effective from their publication date, introduce an amendment to Regulation 7 of the principal regulations. Specifically, authorised dealers in India can now permit individuals residing outside India to open and maintain interest-bearing accounts in Indian Rupees or foreign currency.

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
(Foreign Exchange Department)
NOTIFICATION

Mumbai, the 6th May, 2024

Foreign Exchange Management (Deposit) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2024

F. No. FEMA 5(R)/(4)/2024-RB.—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 47 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), the Reserve Bank of India makes the following amendment in the Foreign Exchange Management (Deposit) Regulations, 2016 (Notification No. FEMA 5 (R)/2016-RB dated April 01, 2016) (hereinafter referred to as 'the Principal Regulations'), namely:-

1. SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT:

(i) These regulations shall be called the Foreign Exchange Management (Deposit) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2024.

(ii) They shall come into force with effect from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment to Regulation 7 of the Principal Regulations:

In the Principal Regulations, in Regulation 7, after sub-regulation 5, the following new sub-regulation shall be inserted, namely:-

“6) An authorised dealer in India may allow a person resident outside India to open, hold and maintain an interest-bearing account in Indian Rupees and / or foreign currency for the purpose of posting and collecting margin in India, for a permitted derivative contract entered into by such person in terms of Foreign Exchange Management (Margin for Derivative Contracts) Regulations, 2020, dated October 23, 2020, as amended from time to time, subject to directions issued by the Reserve Bank in this regard.”

LATHA RADHAKRISHNAN, General Manager (Officer-in-Charge)
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./084/2024-25]

FAQ :

The amendment allows authorised dealers in India to permit persons resident outside India to open and maintain interest-bearing accounts in Indian Rupees and/or foreign currency.

These accounts are for the purpose of posting and collecting margin in India for permitted derivative contracts.

The regulations come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

Regulation 7 of the Foreign Exchange Management (Deposit) Regulations, 2016 has been amended.

The Reserve Bank of India has issued these amendments.

 
Notification No : F. No. FEMA 5(R)/(4)/2024-RB
Source : https://egazette.gov.in/(S(l2ybpyj1ceif5e3j051l2wmz))/ViewPDF.aspx



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