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Liberalised Remittance Scheme
Ans. The remittance facility under the Scheme is not available for the following:
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Remittance for any purpose specifically prohibited under Schedule-I (like purchase of lottery tickets/sweep stakes, proscribed magazines, etc.) or any item restricted under Schedule II of Foreign Exchange Management (Current Account Transactions) Rules, 2000.
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Remittance from India for margins or margin calls to overseas exchanges / overseas counterparty.
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Remittances for purchase of FCCBs issued by Indian companies in the overseas secondary market.
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Remittance for trading in foreign exchange abroad.
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Capital account remittances, directly or indirectly, to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) as “non- cooperative countries and territories”, from time to time.
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Remittances directly or indirectly to those individuals and entities identified as posing significant risk of committing acts of terrorism as advised separately by the Reserve Bank to the banks.
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Gifting by a resident to another resident, in foreign currency, for the credit of the latter’s foreign currency account held abroad under LRS.
As on date, four NBFC Ombudsman have been appointed with their offices located at Chennai, Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai. The addresses, contact details and territorial jurisdiction of the Ombudsman is provided in the Annex I of the Scheme.
Ans: Electronic Platforms that assist only banks, NBFCs and other regulated AIFIs to identify borrowers are not to be treated as P2P platforms. However, in cases where, apart from banks or NBFCs or AIFIs, other retail lenders use the platform for lending, the platform will have to register separately as an NBFC-P2P.
Currently, participating banks in India for receiving remittances through the UPI-PayNow linkage are:
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Axis Bank
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DBS Bank India
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ICICI Bank
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Indian Bank
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Indian Overseas Bank
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State Bank of India
- Only retail investors would be eligible to invest in these securities. The retail investors would include individuals, Hindu Undivided Family (HUF), charitable institutions registered under section 25 of the Indian Companies Act and Universities incorporated by Central, State or Provincial Act or declared to be a university under section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956).
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