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Forex Facilities for Residents
(Individuals)
Ans: No, there is no limit imposed by the RBI for funds transfer through NEFT system. However, a member bank may place amount limits based on its own risk perception with the approval of its Board.
1 A person resident outside India may hold, own, transfer or invest in Indian currency, security or any immovable property situated in India if such currency, security or property was acquired, held or owned by such person when he was resident in India or inherited from a person who was resident in India.
2 Section 2(v): "person resident in India" means-
(i) a person residing in India for more than one hundred and eighty-two days during the course of the preceding financial year but does not include-
(A) a person who has gone out of India or who stays outside India, in either case-
- for or on taking up employment outside India, or
- for carrying on outside India a business or vocation outside India, or
- for any other purpose, in such circumstances as would indicate his intention to stay outside India for an uncertain period;
(B) a person who has come to or stays in India, in either case, otherwise than-
- for or on taking up employment in India, or
- for carrying on in India a business or vocation in India, or
- for any other purpose, in such circumstances as would indicate his intention to stay in India for an uncertain period;
The accredited banks are paid remuneration by RBI for conduct of State/Central Government transactions. Such remuneration is called Agency Commission. The rates of agency commission applicable at present (from July 1, 2019) are as under:
No. | Type of Transaction | Unit | Revised Rate | |
a. | (i) | Receipts – Physical mode | Per transaction | ₹ 40/- |
(ii) | Receipts – e-mode * | Per transaction | ₹ 9/- | |
b. | (i) | Payments – Pension | Per transaction | ₹ 75/- |
(ii) | Payments – Other than pension | Per ₹ 100 turnover | 6.5 paise | |
*In this context, it may please be noted that ‘Receipts – e-mode’ indicated against Sl. No. a(ii) in the above table would refer to those transactions involving remittance of funds from the remitter’s bank account through internet banking as well as all such transactions which do not involve physical receipt of cash / instruments. |