RESERVE BANK OF INDIA FINANCIAL MARKETS REGULATION DEPARTMENT 1ST FLOOR, MAIN BUILDING, CENTRAL OFFICE, FORT MUMBAI-400 001 Reserve Bank of India (Prohibition of Market Abuse) Directions, 2018 - Draft Whereas under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, (the RBI Act), the Reserve Bank of India (the Bank) is authorised to determine the benchmark policy rate through its Monetary Policy Committee; and Whereas the object of monetary policy and fixation of the policy rate is

RBI/2017-18/ --- FMRD.FMID. No. /11.01.007/2017-18 June 20, 2018 To All eligible market participants Dear Sir/Madam Draft Directions on requirement of Legal Entity Identifier Code for participation in non-derivative markets Please refer to Paragraph 8 of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies, First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2018-19, dated April 05, 2018, wherein, it was proposed to implement the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) mechanism f

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA FINANCIAL MARKETS REGULATION DEPARTMENT 1ST FLOOR, CENTRAL OFFICE, FORT MUMBAI 400 001 FMRD.DIRD./CGM (TRS)-2018 dated March 1, 2018 Repurchase transactions (Repo) (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2018- Draft The Reserve Bank of India having considered it necessary in public interest and to regulate the financial system of the country to its advantage, in exercise of the powers conferred under section 45W of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (RBI Act

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA FINANCIAL MARKETS REGULATION DEPARTMENT 1st FLOOR, CENTRAL OFFICE, FORT MUMBAI 400 001 FMRD.FMD. --- /CGM (TRS) - 2018 dated January __, 2018 Hedging of Commodity Price Risk and Freight Risk in Overseas Markets (Reserve Bank) Directions, __ The Reserve Bank of India having considered it necessary in public interest, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (h) of sub-section (2) of section 47 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 19

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA FINANCIAL MARKETS REGULATION DEPARTMENT 1st FLOOR, CENTRAL OFFICE, FORT MUMBAI 400 001 FMRD.DIRD./CGM(TRS) - 2017 dated April 11, 2017 Draft Tri-Party Repo (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2017 The Reserve Bank of India having considered it necessary in public interest and to regulate the financial system of the country to its advantage, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 45W of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and of all the powers enab

DRAFT DIRECTIONS RESERVE BANK OF INDIA FINANCIAL MARKETS REGULATION DEPARTMENT 1st FLOOR, CENTRAL OFFICE FORT MUMBAI 400 001 FMRD.DIRD./CGM(TRS) - 2017 dated February 2, 2017 Reserve Bank Commercial Paper Directions, 2017 Whereas the Reserve Bank of India, in exercise of the powers conferred by Sections 45J, 45K, 45L of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, and of all the powers enabling it in this behalf, notified the Non-Banking Companies (Acceptance of Deposits thro

1. Purpose To provide greater flexibility for hedging the currency risk arising out of current account transactions of Indian subsidiaries of Multi-National Companies (MNCs) by the parent or any non-resident group entity. 2. Users Non-resident parent or its centralised treasury or any other related entity hedging on behalf of the Indian subsidiary. 3. Products All FCY-INR derivatives, OTC as well exchange traded that the Indian subsidiary is eligible to undertake. 4.

Draft Circular RBI/2015-16/…. A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. … ..…, 2016 To, All Category – I Authorised Dealer banks Madam / Sir, Investment by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) in Corporate Debt Securities Attention of Authorised Dealers Category – I (AD Category - I) banks is invited to paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2000 notified vide Notification No. FEMA

Under the extant regulatory framework under FEMA, 1999 and Regulations1 thereunder, the various routes available to residents intending to hedge currency risk are as follows: Exposure based on underlying contracts Probable Exposures based on Past Performance Special Dispensation for SMEs and Individuals Under (i), the Contracted Exposure route, clients have to submit evidence of underlying foreign currency exposure to AD Cat-I banks at the time of booking the derivati

Under the existing regulatory framework, persons resident in India are permitted to buy plain vanilla European call or put options to hedge foreign currency exposures in accordance with Schedule I of Notification No. FEMA/25/RB‐2000 dated May 3, 2000 as amended from time to time from any AD Category‐I bank who has been accorded onetime approval by the Reserve Bank to run a FCY-INR options book. Writing of options by the users, on a standalone basis, is not permitted.