Release of Exchange for Private TravelA.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.31 (October 18, 2002) - ਆਰਬੀਆਈ - Reserve Bank of India
Release of Exchange for Private Travel
A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.31 (October 18, 2002)
Reserve Bank of India
Exchange Control Department
Central Office
Mumbai 400 001
October 18, 2002
A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.31
To
All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange
Madam/Sirs,
Release of Exchange for Private Travel
In terms of Item 2 of Schedule III to the Government of India’s Notification No.G.S.R. 381(E) dated May 3, 2000, authorised dealers (ADs) are required to obtain prior permission of the Reserve Bank to release foreign exchange exceeding USD 5,000 in one calendar year, for one or more private visits to any country, except Nepal and Bhutan.
2.With a view to ensuring that applications received in the Regional Offices of the Reserve Bank, in this regard, are disposed of on the same day, a Nodal Officer has been nominated in each Regional Office. Annexure to this circular contains name, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address of the Nodal Officer for each of the Regional Offices. It is, further, clarified that applications for release of foreign exchange exceeding USD 5,000 for private visits may be forwarded to the Regional Office by either fax or e-mail.
3.In case of any difficulty Chief General Manager, Exchange Control Department, Reserve Bank of India, Central Office, Mumbai may be contacted on telephone number 2663596 or fax number 2661722.
4.Authorised Dealers may bring the contents of this Circular to the notice of their constituents concerned.
5.The directions contained in this circular have been issued under Section 10(4) and Section 11(1) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999 (42 of 1999).
Yours faithfully,
Grace Koshie
Chief General Manager
[A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.31
dated 18.10.2002]
Sr. No. |
Regional Office |
Nodal Officer |
1. |
Ahmedabad |
Smt.Neena Rohit Jain , |
2. |
Bangalore |
Shri G. Jeyakumar, |
3. |
Bhopal |
Smt. Sushma Vij, |
4. |
Bhubaneswar |
Shri S. Sethi, |
5. |
Chandigarh |
Shri S.L.Mittal, |
6. |
Chennai |
Shri R. Srikumar, |
7. |
Guwahati |
Shri A.B.Das, |
8. |
Hyderabad |
Smt.Pratibha Raghavan, |
9. |
Jaipur |
Shri C.L.Dua, |
10. |
Kolkata |
Smt.Jaya Gangopadhyay, |
11. |
Kanpur |
Shri Gopal Dass, |
12. |
Kochi |
Shri Antony Kunjumon |
13. |
Mumbai |
Shri D.K.Srivastava, |
14. |
New Delhi |
Ms.Molina Choudhery, |
15. |
Patna |
Shri Rajnish Kanojia, |
16. |
Panaji |
Smt.P.G. Markandey, |