Reserve Bank of India has been reviewing and rationalising the regulations issued under FEMA, 1999 with an intent to promote ease of doing business. On a review, it has been decided to rationalise regulations pertaining to guarantees issued under FEMA, 1999. Salient features of proposed regulations are as under:

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on External Commercial Borrowings (ECB), Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCB) and Rupee Denominated Bonds (RDB) both, through Automatic Route and Approval Route, for the month of June 2025.

In terms of A.P (DIR Series) Circular No.10 dated July 11, 2022, Reserve Bank of India has put in place an additional arrangement for invoicing, payment, and settlement of exports / imports in INR. Under this arrangement, AD banks are permitted to open Special Rupee Vostro Accounts (SRVAs) of correspondent banks, with the prior approval of the Reserve Bank for settling cross-border trade transactions.

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on External Commercial Borrowings (ECB), Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCB) and Rupee Denominated Bonds (RDB) both, through Automatic Route and Approval Route, for the month of May 2025.

The Reserve Bank of India has today released the data on Overseas Direct Investment , both under Automatic Route and the Approval Route, for the month of June 2025.

Reserve Bank of India introduced the EDPMS to monitor the realisation of funds against exports in February, 2014. In due course, the flow of shipping bills from the Customs Authority has been automated through ICEGATE and from January, 2022, data from ECCS (Express Cargo Clearance System) also started flowing into EDPMS. Further, postal exports bill data also started flowing into EDPMS from January, 2025.

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period May 26, 2025 – May 30, 2025 All Figures are in USD Millions Position Date MERCHANT INTER BANK FCY / INR FCY / FCY FCY / INR FCY / FCY Spot Forward Forward Cancel Spot Forward Forward Cancel Spot Swap Forward Spot Swap Forward Purchase 26-05-2025 3,663 1,449 1,336 270 310 191 20,870 11,191 1,963 3,040 1,092 357 27-05-2025 8,158 1,583 1,444 449 462 282 19,228 22,384 2,200 8,016 2,786 763

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period May 19, 2025 – May 23, 2025 All Figures are in USD Millions Position Date MERCHANT INTER BANK FCY / INR FCY / FCY FCY / INR FCY / FCY Spot Forward Forward Cancel Spot Forward Forward Cancel Spot Swap Forward Spot Swap Forward Purchases 19-05-2025 4,257 2,217 782 401 241 215 20,709 25,478 3,068 5,026 1,738 450 20-05-2025 4,492 1,493 1,067 385 119 154 16,410 24,467 1,963 4,509 1,919 406

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period May 13, 2025 – May 16, 2025 All Figures are in USD Millions Position Date MERCHANT INTER BANK FCY / INR FCY / FCY FCY / INR FCY / FCY Spot Forward Forward Cancel Spot Forward Forward Cancel Spot Swap Forward Spot Swap Forward Purchases 13-05-2025 7,528 2,654 2,025 961 528 465 25,284 28,125 2,940 7,140 3,041 608 14-05-2025 4,939 1,568 1,559 602 244 299 21,460 26,984 3,424 7,133 2,786 584

The Reserve Bank of India today released the data showing daily merchant and Inter-Bank transactions in foreign exchange for the period May 05, 2025 – May 09, 2025