Ans:No, details in the "Guarantor Name (wherever applicable)" column should be limited to guarantors who have created a security interest in favor of the RE and whose assets are possessed under the Act.

Ans.: The submission of Annual Return on FLA is mandatory under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999 [vide the RBI Circular: A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 45 dated March 15, 2011] for all Indian companies which have received foreign direct investment and/or have made direct investment abroad. Entities can submit the annual return on FLA through the online web-based portal having address https://flair.rbi.org.in.

All the steps for online web-based reporting of annual return on FLA, are provided in user manuals. Entity should read the following documents for further guidance:

(a) User manual on “FLA User Registration Form”.

(b) User manual on reporting of “Annual Return on FLA” for all sections for step-by-step procedure for filing the FLA return.

(c) FAQs for FLA.

Presently, only Person to Person (P2P) remittances for the purposes of “Maintenance of Relatives Abroad” & “Gift” are allowed.

Yes, exchange of ₹2000 banknotes can be made through BCs upto a limit of ₹4000/- per day for an account holder.

Ans: The declaration has to be certified by the statutory auditor of the DLG provider.

Ans: The amount of remittance will flow back to the originating bank branch in India through the NEFT system and the bank branch would then communicate to the remitter about return of the remittance. If the remittance was originated by debit to an account, the returned amount will be credited to that account. If the remittance was made by a walk-in customer through a cash deposit, the remitter has to produce evidence of proof of remittance (counterfoil of the remittance application form) for getting refund.

REs can engage with any appropriate and reputed domestic/ international agency for external review of the Financing Framework, Third-party Verification/ Assurance and Impact Assessment of the green activities/ projects.

Answer: Forex cash, tom and spot transactions can be undertaken for the purpose of buying/selling foreign exchange for permitted current/capital account transactions.

Ans: The principle underlying the Digital Lending Guidelines is that a LSP should not be involved in handling of funds flowing from the lender to the borrower or vice versa. While entities offering only PA services shall remain out of the ambit of ‘Guidelines on Digital Lending’, any PA also performing the role of an LSP must comply with the Digital Lending Guidelines.

Ans: Valuation and accounting methodology as given in the answers to above questions.