RBI RATIONALISES OVERSEAS DIRECT INVESTMENTS BY INDIAN PARTY
- Creation of charge on immovable /movable property and other financial assets
It has been decided that proposals from the Indian party for creation of charge in the form of pledge / mortgage / hypothecation on the immovable / movable property and other financial assets of the Indian Party and their group companies may be considered by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) under the approval route within the overall limit fixed (presently 400%) for financial commitment
subject to submission of a 'No Objection' by the Indian Party and their Group companies from their Indian lenders.
- Reckoning bank guarantee issued on behalf of JV / WOS for computation of Financial Commitment
It has been decided that the bank guarantee issued by a resident bank on behalf of an
overseas JV / WOS of the Indian party, which is backed by a counter guarantee / collateral
by the Indian party, shall be reckoned for computation of the financial commitment of the Indian Party and reported accordingly.
- Issuance of personal guarantee by the direct / indirect individual promoters of the Indian Party
It has been decided that issuance of personal guarantee by the promoters of the Indian
Party as presently allowed under the General Permission shall also be extended to the
indirect resident individual promoters of the Indian party with same stipulations as in the
case of personal guarantee by the direct promoters.
- Financial Commitment without equity contribution to JV / WOS
It has now been decided that the proposals from the Indian party for undertaking financial commitment without equity contribution in JV / WOS may be considered by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) under the approval route. AD banks may forward the proposals from their constituents after ensuring that the laws of the host country permit incorporation of a company without equity participation by the Indian party.
- Submission of Annual Performance Report
Where the law of the host country does not mandatorily require auditing of the books of accounts of JV / WOS, the Annual Performance Report (APR) may be submitted by the Indian party based on the un-audited annual accounts of the JV / WOS provided:
- The Statutory Auditors of the Indian party certifies that 'The un-audited annual accounts of the JV / WOS reflect the true and fair picture of the affairs of the JV /WOS' and
- That the un-audited annual accounts of
- the JV / WOS has been adopted and
- ratified by the Board of the Indian party.
- Compulsorily Convertible PreferenceShares (CCPS)
It has been decided that Compulsorily Convertible Preference Shares shall be treated
at par with equity shares and the Indian party is allowed to undertake financial commitment
based on the exposure to JV by way of CCPS.
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