Investment
REVAMP OF OVERSEAS INVESTMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
The Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) in consultation with the Government of India (“GoI”), has recently revamped the regulatory framework governing the overseas direct investment (“ODI”) made by residents in India. The GoI has brought in Foreign Exchange Management (Overseas Investment) Rules, 2022 and the RBI has issued Foreign Exchange Management (Overseas Investment) Directions, 2022, and Foreign Exchange Management (Overseas Investment) Regulations, 2022 (collectively referred to as “New ODI Framework”) which will subsume the existing regulations namely, Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Any Foreign Security) Regulations, 2004 and the Foreign Exchange Management (Acquisition and Transfer of Immovable Property Outside India) Regulations, 2015 (collectively referred to as “Former ODI Norms”). The New ODI Framework will come into effect on August 22, 2022.
03 October 2022