#FEMA (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) 9th Amendment Regulations,2015

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

(Foreign Exchange Department)

(CENTRAL OFFICE)

NOTIFICATION

Mumbai, the 6th October, 2015

No. FEMA. 353 /2015-RB

Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) (Ninth Amendment) Regulations, 2015

G.S.R. 759 (E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (3) of Section 6 and Section 47 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), the Reserve Bank of India hereby makes the following amendments in the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2000 (Notification No. FEMA.20/2000-RB dated 3rd May, 2000), namely:-

1. Short Title & Commencement

(i) These Regulations may be called the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) (Ninth Amendment) Regulations, 2015. (ii) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment to Schedule 5:-

In the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2000 (Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB dated 3rd May 2000), in Schedule 5,

(A) in paragraph 2,

(i) the existing sub-paragraph (3) shall be re-numbered as Paragraph 2C

(ii) after the existing sub-paragraph (2), the following shall be added namely:-

“(3) A Non- Resident Indian may subscribe to National Pension System governed and administered by Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), provided such subscriptions are made through normal banking channels and the person is eligible to invest as per the provisions of the PFRDA Act. The annuity/ accumulated saving will be repatriable.”

(iii) after adding sub-paragraph (3) in paragraph 2, the existing paragraph 2C shall be re-numbered as sub-paragraph (4) in Paragraph 2.

(B) In paragraph 3, after the existing sub-paragraph (2), the following shall be inserted namely:-

“(2A) A non-resident Indian who subscribes to the National Pension System, under sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph (2) of this Schedule shall make payment either by inward remittance through normal banking channels or out of funds held in his NRE/FCNR/NRO account.”

[ F. No. 1/26/EM/2015]

B.P. KANUNGO, Principal Chief General Manager