**Summary:**
This notification, FEMA 23(R)/2020-RB dated March 31, 2020, amends the Foreign Exchange Management (Export of Goods and Services) Regulations, 2015, specifically Notification No. FEMA 23(R)/2015-RB dated January 12, 2016. The amendment modifies Regulation 9, which pertains to the period for realization and repatriation of export proceeds.
Specifically, the amendment replaces the fixed periods of "nine months" in sub-regulation (1) and (2)(a), and "fifteen months" in sub-regulation (1)(a) with a variable period: "nine months or within such period as may be specified by the Reserve Bank, in consultation with the Government, from time to time" and "fifteen months or within such period as may be specified by the Reserve Bank, in consultation with the Government, from time to time" respectively. Consequential changes are also made to Regulation 9 (1)(b) and the proviso to Regulation 9 (2)(a), replacing the phrases "period of nine months or fifteen months, as the case may be" and "period of nine months" with "said period."
This change grants the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in consultation with the Government, the flexibility to adjust the timeframes for realization and repatriation of export proceeds as needed. The notification is issued under the authority of clause (a) of subsection (1), subsection (3) of section 7, and clause (b) of subsection (2) of section 47 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999). The amendment is issued by the Reserve Bank of India, Foreign Exchange Department, Central Office, Mumbai. Ajay Kumar, Regional Director, New Delhi.
Key Entities Referenced
Reserve Bank of India: The central bank of India, responsible for regulating the country's monetary policy and financial system.
Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999: An Act of the Parliament of India to consolidate and amend the law relating to foreign exchange with the objective of facilitating external trade and payments and for promoting the orderly development and maintenance of foreign exchange market in India.
Foreign Exchange Management Export of Goods and Services Regulations, 2015: Regulations pertaining to the management of foreign exchange related to the export of goods and services as governed by the Reserve Bank of India.
FEMA 23R2015 RB: Notification number assigned by the Reserve Bank of India to the Foreign Exchange Management Export of Goods and Services Regulations, 2015
Foreign Exchange Management Export of Goods and Services Amendment Regulations, 2020: Amendment regulations to the Foreign Exchange Management Export of Goods and Services Regulations, 2015.
Ajay Kumar: Regional Director at Reserve Bank of India
New Delhi: The location of the Regional Director of the Reserve Bank of India, presumably the regional office.
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT
CENTRAL OFFICE
MUMBAI 400 001
Notification No. FEMA 23(R)/(3)/2020-RB March 31, 2020
Foreign Exchange Management (Export of Goods and Services) (Amendment) Regulations,
2020
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (1), sub-section (3) of section 7 and
clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 47 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999),
the Reserve Bank of India makes the following amendments in the Foreign Exchange Management
(Export of Goods & Services) Regulations, 2015 [Notification No. FEMA 23(R)/2015- RB dated January
12, 2016] (hereinafter referred to as 'the Principal Regulations'), namely:
1. Short title and commencement: -
These Regulations may be called the Foreign Exchange Management (Export of Goods and Services)
(Amendment) Regulations, 2020.
2. In the Principal Regulations, in regulation 9, in sub-regulation (1) and sub-regulation
(2)(a), for the words “nine months”, the words “nine months or within such period as may be specified
by the Reserve Bank, in consultation with the Government, from time to time” shall be substituted.
Similarly, in sub-regulation (1) ( a), for the words “fifteen months”, the words “fifteen months or within
such period as may be specified by the Reserve Bank, in consultation with the Government, from time
to time “shall be substituted.
3. In Regulation 9 (1)(b), for the words “period of nine months or fifteen months, as the case may be”,
the words “said period” shall be substituted.
4. In proviso to Regulation 9 (2)(a), for the words “period of nine months”, the words “said period” shall
be substituted.
(Ajay Kumar)
Regional Director
New Delhi
Published in the Official Gazette of Government of
India – Extraordinary – Part-III, Section 4 dated March
31, 2020
Foot Note: - The Foreign Exchange Management (Export of Goods & Services) Regulations, 2015 [Notification
No. FEMA 23(R)/2015- RB dated January 12, 2016] were published in the Official Gazette vide G.S.R.No.19 (E)
dated January 12, 2016 in Part II, Section 3, sub-Section (i), amended vide G.S.R. No. 635(E) dated June 23, 2017
and subsequently amended vide No. FEMA 23(R)/(2)/2019-RB dated December 03, 2019.