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Date: 2020-04-27 Category: Extra Ordinary State: Union Government Country: India

In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses aa and ab of sub section 2 of section 46 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act

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Executive Summary: This notification introduces the Foreign Exchange Management Non-debt Instruments Second Amendment Rules, 2020, amending the 2019 rules. It clarifies regulations regarding acquisition after renunciation of rights and modifies investment conditions for insurance companies and intermediaries. The rules came into force on April 27, 2020, the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. Key Points / Main Content: * **General Amendments:** * Explanation in rule 7 of the principal rules is omitted. * A new rule 7A is inserted, concerning acquisition after renunciation of rights. * **Acquisition After Renunciation of Rights:** * A person resident outside India can acquire equity instruments (excluding share warrants) against rights renounced by a resident Indian, following pricing guidelines under rule 21. * **Amendments to Schedule 1:** * For single-brand retail trading, the words "or start of online retail, whichever is earlier" are inserted. * Insurance Company replaces existing sector activity under serial number F.8.1. * Intermediaries or Insurance Intermediaries including insurance brokers, reinsurance brokers, insurance consultants, corporate agents, third party administrator, Surveyors and Loss Assessors and such other entities, as may be notified by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India from time to time are now included and up to 100% Automatic route. * **Conditions for Foreign Investment in Indian Insurance Companies:** * Total foreign investment in an Indian Insurance Company's equity shares by foreign investors cannot exceed 49% of the paid-up equity capital. * Foreign investment up to 49% is allowed via the automatic route, subject to IRDAI approval or verification. * Compliance with the Insurance Act, 1938, and IRDAI licensing is required. * Ownership and control must remain in the hands of resident Indian entities, as determined by DFS or IRDAI. * Foreign portfolio investment is governed by Chapter IV, rule 10, rule 11, Schedule II of these rules, and SEBI regulations. * Increased foreign investment must follow specified pricing guidelines. * The 100% foreign equity investment cap applies to insurance brokers, reinsurance brokers, insurance consultants, corporate agents, third party administrator, Surveyors and Loss Assessors and such other entities, as may be notified by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India from time to time, but the Indian owned and controlled condition does not apply to Intermediaries and Insurance Intermediaries. * FDI proposals are allowed under the automatic route, subject to IRDAI verification. * Foreign investment in intermediaries or insurance intermediaries is governed by rules 7 and 8 of the Indian Insurance Companies (Foreign Investment) Rules, 2015, as amended. * Insurance intermediaries with majority foreign shareholding must meet specific conditions related to incorporation, resident Indian representation, dividend repatriation, technology transfer, payments to foreign entities, disclosures, and board composition. * BankingPrivate Sector conditions apply to bank-promoted insurance companies. * **Amendments to Schedule II:** * FPIs exceeding prescribed limits have five trading days to divest holdings. * If divestment does not occur, the entire investment by the FPI and its group will be considered FDI, and further portfolio investment is restricted. * The FPI must notify depositories and the company of these changes within seven trading days. * Divestment and reclassification are subject to further conditions specified by SEBI and RBI. * Breaches due to acquisitions for the period between acquisition and sale or conversion to FDI within the prescribed time, shall not be reckoned as a contravention under these rules. Impact Analysis: * **Indian Insurance Companies:** * Impact: Subject to new limits and conditions on foreign investment, affecting capital structure and potential for foreign partnerships. * Action Required: Ensure compliance with revised investment limits, ownership rules, and obtain necessary approvals from IRDAI. * **Foreign Investors:** * Impact: New opportunities and restrictions on investing in Indian insurance companies and intermediaries. * Action Required: Understand and adhere to revised investment limits, approval processes, and conditions for foreign investment. * **Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs):** * Impact: Changes in regulations regarding breaches of investment limits and potential reclassification of investments as FDI. * Action Required: Monitor investment limits, be prepared to divest holdings within the specified timeframe if limits are breached, and comply with notification requirements. * **Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI):** * Impact: Increased responsibility for verifying and approving foreign investment proposals in the insurance sector. * Action Required: Develop and implement procedures for verifying foreign investment proposals and ensuring compliance with the new rules.

Key Entities Referenced

Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999: A law of India, cited as the enabling legislation for the rules being amended. Foreign Exchange Management Non-debt Instruments Rules, 2019: The principal rules being amended by this notification. Foreign Exchange Management Non-debt Instruments Second Amendment Rules, 2020: The name of the amendment rules introduced by this notification. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India: The regulatory body for the insurance sector in India, responsible for licensing, approval, and verification related to foreign investment in insurance companies and intermediaries. Insurance Act, 1938: An act related to insurance sector in India. Securities and Exchange Board of India: The regulatory body for securities market in India. Companies Act, 2013: The act related to companies in India. Department of Financial Services: A department that determines ownership and control of Indian Insurance companies.
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रजिस्ट्री स.ं डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 सी.जी.-डी.एल.-अ.-27042020-219200 xxxGIDHxxx CG-DL-E-27042020-219200 xxxGIDExxx असाधारण EXTRAORDINARY भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii) PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY स.ं 1227] नई दिल्ली, सोमिार, अप्रैल 27, 2020/िैिाख 7, 1942 No. 1227] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020/VAISAKHA 7, 1942 जित्त मत्रं ालय (आर्थकि काय िजिभाग) अजधसचू ना नई दिल्ली, 27 अप्रैल, 2020 का.आ.1374(अ).—केंद्रीय सरकार, जििेिी मुद्रा प्रबंध अजधजनयम, 1999 (1999 का 42) की धारा 46 की उप-धारा (2) के खण्ड (कक) तथा (कख) द्वारा प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करत े हुए, जििेिी मुद्रा प्रबंध (गैर-ऋण जलखत) जनयम, 2019 का और संिोधन करने के जलए जनम्नजलजखत जनयम बनाती ह,ै अथाित्:- 1. संजिप्त नाम और प्रारंभ – (1) इन जनयमों का संजिप्त नाम जििेिी मुद्रा प्रबंध (गरै -ऋण जलखत) (िसू रा संिोधन) जनयम, 2020 ह।ै (2) ये रािपत्र म ेंअपने प्रकािन की तारीख को प्रिृत्त होंगे। 2. जििेिी मुद्रा प्रबंध (गरै -ऋण जलखत) जनयम, 2019 (जिसे इसमें इसके पश् चात ् मूल जनयम कहा गया ह)ै , म ें जनयम 7 के स्ट्पष्टीकरण का लोप दकया िाएगा। 3. मूल जनयम में, जनयम 7 के पश् चात्, जनम्नजलजखत जनयम अंतःस्ट्थाजपत दकया िाएगा, अथाित्: "7क. अजधकारों के त्यिन के पश्च ात ् अिनि - भारत से बाहर जनिासी कोई व्यजि िो भारत में जनिासी ऐसे व्यजि से जिसने अजधकार का त्यिन दकया ह,ै उस अजधकार का अिनि दकया ह ैइन जनयमों के जनयम 21 के अधीन मागििििक 1883 GI/2020 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] जसद्ांतों के मूल्यांकन के अनुसार उि अजधकारों के एिि म ेंसाम्य जलखतों (िेयर िारंट से जभन्न) का अिनि कर सकता ह।ै" 4. मूल जनयम में, अनुसूची 1 म,ें सारणी म:ें - (i) क्र. स.ं 15.3.1 के सामन े स्ट्तंभ (2) के अधीन थी प्रजिजष्टयों म,ें उप-िीर्िक "टटप्पण" के अधीन, क्र. सं. (3) में, "पहला स्ट्टोर" िब्िों के पश्च ात्, "अथिा ऑनलाइन खुिरा जिक्रय की िुरुआत, इनम ें से िो भी पूििित हो" िब्ि रखे िाएंगे। (ii) क्र. सं. एफ. 8.1 पर, स्ट्तंभ (2) म ें की प्रजिजष्टयों के स्ट्थान पर, "िेत्र/दक्रयाकलाप" िीर्कि के अधीन, जनम्नजलजखत प्रजिजष्ट रखी िाएगी, अथाति ् "बीमा कंपनी" (iii) क्रम सं. एफ 8.2 और उससे संबंजधत प्रजिजष्टयों के स्ट्थान पर, जनम्नजलजखत क्र. सं. और प्रजिजष्टयां रखी िाएंगी, अथाित:् - (1) (2) (3) (4) "एफ.8.2 मध्यिती या बीमा मध्यिती 100% स्ट्ितः" बीमा िलाल, पुनबीमा िलाल, बीमा परामििक, कॉरपोरेट अजभकताि, तीसरा पि प्रिासक, सिेिक तथा हाजन जनधािरक और इस प्रकार की अन्य इकाइयां, जिन्ह ेंभारतीय बीमा जिजनयामक और जिकास प्राजधकरण द्वारा समय-समय पर अजधसूजचत दकया गया हो, सजहत मध्यिती या बीमा मध्यिती। (iv) इस प्रकार प्रजतस्ट्थाजपत क्र. सं. एफ. 8.2 के पश्चात्, जनम्नजलजखत क्र. सं. और प्रजिजष्टयााँ अतं ःस्ट्थाजपत की िाएंगी, अथाित:् - (1) (2) “एफ. 8.3 अन्य ित ें (क) कोई भी भारतीय बीमा कंपनी पोटिफोजलयो जनिेिकों सजहत जििेिी जनिेिकों द्वारा अपने इदिटी िेयरों में कुल जििेिी जनिेि के माध्यम से ऐसी भारतीय बीमा कंपनी की समाित्त इदिटी पूंिी के उनचास प्रजतित से अनजधक कुल होलल्डंग की अनुमजत नहीं िगेी। (ख) भारतीय बीमा कंपनी की कुल समाित्त इदिटी के उनचास प्रजतित तक की जििेिी जनिेि की भारतीय बीमा जनयामक और जिकास प्राजधकरण द्वारा अनुमोिन या सत्यापन के अध्यधीन स्ट्िचाजलत मागि पर अनुमजत िी िाएगी। (ग) इस िेत्र में जििेिी जनिेि, बीमा अजधजनयम, 1938 के उपबंधों के अनुपालन के अध्यधीन होगा और यह ित िहोगी दक एफडीआई प्राप्त करन ेिाली कंपजनयों को बीमा और संबंजधत गजतजिजधयों के जलए बीमा जनयामक और जिकास प्राजधकरण से आिश्यक अनज्ञु ा या अनुमोिन प्राप् त हो। (घ) भारतीय बीमा कंपनी यह सुजनजश्चत करेगी दक उसका स्ट्िाजमत्ि और जनयंत्रण जनिासी भारतीय संस्ट्थाओं के हाथों में हर समय बना रह,े िैसा दक जित्तीय सेिा जिभाग या भारतीय बीमा जनयामक और जिकास प्राजधकरण द्वारा अिधाटरत जनयमों या जनयमों के अनसु ार उनके द्वारा समय - समय पर िारी दकया गया ह।ै[भाग II—खण् ड 3(ii)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3 (ङ) भारतीय बीमा कंपनी में जििेिी पोटिफोजलयो जनिेि अध्याय-4 में जनयम 10 और जनयम 11 और इन जनयमों और भारतीय प्रजतभूजत और जिजनमय बोड ि(जििेिी पोटिफोजलयो जनिेिक) जिजनयम, 2014 के उपबंधों की अनुसूची-2 के साथ पढे िान ेिाल ेउपबंधों द्वारा जनयंजत्रत दकया िाएगा। (च) भारतीय बीमा कंपनी म ेंजििेिी जनिेि म ेंकोई िृजद् इन जनयमों में जिजनर्िष्टि मागििििक जसद्ांतों के मूल्यांकन के अनुसार होगा। (छ) 100 प्रजतित की जििेिी इदिटी जनिेि सीमा, बीमा िलाल, पुनबीमा िलाल, बीमा परामििक, कॉरपोरेट अजभकता,ि तृतीय पिकार प्रिासक, सिेिक तथा हाजन जनधािरक और इस तरह की अन्य इकाइयों को उि उन् हीं ितपर पर लागू हो सकती ह, िैसा दक भारतीय बीमा जिजनयामक और जिकास प्राजधकरण द्वारा समय-समय पर अजधसूजचत दकया िाए। तथाजप, उपयुिि खंड (घ) में जिजनर्िष्टि भारतीय स्ट्िाजमत्ि और जनयंत्रण की िति, मध्यिर्तियों और बीमा मध्यिर्तियों पर लाग ूनहीं होगी और जनिेिक मडंल और प्रमुख प्रबंधन व्यजियों का संयोिन समय-समय पर संबंजधत जनयामकों द्वारा जिजनर्िष्टि दकया िाएगा। (ि) प्राजधकरण द्वारा सत्याजपत स्ट्ित: माग िके अध्यधीन जििेिी प्रत्यि जनिेि प्रस्ट्तािों की अनुमजत िी िाएगी और मध्यिती संस्ट्था या बीमा मध्यिती संस्ट्था में जििेिी जनिेि को भारतीय बीमा कंपजनयों (जििेिी जनिेि) जनयम, 2015 के समय-समय पर यथा-संिोजधत: जनयम 7 और 8 के अधीन प्रिान की गई ितपर के अनुसार जनयंजत्रत दकया िाएगा: परंत ुब क िैसी संस्ट्था, जिसका प्राथजमक व्यिसाय बीमा िेत्र में नहीं ह,ै को प्राजधकरण द्वारा बीमा मध्यिती संस्ट्था के रूप म ेंकाय िकरन ेकी अनुमजत हो, उस ित्रे म ेंजििेिी इदिटी जनिेि की सीमा इस िति के अध्यधीन लाग ूहोती रहगेंी दक ऐसी संस्ट्थाओं का रािस्ट्ि प्राथजमक (गैर-बीमा संबंधी) व्यिसाय से दकसी भी जित्तीय िर्ि में उनके कुल रािस्ट्ि का 50 प्रजतित से ऊपर रहना चाजहए। (झ) बीमा मध्यिती संस्ट्थाएं जिनके पास जििेिी जनिेिकों की बहुसंख्यक िेयरधाटरता ह,ै जनम्नजलजखत बातों का ध्यान रखेंगी: (i) कंपनी अजधजनयम, 2013 के उपबंधों के अधीन जलजमटेड कंपनी के रूप म ेंजनगजमत हो; (ii) जनिेिक मंडल के अध्यि, अथिा मुख्य कायिपालक अजधकारी अथिा प्रमुख अजधकारी अथिा बीमा मध्यिती संस्ट्थाओं के प्रबंध जनििे क में से कोई एक भारत का नागटरक हो; (iii) प्रत्याितिन जडजिटेड के जलए प्राजधकारी की पूिि अनुमजत लें; (iv) आधुजनक तकनीक, प्रिधिन तथा अन्य कायिकुिलताओं का पटरचय िें; (v) जििेिी समूह अथिा संस्ट्थापक अथिा सहायक कंपनी अथिा अंतसंयोिक अथिा संयुि इकाइयों को आिश् यक अथिा प्राजधकारी के अनुमोिन स ेअजधक भुगतान न करें; (vi) इसके समूह अथिा संस्ट्थापक अथिा सहायक कंपनी अथिा अंतसंयोिक अथिा संयुि इकाइयों के जलए दकए गए सभी भगुतानों को प्राजधकारी द्वारा जिजनर्िष्टि दकए िाने िाल ेप्रारूपों में खलु ासा करें; (vii) संबंजधत जिजनयमनकताओंि द्वारा संचालक मडंल की सरंचना और प्रमुख प्रबंधनकताि व्यजियों के बारे में ब्योरा दिया िाएगा; (ञ) क्र. सं. एफ.2.1 के सामने जिजनर्िष्टि िीर्िक "ब ककंग जनिी िेत्र" के अधीन अन्य ितें ब कों के संिभि4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] में पटरिर्तित बीमा कंपजनयों के संबंध में लागू होंगी। (ट) "जनयंत्रण", "इदिटी िेयर पूंिी", "जििेिी प्रत्यि जनिेि" (एफडीआई, "जििेि जनिेिकताि", "जििेिी पोटिफोजलयो जनिेि", "भारतीय बीमा कंपनी", "भारतीय कंपनी", "भारतीय बीमा कंपनी का भारतीय जनयंत्रण", "जनिासी भारतीय नागटरक", "कुल जििेिी जनिेि" पिों का िही अथि होगा िो 19 फरिरी, 2015 की अजधसूचना सं. सा.का.जन.115(अ) में जित्तीय सेिाएं जिभाग द्वारा िारी की गई ह और भारतीय बीमा जिजनयामक और जिकास प्राजधकरण द्वारा समय-समय पर िारी दकए गए ह। " (v) मूल जनयमों की अनुसूची II में पैरा 1 के उप-पैरा (क) के खण्ड (iii) में की प्रजिजष्टयों के स्ट्थान पर जनम्नजलजखत प्रजिजष्टयां रखी िाएंगी, अथाति ्:- "प्रस्ट्ताजित सीमा के उल्लंघन में जनिेि कर रह े एफपीआई के पास उल्लंघन करन े िाले कायकि लापों के जनपटान की तारीख से पांच व्यापाटरक दिनों के भीतर अपनी आजस्ट्तयों का जिजनिेि करने का जिकल्प होगा। यदि एफपीआई जिजनिेि नहीं करन े का जनणिय लेती ह ै तो ऐस े एफपीआई और उसके जनिेिक समूह द्वारा कंपनी में दकया गया संपूण ि जनिेि एफडीआई के अधीन दकया गया जनिेि माना िाएगा और एफपीआई एि ं उसके जनििे क समूह संबंजधत कंपनी में आग े पोटिफोजलयो जनिेि नहीं कर पाएगा। इस संबंध म ें एफपीआई अपने अजभजहत सरं िक के माध्यम से उल्ल ंघन का कारण बनने िाल े कायिकलापों के समापन की तारीख स े सात व्यापाटरक दिनों के भीतर अपने टरकाड ि म ें आिश्यक पटरितिन करने हते ु न् याजसयों और साथ ही संबंजधत कंपजनयों को सूजचत करेगा। एफपीआई द्वारा संपजत्तयों का समापन और एफपीआई जनििे का एफडीआई के रूप म ें पुनििगीकरण इस संबंध म ें सेबी और आरबीआई द्वारा जिजनर्िष्टि अन् य ितपर, यदि कोई हो, के अध्यधीन होगा। जिजहत सीमा के भीतर ऐस े अििन और जबक्री या एफडीआई म ें संपटरितिन के बीच की अिजध में ऐसे अिनि के कारण कजथत सकल या सेक्टोरल सीमा का उल्लघं न इन जनयमों के अधीन उल्लंघन नहीं माना िाएगा।" [फा.स.ं 01/05/ईएम/2019] आनंि मोहन बिाि, संयुि सजचि टटप्पणः मूल जनयम भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग II, खडं 3, उप-खंड (ii) म ें सं.का.आ. 3732(अ), तारीख 17 अक्टूबर, 2019 द्वारा प्रकाजित दकए गए थ े और सं.का.आ.4355(अ), तारीख 05 दिसंबर, 2019 और का.आ. 1278(अ), तारीख 22 अप्रलै , 2020 द्वारा पश् चातिती संिोधन दकए गए। MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Economic Affairs) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 27th April, 2020 S.O. 1374(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (aa) and (ab) of sub-section (2) of section 46 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement. - (1) These rules may be called the Foreign Exchange Management (Non- debt Instruments) (Second Amendment) Rules, 2020. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019 (hereinafter referred to as the principal rules), in rule 7, the explanation shall be omitted. 3. In the principal rules, after rule 7, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:[भाग II—खण् ड 3(ii)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 5 “7A. Acquisition after renunciation of rights.- A person resident outside India who has acquired a right from a person resident in India who has renounced it may acquire equity instruments (other than share warrants) against the said rights as per pricing guidelines specified under rule 21 of these rules”. 4. In the principal rules, in Schedule 1, in the Table,- (i) against serial number 15.3.1, in the entries under column (2), under sub-heading “Note”, in serial number (3), after the words “first store”, the words “or start of online retail, whichever is earlier” shall be inserted. (ii) serial number F.8.1, for the entries in column (2), under the heading “Sector/Activity”, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:- “Insurance Company” (iii) for serial number F. 8.2 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be substituted, namely:- (1) (2) (3) (4) “F.8.2 Intermediaries or Insurance Intermediaries including 100% Automatic” insurance brokers, re-insurance brokers, insurance consultants, corporate agents, third party administrator, Surveyors and Loss Assessors and such other entities, as may be notified by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India from time to time. (iv) after serial number F.8.2 as so substituted, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely :- (1) (2) “F.8.3 Other Conditions (a) No Indian Insurance company shall allow the aggregate holdings by way of total foreign investment in its equity shares by foreign investors, including portfolio investors, to exceed forty- nine percent of the paid up equity capital of such Indian Insurance Company. (b) The foreign investment up to forty-nine percent of the total paid-up equity of the Indian Insurance Company shall be allowed on the automatic route subject to approval or verification by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India. (c) Foreign investment in this sector shall be subject to compliance with the provisions of the Insurance Act, 1938 and the condition that Companies receiving FDI shall obtain necessary license or approval from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India for undertaking insurance and related activities. (d) An Indian Insurance company shall ensure that its ownership and control remains at all times in the hands of resident Indian entities as determined by Department of Financial Services or Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India as per the rules or regulation issued by them from time to time. (e) Foreign portfolio investment in an Indian Insurance company shall be governed by the provisions contained in Chapter-IV, rule 10 and rule 11 read with Schedule-II of these rules and provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Foreign Portfolio Investors) Regulations, 2014. (f) Any increase in foreign investment in an Indian Insurance company shall be in accordance with the pricing guidelines specified in these rules. (g) The foreign equity investment cap of 100 per cent shall apply on the same terms as above to insurance brokers, re-insurance brokers, insurance consultants, corporate agents, third party administrator, Surveyors and Loss Assessors and such other entities, as may be notified by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India from time to time. However, the condition of Indian owned and controlled, as specified in clause (d) above, shall not be applicable to Intermediaries and Insurance Intermediaries and composition of the Board of Directors and key management persons shall be as specified by the concerned regulators from time to time. (h) The foreign direct investment proposals shall be allowed under the automatic route subject to verification by the Authority and the foreign investment in intermediaries or insurance intermediaries shall be governed by the same terms as provided under rules 7 and 8 of the Indian Insurance Companies (Foreign Investment) Rules, 2015, as amended from time to time: Provided that where an entity like a Bank, whose primary business is outside the insurance area, is allowed by the Authority to function as an insurance intermediary, the foreign equity investment caps applicable in that sector shall continue to apply, subject to the condition that the revenues of such entities from the primary (non-insurance related) business must remain above 50 per cent of their total revenues in any financial year.6 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] (i) The insurance intermediary that has majority shareholding of foreign investors shall undertake the following: (i) be incorporated as a limited company under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013; (ii) at least one from among the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer or Principal Officer or Managing Director of the insurance intermediary shall be a resident Indian citizen; (iii) shall take prior permission of the Authority for repatriating dividend; (iv) shall bring in the latest technological, managerial and other skills; (v) shall not make payments to the foreign group or promoter or subsidiary or interconnected or associate entities beyond what is necessary or permitted by the Authority; (vi) shall make disclosures in the formats to be specified by the Authority of all payments made to its group or promoter or subsidiary or interconnected or associate entities; (vii) composition of the Board of Directors and key management persons shall be as specified by the concerned regulators; (j) The other condition under the heading ‘Banking-Private Sector’ specified against serial number F.2.1 shall be applicable in respect of bank promoted insurance companies. (k) Terms ‘Control’, ‘Equity Share Capital’, ‘Foreign Direct Investment’ (FDI), ‘Foreign Investors’, ‘Foreign Portfolio Investment’, ‘Indian Insurance Company’, ‘Indian Company’, ‘Indian Control of an Indian Insurance Company’, ‘Indian Ownership’, ‘Non-resident Entity’, ‘Public Financial Institution’, ‘Resident Indian Citizen’, ‘Total Foreign Investment’ will have the same meaning as provided in Notification No. G.S.R 115 (E), dated the 19th February, 2015 issued by Department of Financial Services and regulations issued by Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India from time to time.” (v) In the principal rules, in Schedule II, for the entries in clause (iii) of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 1, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:- “The FPIs investing in breach of the prescribed limit shall have the option of divesting their holdings within five trading days from the date of settlement of the trades causing the breach. In case the FPI chooses not to divest, then the entire investment in the company by such FPI and its investor group shall be considered as investment under Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the FPI and its investor group shall not make further portfolio investment in the company concerned. The FPI, through its designated custodian, shall bring the same to the notice of the depositories as well as the concerned company for effecting necessary changes in their records, within -seven trading days from the date of settlement of the trades causing the breach. The divestment of holdings by the FPI and the reclassification of FPI investment as FDI shall be subject to further conditions, if any, specified by Securities and Exchange Board of India and the Reserve Bank in this regard. The breach of the said aggregate or sectoral limit on account of such acquisition for the period between the acquisition and sale or conversion to FDI within the prescribed time, shall not be reckoned as a contravention under these rules.”. [F. No. 01/05/EM/2019] ANAND MOHAN BAJAJ, Jt. Secy. Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O.3732 (E), dated the 17th October, 2019 and subsequently amended vide numbers S.O. 4355 (E), dated the 5th December 2019 and S.O. 1278 (E), dated the 22nd April, 2020. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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