**Executive Summary**
This document contains the Seventh Amendment to the Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Currency Accounts by a person resident in India) Regulations, 2015, issued by the Reserve Bank of India. The amendment, effective from the date of publication in the Official Gazette (October 6, 2025), revises regulations related to foreign currency accounts held by Indian residents, particularly concerning exporters and International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs).
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Short Title and Commencement:**
* The amendment is titled the "Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Currency Accounts by a person resident in India) (Seventh Amendment) Regulations, 2025."
* It becomes effective upon publication in the Official Gazette.
* **Definition of IFSC:**
* The amendment introduces a definition for "International Financial Services Centre" (IFSC), aligning it with the definition in the International Financial Services Centres Authority Act, 2019.
* **Foreign Currency Accounts for Exporters:**
* An Indian resident exporter can open, hold, and maintain a Foreign Currency Account with a bank outside India for realizing export value and advance remittances.
* Funds can be used for imports into India or repatriated to India.
* The timeline for utilizing funds is:
* Three months for accounts in IFSC banks.
* Next month for all other jurisdictions.
* Utilisation of funds is subject to the fulfillment of realisation and repatriation requirements as specified in the Foreign Exchange Management (Export of Goods and Services) Regulations, 2015.
* **Clarification on Foreign Currency Accounts:**
* Foreign currency accounts permitted to be opened outside India/abroad can also be opened in International Financial Services Centres.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder:** Exporters Resident in India
**Impact**
The amendment revises how exporters can handle foreign currency accounts, providing clarity on utilizing funds received from exports and advance remittances. It gives Exporters the option to hold and utilise funds in IFSC banks.
**Action Required**
Exporters need to review their current practices for managing foreign currency accounts to ensure compliance with the revised regulations, particularly regarding repatriation deadlines and the use of funds.
Key Entities Referenced
Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999: The primary legislation empowering the Reserve Bank of India to regulate foreign exchange.
Reserve Bank of India: The regulator responsible for making amendments to regulations related to foreign exchange management.
Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Currency Accounts by a person resident in India) Regulations, 2015: The main regulation being amended in this notification, concerning foreign currency accounts held by Indian residents.
International Financial Services Centre: A special economic zone that is referenced within the document in relation to foreign currency accounts.
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EXTRAORDINARY
भाग III—खण् ड 4
PART III—Section 4
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
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स.ं 662] नई ददल्ली, सोमर्ार, अक्त बू र 6, 2025/आजर् न 14, 1947
No. 662] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2025/ASVINA 14, 1947
भारतीय ररज़र् व बकैं
(जर्देिी मद्रु ा जर्भाग)
अजधसचू ना
मुंबई, 6 अक् तूबर, 2025
जर्देिी मद्रु ा प्रबधं (भारत म ेंजनर्ासी व्यजि द्वारा जर्देिी मद्रु ा खात)े (सातर्ा ं सिं ोधन)
जर्जनयमार्ली, 2025
स.ं फेमा.10 (आर)(7)/2025-आरबी.— जर्देिी मुद्रा प्रबंध अजधजनयम, 1999 (1999 का 42) की धारा 9 और
धारा 47 की उप-धारा (2) के खंड (ई) द्वारा प्रदत्त िजियों का प्रयोग करते हुए भारतीय ररज़र्व बैंक जर्देिी मुद्रा प्रबंध
(भारत म ें जनर्ासी व्यजि द्वारा जर्देिी मुद्रा खात)े जर्जनयमार्ली, 2015 (अजधसूचना सं.फेमा. 10 (आर)/2015-आरबी,
ददनांक 21 िनर्री 2016) (जिसे इसके बाद ‘मूल जर्जनयमार्ली’ कहा गया ह)ै म ेंजनम्नजलजखत संिोधन करता है, यथा: -
1. सजं िप्त नाम और प्रारंभ
(i) यह जर्जनयमार्ली जर्देिी मुद्रा प्रबंध (भारत म ें जनर्ासी व्यजि द्वारा जर्देिी मुद्रा खाते) (सातर्ां संिोधन)
जर्जनयमार्ली, 2025 कहलाएगी।
(ii) यह सरकारी रािपत्र में इसके प्रकािन की तारीख से लाग ूहोगी।
6685 GI/2025 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC.4]
2. मलू जर्जनयमार्ली म,ें जर्जनयम 2 म,ें खडं (iii) के पश्चात ्जनम्नजलजखत को अंतर्र्वष्ट दकया िाएगा, यथा: -
“(iii-ए) “अंतरावष्ट्रीय जर्त्तीय सेर्ा केंद्र” या “आईएफएससी” का र्ही अथव होगा िो अतं रावष्ट्रीय जर्त्तीय सेर्ा केंद्र
प्राजधकरण अजधजनयम, 2019 (2019 का 50) की धारा 3 के खंड (छ) म ेंददया गया ह।ै "
3. मलू जर्जनयमार्ली म,ें जर्जनयम 5 म,ें उप जर्जनयम (सीए) को जनम्नजलजखत से प्रजतस्ट्थाजपत दकया िाएगा, यथा:-
“(सीए). भारत में जनर्ासी व्यजि, िो दक एक जनयावतक ह,ै माल और सेर्ाओं के जनयावत के बदले जनयातव क द्वारा
प्राप्त दकए गए पणू व जनयावत मूल्य तथा अजिम जर्प्रेषण की र्सूली के जलए भारत के बाहर दकसी बैंक में जर्देिी मुद्रा
खाता खोल सकता ह,ै धारण कर सकता ह ैऔर बनाए रख सकता ह।ै इस खात े म ेंप्राप्त जनजधयों का उपयोग प्राजप्त
के माह से –
(ए) अंतरावष्ट्रीय जर्त्तीय सेर्ा केंद्र में बैंक म ेंरख ेगए खातों के मामले में तीन महीन:े या
(बी) अन्य सभी िेत्राजधकारों के जलए अगल ेमहीने,
के अंत तक, जनयावतक द्वारा भारत में अपन े आयातों के भगु तान या भार्ी प्रजतबद्धताओं के समायोिन के बाद भारत म ें
प्रत्यार्तवन के उद्देय से दकया िा सकता है, बिते दक समय-समय पर यथा संिोजधत जर्देिी मुद्रा प्रबंध (माल और सेर्ाओं
का जनयावत) जर्जनयमार्ली, 2015, म ेंयथा जर्जनर्दवष्ट र्सूली और प्रत्यार्तवन संबंधी अपेिाए ँभी पूरी होती हों।”
4. मलू जर्जनयमार्ली म,ें जर्जनयम 5 के अंत में जनम्नजलजखत को अंतर्र्वष्ट दकया िाएगा, यथा: -
“स्ट्पष्टीकरण: - जर्जनयम 5 के प्रयोिन के जलए, 'भारत के बाहर/जर्देि में' खोल ेिान ेर्ाल ेअनुमत जर्देिी मुद्रा खात ेअतं रावष्ट्रीय
जर्त्तीय सेर्ा केंद्र में भी खोले िा सकते ह।ैं ”
एन. सेंजथल कुमार, मुख्य महाप्रबंधक
[जर्ज्ञापन-III/4/असा./396/2025-26]
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ददनांक 21.01.2016- िीएसआर संख्या 96 (ई), म ेंप्रकाजित की गयी थी और इस ेबाद म ेंजनम्नजलजखत द्वारा संिोजधत
दकया गया, यथा: -
अजधसूचना िीएसआर संख्या 570 (ई) ददनांक 01.06.2016
अजधसूचना िीएसआर संख्या 160 (ई) ददनांक 27.02.2019
अजधसूचना सं. फेमा 10(R)(3)/2024-आरबी, ददनांक 23.04.2024
अजधसूचना सं. फेमा 10(R)(4)/2024-आरबी, ददनांक 21.11.2024
अजधसूचना सं. फेमा 10(R)(5)/2025-आरबी, ददनांक 14.01.2025
अजधसूचना सं. फेमा 10(R)(6)/2025-आरबी, ददनांक 29.04.2025[भाग III—खण् ड 4] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
(Foreign Exchange Department )
NOTIFICATION
Mumbai, the 6th October, 2025
Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Currency Accounts by a person resident in India)
(Seventh Amendment) Regulations, 2025
No. FEMA 10(R)(7)/2025-RB.—In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 9 and clause (e) 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 to the Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Currency Accounts by a person
resident in India) Regulations, 2015 [Notification No. FEMA 10(R)/2015-RB dated January 21, 2016] (hereinafter
referred to as 'the principal regulations'), namely:
1. Short Title and Commencement: -
(i) These regulations may be called the Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Currency Accounts by a person
resident in India) (Seventh Amendment) Regulations, 2025.
(ii) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the principal regulations, in regulation 2, after clause (iii), the following shall be inserted namely:-
“(iii-a) ‘International Financial Services Centre’ or ‘IFSC’ shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in
clause (g) of section 3 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority Act, 2019 (50 of 2019).”
3. In the principal regulations, in regulation 5, the sub-regulation (CA) shall be substituted by the following, namely:-
“(CA). A person resident in India, being an exporter, may open, hold and maintain a Foreign Currency Account
with a bank outside India, for realisation of full export value and advance remittance received by the exporter
towards export of goods or services. Funds in this account may be utilised by the exporter for paying for its
imports into India or repatriated into India within a period not exceeding the end of
(a) three months in case of accounts maintained with banks in an International Financial Services Centre; or
(b) next month for all other jurisdictions;
from the date of receipt of the funds after adjusting for forward commitments, provided that the realisation and
repatriation requirements as specified in the Foreign Exchange Management (Export of Goods and Services)
Regulations, 2015, as amended from time to time, are also met.”
4. In the principal regulations, at the end of regulation 5, the following shall be inserted namely:-
“Explanation: - For the purpose of regulation 5, the foreign currency accounts permitted to be opened ‘outside India/
abroad’ can also be opened in International Financial Services Centre.”
N. SENTHIL KUMAR, Chief General Manager
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./396/2025-26]
Footnote: The Principal Regulations were published in the Official Gazette of Government of India – Extraordinary –
Part-II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i) dated 21.01.2016 - G.S.R.No.96(E) and subsequently amended vide the
following, namely;
Notification G.S.R. No.570(E) dated 01.06.2016
Notification G.S.R. No.160(E) dated 27.02.2019
Notification No.FEMA.10R(3)/2024-RB dated 23.04.2024
Notification No.FEMA.10R(4)/2024-RB dated 21.11.2024
Notification No.FEMA.10R(5)/2025-RB dated 14.01.2025
Notification No.FEMA.10R(6)/2025-RB dated 29.04.2025
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