Achromic Point

To promote the systematized development and maintenance of a healthy foreign exchange market in India along with other various objectives, Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) was enacted by the parliament. Since its introduction, a lot of relaxations have been introduced by Reserve Bank for smooth facilitation of trade operations. Recently in order to survive these unprecedented times, Government has reviewed the extant FDI policy in order to curb the opportunistic takeovers/acquisitions of Indian companies due to the current pandemic. It is always imperative to understand the magnitude and complexity of FEMA well before playing in Indian Financial markets.

Thus, Achromic Point Academy brings this highly Interactive Certificate course on FEMA & related Compliances along with Vaish Associates Advocates, MHA Legal, Avinav Consulting as our Knowledge Partner discussing the recent amendments of foreign direct investment policy along with external commercial borrowings regime, investigations and much more. It will help the participants in setting up comprehensive policy to meticulously follow the law and be equipped with the tricks to fight financial crimes and protect your organization.

• Introduction and FEMA structure
• Changes witnessed in the past one year
• Issue / Transfer of Securities
• Right issue / Bonus issue / ESOP
• Downstream investments – procedure and challenges
• Challenges for the regulated and unregulated sector – retail, pharma, defense, financial services etc.
• Press note Vs. FEMA
• Case studies

• Export and Import compliances, settlement, advances and interest payments
• Export on re-import basis and import on reimport basis
• Third Party payments / receipts
• Factoring of import / export bills
• Merchanting trade
• Write off / netting off
• EDF Waiver
• IPDMS & EPDMS – challenges / options
• Case studies

Session 4: External Commercial Borrowings (ECB)

• Revised Regime – 2019
• Routes of availing FCY ECB and INR ECB
• Eligible Borrowers and Lenders, Maturity period, End use restrictions
• ECB Liability/ Equity Ratio
• Guarantees/Security, Repayment and Refinancing
• Procedure and Compliance
• Trade Credits and Structured Obligation
• Other Instruments that require Compliance with ECB norms

• Powers of ED / RBI
• Foreign Currency Account by a person resident in India
• Investigation notices and Compliances
• How to handle investigations
• Procedure and Process
• Compounding fee / penalty that can be imposed

        Of Councel,

        Principal Associate

        Partner, 

• Nidhi Goyal

• Vijay Pal Dalmia

         Vaish Associates Advocates