Regulation 4 - Restriction on Receiving Investment - Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2017

Restriction on Receiving Investment 4. Save as otherwise provided in the Act, or rules or regulations made thereunder, an Indian entity or an investment vehicle, or a venture capital fund or a Firm or an Association of Persons or a proprietary concern shall not receive any investment in India from a person resident outside India or record such investment in its books. Provided t hat the Reserve Bank may, on an application made to it and for sufficient reasons, permit an Indian entity or an investment vehicle, or a venture capital fund or a Firm or an Association of Persons or a proprietary concern to receive any investment in India from a person resident outside India or to record such investment subject to such conditions as may be considered necessary.