Regulation 3 - Prohibition to Borrow or Lend - Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing and Lending) Regulations, 2018

3. Prohibition to Borrow or Lend: - Save as otherwise provided in the Act, Rules or Regulations made thereunder, no person resident in India shall borrow or lend in foreign exchange from or to a person resident in or outside India and no person resident in India shall borrow in rupees from, or lend in rupees to, a person resident outside India: Provided that the Reserve Bank may, for sufficient reasons, permit a person resident in India to borrow or lend in foreign exchange from or to a person resident in or outside India and/or permit a person resident in India to borrow in rupees from, or lend in rupees to, a person resident outside India. Explanation : Use of Credit Card (a) in India by a person resident outside India or (b) outside India by a person resident in India shall not be deemed as borrowing or lending in Indian Rupee/foreign exchange.