TMI BlogForeign Exchange Management (Nondebt Instruments) (Second Amendment) Rules, 2020X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... agement (Nondebt 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: 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r 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. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nsurance 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 t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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