FEMA Transfer or Issue of Security by Person Resident outside India- (Sixteenth Amendment) Regulations 2016

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RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
(Foreign Exchange Department)
(CENTRAL OFFICE)
NOTIFICATION
Mumbai, the 4th November, 2016
No. FEMA. 379/2016-RB

Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) (Sixteenth Amendment) Regulations, 2016

G.S.R. 1042(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (3) of Section 6 and Section 47 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), the Reserve Bank of India hereby makes the following amendments in the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2000 (Notification No. FEMA. 20/2000-RB dated 3rd May 2000), (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Principal Regulations’) namely:-

1. Short Title & Commencement:-

(i) These Regulations may be called the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) (Sixteenth Amendment) Regulations, 2016.

(ii) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of the Schedule 1

In the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2000, (Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB dated 3rd May 2000), in Schedule 1, in Annex B, for the existing entry F.10, the following shall be substituted, namely:

F.10.Pension49%Automatic route
F.10.1Other Conditions
a)Foreign investment in the Pension Funds is allowed as per the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Act, 2013.
b)Foreign investment in Pension Funds will be subject to the condition that entities bringing in foreign investments as equity shares or preference shares or convertible debentures or warrants as per Section 24 of the PFRDA Act, 2013 shall obtain necessary registration from the PFRDA and comply with other requirements as per the PFRDA Act, 2013 and Rules and Regulations framed under it for so participating in Pension Fund Management activities in India.
c)An Indian pension fund shall ensure that its ownership and control remains at all times in the hands of resident Indian entities as determined by the Government of India / PFRDA as per the rules/regulation issued by them from time to time. The meaning of ownership and control would be as defined in Regulation 14 of the Principal Regulations.

[F. No. 1/11/ EM-2016]

SHEKHAR BHATNAGAR,

Chief General Manager-In Charge

Foot Note:- The Principal Regulations were published in the Official Gazette vide G.S.R. No. 406(E) dated May 8, 2000 in Part II, Section 3, sub-Section (i) and subsequently amended as under:-

G.S.R.No. 158(E) dated 02.03.2001G.S.R.No. 175(E) dated 13.03.2001

G.S.R.No. 182(E) dated 14.03.2001

G.S.R.No. 4(E) dated 02.01.2002

G.S.R.No. 574(E) dated 19.08.2002

G.S.R.No. 223(E) dated 18.03.2003

G.S.R.No. 225(E) dated 18.03.2003

G.S.R.No. 558(E) dated 22.07.2003

G.S.R.No. 835(E) dated 23.10.2003

G.S.R.No. 899(E) dated 22.11.2003

G.S.R.No. 12(E) dated 07.01.2004

G.S.R.No. 278(E) dated 23.04.2004

G.S.R.No. 454(E) dated 16.07.2004

G.S.R.No. 625(E) dated 21.09.2004

G.S.R.No. 799(E) dated 08.12.2004 G.S.R.No. 201(E) dated 01.04.2005

G.S.R.No. 202(E) dated 01.04.2005

G.S.R.No. 504(E) dated 25.07.2005

G.S.R.No. 505(E) dated 25.07.2005

G.S.R.No. 513(E) dated 29.07.2005

G.S.R.No. 738(E) dated 22.12.2005

G.S.R.No. 29(E) dated 19.01.2006

G.S.R.No. 413(E) dated 11.07.2006

G.S.R.No. 712(E) dated 14.11.2007

G.S.R.No. 713(E) dated 14.11.2007

G.S.R.No. 737(E) dated 29.11.2007

G.S.R.No. 575(E) dated 05.08.2008

G.S.R.No. 896(E) dated 30.12.2008

G.S.R.No. 851(E) dated 01.12.2009

G.S.R.No. 341 (E) dated 21.04.2010

G.S.R.No. 821 (E) dated 10.11.2012

G.S.R.No. 606(E) dated 03.08.2012

G.S.R.No. 795(E) dated 30.10.2012

G.S.R.No. 796(E) dated 30.10.2012

G.S.R. No. 797(E) dated 30.10.2012

G.S.R.No. 945 (E) dated 31.12.2012

G.S.R. No.946(E) dated 31.12.2012

G.S.R. No.38(E) dated 22.01.2013

G.S.R.No.515(E) dated 30.07.2013

G.S.R.No.532(E) dated 05.08.2013

G.S.R. No.341(E) dated 28.05.2013

G.S.R.No.344(E) dated 29.05.2013

G.S.R. No.195(E) dated 01.04.2013G.S.R.No.393(E) dated 21.06.2013

G.S.R.No.591(E) dated 04.09.2013

G.S.R.No.596(E) dated 06.09.2013

G.S.R.No.597(E) dated 06.09.2013

G.S.R.No.681(E) dated 11.10.2013

G.S.R.No.682(E) dated 11.10.2013

G.S.R. No.818(E) dated 31.12.2013

G.S.R. No.805(E) dated 30.12.2013

G.S.R.No.683(E) dated 11.10.2013

G.S.R.No.189(E) dated 19.03.2014

G.S.R.No.190(E) dated 19.03.2014

G.S.R.No.270(E) dated 07.04.2014

G.S.R.No. 361 (E) dated 27.05.2014

G.S.R.No.370(E) dated 30.05.2014

G.S.R.No.371(E) dated 30.05.2014

G.S.R.No. 435 (E) dated 08.07.2014

G.S.R.No. 400 (E) dated 12.06.2014

G.S.R.No. 436 (E) dated 08.07.2014

G.S.R.No. 487 (E) dated 11.07.2014

G.S.R.No. 632 (E) dated 02.09.2014

G.S.R.No. 798 (E) dated 13.11.2014

G.S.R.No. 799 (E) dated 13.11.2014

G.S.R.No. 800 (E) dated 13.11.2014

G.S.R.No. 829 (E) dated 21.11.2014

G.S.R.No. 906(E) dated 22.12.2014

G.S.R.No. 914 (E) dated 24.12.2014

G.S.R.No. 30 (E) dated 14.01.2015

G.S.R.No. 183 (E) dated 12.03.2015

G.S.R.No. 284 (E) dated 13.04.2015

G.S.R.No. 484 (E) dated 11.06.2015

G.S.R.No. 745 (E) dated 30.09.2015

G.S.R.No. 759 (E) dated 06.10.2015

G.S.R.No. 823 (E) dated 30.10.2015

G.S.R.No. 858 (E) dated 16.11.2015

G.S.R.No. 983 (E) dated 17.12.2015

G.S.R.No. 165 (E) dated 15.02.2016

G.S.R.No. 166 (E) dated 15.02.2016

G.S.R.No. 369 (E) dated 30.03.2016

G.S.R.No. 537 (E) dated 20.05.2016

G.S.R.No. 879 (E) dated 09.09.2016

G.S.R.No. 1015 (E) dated 27.10.2016

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