Research and Publications

1. Background for setting up of the Internal Group There has been increasing interest in setting up NBFCs in general and by banks and foreign institutions in particular. NBFCs offer products/services which included margin funding, leasing and hire-purchase, corporate loans, investment in non-convertible debentures, IPO funding, small ticket loans, venture capital etc. One of the reasons cited for banks preference to establish NBFC is reducing the cost of operations. T

Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) stipulates that all foreign exchange transactions are required to be routed only through the entities that are licenced by the Reserve Bank to undertake such transactions. Such entities are defined as Authorised persons in Section 10 of the Act. Under current dispensation, such authorised person may be : a. A Commercial bank (AD), or b. A Money changer (FFMC), or c. Any financial institution authorised for limited kind of t