Regulation 7 - Other deposits made or held by authorised dealer - Foreign Exchange Management (Deposit) Regulations, 2016

7. Other deposits made or held by authorised dealer:- 1) A deposit made by an authorised dealer with its branch, head office or correspondent outside India, and a deposit made by a branch or correspondent outside India of an authorised dealer, and held in its books in India, shall be governed by the directions issued by the Reserve Bank in this regard from time to time. 2) A shipping or airline company incorporated outside India, may open, hold and maintain a Foreign Currency Account with an authorized dealer for meeting the local expenses in India of such airline or shipping company: Provided that the credits to such accounts are only by way of freight or passage fare collections in India or by inward remittances through banking channels from its office outside India. 3) An authorised dealer in India, may subject to the directions issued by the Reserve Bank, allow unincorporated joint ventures (UJV) of foreign companies/ entities, with Indian entities, executing a contract in India, to open and maintain non-interest bearing foreign currency account and a SNRR account as specified in schedule 4 for the purpose of undertaking transactions in the ordinary course of its business. The debits and credits in these accounts shall be incidental to the business requirement of the UJV. Provided that the tenure of the account is concurrent to the tenure of the contract/ period of operation of the UJV. Provided further that all operations in the account shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Act or the rules or regulations made or the directions issued thereunder. Note : Opening of accounts by companies/ entities of Pakistan/ Bangladesh ownership/ nationality would require the prior approval of the Reserve Bank 4) An authorised dealer in India, with the prior approval of Reserve Bank, may open an account expressed in foreign currency in the name of a person resident outside India for the purpose of adjustment of value of goods imported into India against the value of goods exported from India in terms of an arrangement voluntarily entered into by such person with a person resident in India. 1 [ 5. An Authorized Dealer in India may allow a Foreign Portfolio Investor and a Foreign Venture Capital Investor, both registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) under the relevant SEBI regulations to open and maintain a non-interest bearing foreign currency account for the purpose of making investment in accordance with Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or issue of security by a person resident outside India) Regulations, 2017 , as amended from time to time. ] 2 [ 6) An authorised dealer in India may allow a person resident outside India to open, hold and maintain an interest-bearing account in Indian Rupees and / or foreign currency for the purpose of posting and collecting margin in India, for a permitted derivative contract entered into by such person in terms of Foreign Exchange Management (Margin for Derivative Contracts) Regulations, 2020 , dated October 23, 2020, as amended from time to time, subject to directions issued by the Reserve Bank in this regard. ] ************ Notes 1. Inserted vide Notification No. FEMA 5 (R)(1)/2018-RB dated 09-11-2018 2. Inserted vide F. No. FEMA 5(R)/(4)/2024-RB dated 06-05-2024