Release of Exchange for Private Travel - FEMA - 031

Reserve Bank of India Exchange Control Department Central Office Mumbai 400 001 October 18, 2002 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 31 To All Authorised Dealers in Foreign Exchange Madam/Sirs, Release of Exchange for Private Travel In terms of Item 2 of Schedule III to the Government of India's Notification No.G.S.R. 381(E) dated May 3, 2000, authorised dealers (ADs) are required to obtain prior permission of the Reserve Bank to release foreign exchange exceeding USD 5,000 in one calendar year, for one or more private visits to any country, except Nepal and Bhutan. 2. With a view to ensuring that applications received in the Regional Offices of the Reserve Bank, in this regard, are disposed of on the same day, a Nodal Officer has been nominated in each Regional Office. Annexure to this circular contains name, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address of the Nodal Officer for each of the Regional Offices. It is, further, clarified that applications for release of foreign exchange exceeding USD 5,000 for private visits may be forwarded to the Regional Office by either fax or e-mail. 3. In case of any difficulty Chief General Manager, Exchange Control Department, Reserve Bank of India, Central Office, Mumbai may be contacted on telephone number 2663596 or fax number 2661722. 4. Authorised Dealers may bring the contents of this Circular to the notice of their constituents concerned. 5. The directions contained in this circular have been issued under Section 10(4) and Section 11(1) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999 (42 of 1999). Yours faithfully, Grace Koshie Chief General Manager ANNEXURE [A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No.31 dated 18.10.2002] Sr. No. Regional Office Nodal Officer 1. Ahmedabad Smt.Neena Rohit Jain , Assistant General Manager Tel No. : 079-6586729 Fax No. : 079-6589986 2. Bangalore Shri G. Jeyakumar, Manager Tel No. : 080-2217775 Fax No. : 080-2237882 3. Bhopal Smt. Sushma Vij, Manager Tel No. : 0755-578295 Fax No. : 0755-552283 4. Bhubaneswar Shri S. Sethi, Manager Tel No. : 0674-400937 Fax No. : 0674-405911, 405857 5. Chandigarh Shri S.L.Mittal, Manager Tel No. : 0172-714880, 703509 Fax No. : 0172-723124 6. Chennai Shri R. Srikumar, Manager Tel No. : 044-5360927 Fax No. : 044-5360912 7. Guwahati Shri A.B.Das, Manager Telfax : 0361-541248 8. Hyderabad Smt.Pratibha Raghavan, Assistant General Manager Tel No. : 040-3241325 Fax No. : 040-3212615 9. Jaipur Shri C.L.Dua, Deputy General Manager Tel No. : 0141-562158 Fax No. : 0141-563016 10. Kolkata Smt.Jaya Gangopadhyay, Manager Tel No. : 033-2208331 extn.6343 Fax No. : 033-2210218 11. Kanpur Shri Gopal Dass, Assistant General Manager Tel No. : 0512-303943 Fax No. : 0512-311240 12. Kochi Shri Antony Kunjumon Manager Tel No. : 0484-402911, extn.104 Fax No. : 0484-402715 13. Mumbai Shri D.K.Srivastava, Manager Tel No. : 022-2661644, extn.4105 Fax No. : 022-2615255 14. New Delhi Ms.Molina Choudhery, Assistant General Manager Tel No. : 011-3356148 Fax No. : 011-3725234 15. Patna Shri Rajnish Kanojia, Manager Tel No. : 0612-663553, 685767 Fax No. : 0612-685407 16. Panaji Smt.P.G. Markandey, Assistant Manager Tel No. : 0832-438659 Fax No. : 0832-438657