What is capital account transaction?

Ans.  As defined in Section 2(e) of the FEMA 1999, "Capital Account Transaction" means transactions which alters the assets or liabilities, including contingent liabilities outside India, of persons resident in India or assets or liabilities, in India, of persons resident outside India and includes transactions referred to in section 6(3) of the FEMA. 

Note: Earlier, section 6(3) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, contained a list of capital account transactions which the RBI could have prohibited, restricted or regulated. However, the section 6(3) got deleted with effect from October 15, 2019.

Capital account transactions are governed by Section 6 of the FEMA, 1999 read with Foreign Exchange Management (Permissible Capital Account Transactions) Regulations, 2000​