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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-MH-E-09102025-266826
EXTRAORDINARY
PART III—Section 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 663]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2025/ASVINA 14, 1947
6686 GI/2025
(1)
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
(Foreign Exchange Department )
NOTIFICATION
Mumbai, the 6th October, 2025
Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing and Lending) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025
No. FEMA 3(R)(4)/2025-RB.—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) 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 to the Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing and Lending) Regulations, 2018 (Notification
No. FEMA.3(R)/2018-RB dated December 17, 2018) (hereinafter referred to as 'the Principal Regulations'), namely:
1. Short Title & Commencement.- (1) These Regulations may be called the Foreign Exchange Management
(Borrowing and Lending) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force from the date of notification in the official gazette.
2. In the principal regulations, in regulation 7 sub-regulation A, after clause (iii), the following clause (iv) shall be
inserted, namely:-
"An AD bank may lend in Indian Rupees to a person resident outside India being a resident in Bhutan, Nepal
or Sri Lanka, including a bank in these jurisdictions, for cross border trade transactions."
Dr. ADITYA GAIHA, Chief General Manager-in-Charge
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./397/2025-26]
Footnote:The Principal Regulations were published in the Official Gazette vide G.S.R.No.1213(E) dated December 17,
2018, in Part II, Section 3, sub-Section (i) and subsequently amended vide the following, namely;
Notification G.S.R No.163(E) dated 26.02.2019
Notification No. FEMA. 3(R)2/2021-RB 24.05.2021
Notification No. FEMA.3(R)(3)/2022-RB dated 28.07.2022
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