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Swift e-Bulletin

Introduction

Edition 31st 23-24

Week – January 01st to January 06th 

Quote for the week:

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

–  Albert Einstein (Theoretical physicist)

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Further, various regulatory authorities have been proactive in bringing significant regulatory changes in recent challenging times. This week’s newsletter covers various circulars/notifications issued by certain regulatory authorities such as the Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”), Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) and International Financial Services Authority (“IFSCA”).

The Regulatory authorities provided various updates/relaxations, some of which being:

  1. SEBI vide Notification dated January 03, 2024 issued Implementation of Section 35 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967.
  2. RBI vide Notification dated December 21, 2023 issued Foreign Exchange Management (Manner of Receipt and Payment) Regulations, 2023.

 

We have prepared a comprehensive summary for quick reference of the aforesaid updates and Judgements / orders issued during the week January 01st to January 06th.

Thank you,

Swift team


REGULATORY UPDATES

SEBI

  1. SEBI vide Notification dated January 03, 2024 issued Implementation of Section 35 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967
  2. SEBI vide Circular dated January 05, 2024 have issued Framework for Short Selling

RBI

  1. RBI vide Notification dated December 21, 2023 issued Foreign Exchange Management (Manner of Receipt and Payment) Regulations, 2023
  2. RBI issued Master Direction dated December 28, 2023 on Lending to Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) Sector
  3. RBI issued Master Directions on Commercial Paper and Non-Convertible Debentures of original or initial maturity upto one year

IFSCA

  1. IFSCA vide Circular dated January 05, 2024 included “Financial Company” and “Financial Unit” as Credit Institution under Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005

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About Swift

Swift India Corporate Services LLP (“Swift”) (Formerly known as SwiftIndiaInc Corporate Services Private Limited) established in the year 2005, is an associate entity of Nishith Desai Associates — Legal & Tax Counseling Worldwide (legal and tax consulting firm).

We are a team of professionals with rich corporate, legal and secretarial backgrounds. We are a premier corporate compliance firm that caters to the needs and demands of our global clients. Swift aims to provide quick and pragmatic corporate solutions alongside high-quality compliances.

  


 

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