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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> </head>  <body> <div style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:12px; text-align:justify"> <table width="800" border="0" style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px;" align="center" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0">  <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">   <br />   Reserve Bank of India <br /><br /> Banks now able to authorise establishment of branch office of foreign entities<br /><br /> MANU/PIBU/0372/2016 - (12 Apr 2016)<br /><br />  </td>  </tr>    <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top"></td>  </tr>    <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#FDEDCE"><strong>The Reserve Bank of India has empowered AD Cat-I Banks to grant approvals for establishment of Branch Offices, Liaison Offices and Projects Offices in India by foreign entities. Certain off-limits sectors such as Defence and entities from a few excepted countries still require RBI approval for the same. No other changes have been made to FEMA regulations pertaining to establishment of branch or other offices.</strong></td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Relevant : Foreign Exchange Management (Establishment in India of Branch or Office or other Place of Business) Regulations, 2000 <manuid>MANU/RFEM/0014/2000</manuid></strong></td>  </tr>   <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Tags : Foreign entity, branch office, bank</strong></td>  </tr> <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>  </tr>  <tr>      <td align="left" valign="top"><strong>Source : newsroom.manupatra.com</strong></td>  </tr> <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">Regards</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">Team Manupatra</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>  </tr>   </table> </div> </body> </html>