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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on August 1, 2022 has issued a Notification on “External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) Policy – Liberalisation Measures”. Attention is invited to paragraph 2.2 of FED Master Direction No.5 on External Commercial Borrowings, Trade Credits and Structured Obligations, dated March 26, 2019, in terms of which eligible ECB borrowers are allowed to raise ECB up to USD 750 million or equivalent per financial year under the automatic route, and paragraph 2.1.vi. ibid, wherein the all-in-cost ceiling for ECBs has been specified.As announced in paragraph five of the press release on “Liberalisation of Forex Flows” dated July 06, 2022, it has been decided, in consultation with the Central Government, to:

    1. increase the automatic route limit from USD 750 million or equivalent to USD 1.5 billion or equivalent.
    2. increase the all-in-cost ceiling for ECBs, by 100 bps. The enhanced all-in-cost ceiling shall be available only to eligible borrowers of investment grade rating from Indian Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs). Other eligible borrowers may raise ECB within the existing all-in-cost ceiling, as hitherto.

The above relaxations would be available for ECBs to be raised till December 31, 2022.

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Vineet heads Clasis Law and shares his time between the Delhi and Mumbai offices. He has extensive experience working with both Indian and foreign companies, as well as with government authorities.

Vineet’s corporate practice includes advising on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and investment funds on a full range of corporate clients on general corporate matters and in the areas of capital markets, project finance, regulatory and real estate.

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