Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a key driver of economic growth and globalization, involving direct ownership or control in Indian entities by non-resident individuals or entities. Since 2014, Indi...
Published On: 01/03/2018
Practice Area: Banking & Finance, Corporate & Commercial, Government & Regulatory
Authors:
Ran Chakrabarti
Chitvan Bakshi
In an attempt to promote investment activities and to liberalize the procedures relating to trade credits for imports, the Reserve Bank of India (the "RBI") in 2004, had granted permission to authorized dealer banks ("ADs") to issue letters of undertaking ("LoUs") or letters of comfort ("LoCs") in favour of overseas suppliers, banks and financial institutions, to approve trade credits, for import of all non-capital goods (except gold) and capital goods permissible under the Foreign Trade Policy, subject to prudential guidelines issued by the RBI from time to time.
