CONTENTS
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CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION
1.1
ABOUT FEMA
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1.2
SWITCH FROM FERA
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1.3
NEED FOR THE MANAGEMENT
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1.4
MAIN FEATURES
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1.5
HIGHLIGHTS OF FEMA
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1.6
ACCORDING TO FOREIGN EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT ACT
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1.7
ABOUT F.E.R.A
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1.8
OBJECTIVES OF FEMA
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1.9
SAILENT FEATURES OF THE ACT
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CHAPTER 2 – RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
2.1
CHAPTER 3 – UNDERSTANDING OF CONCEPT
3.1
REGULATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE
3.2
FEMA AS PER NEW COMPANIES ACT
3.3
FEMA AS PER RBI
3.4
FEMA: TRANSFER OF SHARES UNDER FDI
3.5
CHAPTER 4 – SUMMARY OF THE STUDY
4.1
NEWS
4.2
CONCLUSION
APPENDICES
5.1
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 1- INTRODUCTION:
1.1) ABOUT FEMA:-
The Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) is a 1999 Indian law "to consolidate and amend the law relating to foreign exchange with the objective of facilitating external trade and payments and for promoting the orderly development and maintenance of foreign exchange market in India". It was passed in the winter session of Parliament in 1999, replacing the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA). This act seeks to make offenses related to foreign exchange civil offenses. It extends to the whole of India. Replacing FERA, which had become incompatible with the pro-liberalization policies of the Government of India. It enabled a new foreign exchange management regime consistent with the emerging framework of the World Trade Organization (WTO). It is another matter that the enactment of FEMA also brought with it the Prevention of Money Laundering Act of 2002, which came into effect from 1 July 2005.
Unlike other laws where everything is permitted unless specifically prohibited, under this act everything was prohibited unless specifically permitted. Hence the tenor and tone of the Act was very drastic. It required imprisonment even for minor offences. Under FERA a person was presumed guilty unless he proved himself...