The RBI has notified the Foreign Exchange Management (Debt Instruments) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2024 on August 2, 2024, which has amended the Foreign Exchange Management (Debt Instruments) Rules, 2019 (‘Principal Regulations’) to include provisions pertaining to SGB. Set out below are the amendments made to the Principal Regulations:
i. persons resident outside India that have a securities account with a depository in IFSC in India can purchase or sell SGBs issued by the Government, in accordance with the terms and conditions specified by the RBI from time to time;
ii. in relation to the mode of payment for SGBs, the consideration for purchase of SGBs will be paid out of inward remittance from abroad through funds held in a foreign currency account maintained in accordance with the regulations issued by the RBI and the IFSC; and
iii. in relation to remittance of sale proceeds of SGBs, it has been clarified that the proceeds may be remitted outside India, net of taxes.