Allow NRI Currency Hedging- ASSOCHAM to RBI

The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has recommended that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should allow non-resident Indians (NRIs) to hedge their currency risk in Indian currency and provide regulatory approvals, enabling retail investments in Indian stock markets from NRIs and foreigners.

Regulations relating to NRI investment in Indian stock market are complex, cumbersome and archaic and these need to be simplified, said Sajjan Jindal, president of Asocham in a presentation to RBI. According to Jindal, investments by NRI’s are clubbed with those by FIIs for determining the total FII investment limit in any company, as a result of which NRIs are deprived of an opportunity to invest in many companies even when the market is down, he added.

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