External commercial borrowings are loans made to the Indian borrowers by non-resident lenders in convertible foreign exchange. It’s an instrument through which Indian borrowers avail loans from a foreign entity or from foreign sources.
External commercial borrowings are loans made to the Indian borrowers by non-resident lenders in convertible foreign exchange. It’s an instrument through which Indian borrowers avail loans from a foreign entity or from foreign sources.
It may be in form of commercial loans in the form of bank loans, seller loans, manufacturer loans, securitized securities (e.g. floating rate notes and fixed-rate bonds, non-convertible, partly convertible, or partially convertible preferred shares) from non-resident borrowers with a minimum average maturity of 3 years.
Indian companies are permitted to use the ECB either for fresh investment or to extend capacity. The generated funds can not be used for the following purpose:-
➲ Real estate investments
➲ Capital market investment.
➲ for Working capital uses, except for foreign equity holder
➲ or General corporate uses
➲ Loan repayment (of home country)
➲ Lending to other entity for the above activity
ECB can be granted through :
➲ Automatic route
➲ Approval route
Reporting compliance for ECB borrower
Particulars
Form
Reported to
The Time duration of reporting
Under both route loan allotment number
Form 83(in duplicate certified by Secretary of the Company or Chartered Accountant) No need to submit a loan agreement
Designated authorized dealer bank
Within 7 days from the signing of the loan agreement
Monthly return
Form ECB2 (along with CA certificate) regarding use of ECB
Designated AD Bank to Division of Statistical Analysis and Computer Services (DESACS), Division of Balance of Payments Statistics, RBI.
Within 7 days from the end of each month
Under approval route
ECB application
Form ECB
Designated AD bank to the Chief Manager-in-Charge, Department of Foreign Exchange, RBI, Division of Central Office ECBs, Mumbai.
In case of the full conversion of ECB into equity
FC-GPR
RBI regional office
Within 7 days form the closer of the month for which it relates
In case of partial conversion of ECB
FC-GPR for converted portion and for remaining ECB-2
Department of Statistics and Information Management (DSIM), RBI
Within 7 days form the closer of the month for which it relates
Changes in
➲Repayment schedule
➲Currency of borrowing
➲AD bank
➲Change in name of the borrower company
➲Recognized lender
➲Cancellation of LRN
➲Change in end-use of ECB
➲Reduction in the amount of ECB
➲Reduction in all cost of ECB
Form 83
To DSIM, RBI through AD bank
Prior approval of AD bank is necessary
Within 7 days from the date of change effect
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