Archive · 20 Jan 2026

RBI Unifies Foreign Exchange Rules

RBI Unifies Foreign Exchange Rules

The Reserve Bank of India has made a big change to how businesses in India handle money from selling things to other countries.

Before, there were different rules for selling goods like clothes or machines and services like software or consulting.

Now, there's one set of rules for both.

This means businesses have to follow the same steps to report their sales and get paid.

The new rules also make it easier for small businesses to do paperwork by allowing them to send one report every three months instead of filling out forms for every sale.

Banks will now have more responsibility to check that everything is done correctly.

The RBI hopes this will make it easier for businesses to follow the rules and help India keep track of all the money coming in from sales to other countries.

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