General FAQ
Loans against NRE and FCNR(B) Accounts
- Loans can be sanctioned in India to the account holder/ third parties is without any limit, subject to usual margin requirements. These loans cannot be repatriated outside India and can be used in India only for the purposes specified in the RBI regulations.
- In case of loans sanctioned to a third party, there should be no direct or indirect foreign exchange consideration for the non-resident depositor agreeing to pledge his deposits to enable the resident individual/ firm/ company to obtain such facilities.
- In case of the loan sanctioned to the account holder, it can be repaid either by adjusting the deposits or through inward remittances from outside India through banking channels or out of balances held in the NRO account of the account holder.
- The facility for premature withdrawal of deposits will not be available where loans against such deposits are availed of.
- The term “loan” shall include all types of fund based/ non-fund based facilities.
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