2. Section 8 of FEMA, 1999 states that where any amount of Japanese Yen, Euro, Canadian Dollar and Australian Dollar are
foreign exchange is due or has accrued to any person resident the currencies designated by the Reserve Bank. It is now
in India, such person shall take all reasonable steps to realize liberalized FCNR (B) deposits can be maintained in any
and repatriate to India such foreign exchange to India. In this
permitted currency. Permitted currency' means a foreign
context there have been liberalization:
currency which is freely convertible.
A person resident in India is free to hold, own, transfer
or invest in foreign currency, foreign security or any
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currency, security or property was acquired, held or
owned by such person when he was resident outside
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As per extant Foreign Exchange Management (Deposit)
Regulations, 2000, Notification No FEMA 5 /2000-RB dated 3rd
May 2000 deposit of funds in the Foreign Currency (Non-
Resident) Account (Banks) Scheme [FCNR(B)] accounts were
accepted in such permissible currencies as designated by the
Reserve Bank of India. Presently, Pound Sterling, US Dollar,