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RBI makes necessary changes in NEFT, RTGS systems for daily reporting of foreign remittances

17 Feb 2023 Evaluate

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made necessary changes in National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) and Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) systems for Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) related transactions, with the Home Ministry mandating State Bank of India (SBI) to report all details of overseas donors, including purpose of remittances on daily basis. Under the FCRA, foreign contributions must be received only in the ‘FCRA account’ of SBI, New Delhi Main Branch (NDMB).

The contributions to the FCRA account are received directly from foreign banks through SWIFT and from Indian intermediary banks through NEFT and RTGS systems. The RBI said in terms of extant requirements of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the donor details such as name, address, country of origin, amount, currency, and purpose of remittance are required to be captured in such transactions and SBI is required to report the same to MHA on daily basis. The instructions will be effective from March 15, 2023.

RBI has asked banks to incorporate necessary changes in their core banking/ middleware solutions to capture the requisite details while forwarding the foreign donations through NEFT and RTGS systems to SBI. Since the Narendra Modi led-government came to power in 2014, rules related to the FCRA have been tightened and it also cancelled FCRA registration of nearly 2,000 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) for violating various provisions of law. There were 22,762 FCRA-registered organisations till December-end 2021.

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