RBI raised cap for online repatriation of export proceeds

12 Jun 2013 Evaluate

In a move to check the rupee depreciation against dollar, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has increase the value per transaction from $3,000 to $10,000 for export related remittances received through OPGSPS (Online Payment Gateway Service Providers) and made it mandatory for units in Special Economic Zones (SEZ) to repatriate full value of exports within 12 months. The instructions have come into force with immediate effect.

The central bank announcement has come at a time, when the rupee has touched life time low of 58.98 against the US dollar. It has depreciated by 3.5 percent against dollar in the last two days and by over 8 percent since April 30.  

Regarding the Special Economic Zones (SEZ), the RBI said that the units located in SEZs shall realize and repatriate, full value of goods/software/services, to India within a period of twelve months from the date of export. SEZ is a geographical region that is designed to export goods and provide employment and possess special economic regulations that are different from other areas in the same country. Earlier, there was no time limit for realisation of exports made by units in SEZs.

Exports in April stood at $ 24.16 billion as against $23.7 billion in same month of 2012. While, India's total export in 2012-13 had totalled $300.6 billion, of which the SEZs accounted for Rs 4.76 lakh crore.  Presently, there are around 166 SEZ in operational and contributed about 30 percent to the country’s overall exports.

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