{"id":356643,"date":"2025-08-14T11:30:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T06:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=356643"},"modified":"2025-08-14T12:25:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T06:55:51","slug":"rbi-foreign-investment-vostro-accounts-govt-securities-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/08\/14\/rbi-foreign-investment-vostro-accounts-govt-securities-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"RBI Opens Vostro Route for Foreign Investment in Government Securities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">On 12-8-2025, the Reserve Bank of India (\u2018RBI\u2019) notified \u2018<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Investment in Government Securities by Persons Resident Outside India through Special Rupee Vostro account<\/span>\u2019. The notification permits persons resident outside India, who maintain <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Special Rupee Vostro Accounts (\u2018SRVAs\u2019)<\/span> for international trade settlement in Indian Rupees, to invest their surplus rupee balances in <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Central Government Securities<\/span>, including <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Treasury Bills<\/span>. This regulatory development marks a significant step in expanding the scope of rupee-denominated cross-border financial transactions, effective from <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">12-8-2025<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h3>Key points:<\/h3>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n<li>The Directions have been issued under Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001558395\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10(4)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001558396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">11(1)<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002806288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999<\/a> (FEMA), with specific references to:\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9000437260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foreign Exchange Management (Debt Instruments) Regulations, 2019<\/a> (Schedule 1),<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002848806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foreign Exchange Management (Deposit) Regulations, 2016<\/a>, and<\/li>\n<li>Master Direction\u2014 RBI (Non-resident Investment in Debt Instruments) Directions, 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>RBI\u2019s permission builds upon the framework introduced through A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 10 (11-07-2022), which allowed the opening of SRVAs for INR-based trade settlement.<\/li>\n<li>With the latest update, the RBI has now enabled the holders of these accounts, who are persons resident outside India, to deploy their surplus rupee balances into sovereign debt instruments. This move is operationalized through updates to the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">RBI (Non-resident Investment in Debt Instruments) Directions, 2025<\/span>, originally issued on <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">07-1-2025<\/span>, which now incorporates the necessary instructions for implementation.<\/li>\n<li>The RBI has directed all <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Authorised Dealer Category-I banks<\/span> to bring the contents of this circular to the attention of their constituents and customers concerned, ensuring that the operational and compliance aspects are duly addressed.<\/li>\n<li>Through this regulatory update, the RBI reinforces its role as a facilitator of cross-border financial integration while maintaining robust oversight under FEMA.<\/li>\n<li>By allowing investment of surplus rupee balances in government securities, the central bank not only provides a secure investment avenue for non-residents but also strengthens the infrastructure for INR-based trade settlements.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">RBI allows persons resident outside India to invest surplus rupee balances in Government Securities via Special Vostro Accounts under updated FEMA and Master Direction 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