In two recent cases, the ED has seized the office space and immovable properties of companies which had used regular banking channels to transfer funds abroad under ODI route. While the companies under question remitted tax paid money and did not use hawala operators, they nonetheless faced harsh actions for using the ODI window to buy properties for personal use and hold funds abroad in an outfit that apparently had no bona fide business activity
RBI probing banks’ derivatives books amid IndusInd fallout, sources say
India’s central bank is examining derivatives exposures of some private and state-run banks days after IndusInd Bank disclosed lapses in its derivatives accounting, three sources
March 12, 2025