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System(LERMS)
LERMS was introduced on 1 march 1992.
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Modified LERMS
Effective March 1, 1993, all foreign exchange
transactions, receipts and payments, both under
current and capital accounts of balance of payments
are being put through by authorized dealers at
market determined exchange rates.
Foreign exchange receipts are to be surrendered to
the authorized dealers except in cases where the
residents have been permitted by RBI to retain them
either with the banks in India or abroad.
Reserve Bank of India, under Section 40 of RBI Act,
1934, was obliged to buy and sell foreign exchange
to the authorized dealers.
Reserve Bank is now required to sell any authorized
person at its offices/branches US Dollars for meeting
foreign exchange payments at its exchange rates