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assets into foreign financial assets and viceversa at market determined rate of exchange. Or
y Free and an unrestricted mobility of capital
in the country.
which means that foreign exchange is easily available for import and export for goods and services.
y If an Indian citizen needs foreign exchange of smaller
amounts, $ 3000/- for travelling abroad or for educational purposes one can obtain the same amount from a bank or a money changer. This is current account transaction.
such that an Indian individual or an institution can invest in foreign assets upto $25000.
y Foreigners can also invest along the same lines. At
present, there are limits on investment by foreign financial investors and also caps on FDI ceiling in most sectors, for example, 74% in banking and communication, 49% in insurance, 74% in telecommunication etc.
invest abroad and needs a large amount of foreign exchange, $1 million, the importer will have to first obtain the permission of the RBI.
y If it is approved, this becomes a Capital account
transaction.
y It reflects that still there is no full Capital Account
Convertibility.
Limitation
lead to the export of domestic savings. It would curb domestic investment in capital scarce developing country and it can actually destabilize the economy through massive capital flight from a country.
economy to extreme volatility on account of Hot Money money flows. When International finance capital shifts from country to country in search of higher speculative returns that is known as hot money, which leads economic crisis in developing countries. (if this capital is invested in long term investment.)