₹100 Notes Allowed for
Travel to Nepal and Bhutan, 500 Rupee Notes also Allowed upto
Rs 25,000 in Total Value, No Value Limit on Import and Export of Nepal Currency
[FEMA Notification No. FEMA 6 (R)/(4)/2025-RB dated 28.11.2025]
Foreign Exchange
Management (Export and Import of Currency) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025
No.
FEMA 6 (R)/(4)/2025-RB.In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (ga) of
sub-section (2) of Section 47 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42
of 1999), the Reserve Bank of India makes the following amendments to the
Foreign Exchange Management (Export and Import of Currency) Regulations, 2015
(Notification No. FEMA 6 (R)/RB-2015 dated December 29, 2015) (hereinafter
referred to as 'the Principal Regulations'), namely:
1.
SHORT TITLE & COMMENCEMENT:
i. These Regulations
may be called the Foreign Exchange Management (Export and Import of Currency)
(Amendment) Regulations, 2025.
ii. They
shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official
Gazette.
2.
AMENDMENT TO REGULATION 8:
In the Principal Regulations, for Regulation 8, the following shall be
substituted, namely:
Notwithstanding anything contained in
these regulations, a person
1. not
being a citizen of Pakistan or Bangladesh, may take or send out of India to
Nepal or Bhutan, currency notes of Government of India and Reserve Bank of
India notes (other than notes of denominations of above ₹100 in either
case); provided that an individual travelling from India to Nepal or Bhutan can
carry notes of denominations of above ₹100 up to a total limit of
₹25,000;
2. not
being a citizen of Pakistan or Bangladesh, may bring into India from Nepal or
Bhutan, currency notes of Government of India and Reserve Bank of India notes
(other than notes of denominations of above ₹100 in either case);
provided that an individual travelling to India from Nepal or Bhutan can carry
notes of denominations of above ₹100, up to a total limit of
₹25,000;
3. may
take out of India to Nepal or Bhutan, or bring into India from Nepal or Bhutan,
currency notes being the currency of Nepal or Bhutan.