1.1 ABSTRACT
Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) which was enacted by the Parliament has substituted the Foreign Exchange Regulations Act, 1973. FEMA came into effect on 1st June, 2000. The importance of foreign exchange reserves was felt by the Exchange Control of India in the year 1939 as there was a huge shortage of it. Various rules became a necessity for the system of exchange control and were brough