surrender of Foreign Exchange) regulations, 2000 Foreign Exchange Management (Possession and Retention of Foreign Currency) Regulations, 2000 Foreign Exchange ( Adjudication Procedure and Appeals) rules, Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing and Lending) Regulations, 2018 Foreign Exchange Management (Cross Border Merger) Regulations, 2018 Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident Outside India) Regulations, 2017 Foreign Exchange Management (Remittance of Assets) Regulations, 2016 Foreign Exchange Management (Deposit) Regulations, 2016 Foreign Exchange Management (Establishment in India of a branch office or a liaison office or a project office or any other place of business) Regulations, 2016 Related legislation Foreign Contribution (regulation) Act, 2010 FCRA, 2010 has been enacted by the Parliament to consolidate the law to regulate the acceptance and utilization of foreign contribution or foreign hospitality by certain individuals or associations or companies and to prohibit acceptance and utilization of foreign contribution or foreign hospitality for any activities detrimental to national interest and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Applicability As per Section 1(2) of FCRA, 2010, the provisions of the act applies to: Whole of India Citizens of India outside India; and Associate Branches or subsidiaries, outside India, of companies or bodies corporate, registered or incorporated in India Acts/rules/guidelines which regulate the flow of foreign contribution to India The flow of foreign contribution to India is regulated under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 2011 And other notification / orders etc., issued there under from time to time. FCRA, 1976 repealed after coming of FCRA, 2010 What is foreign contribution? As per Section 2(1)(h) of FCRA, 2010, "foreign contribution" means the donation, delivery or transfer made by any foreign source, ─ (i)Of any article, not being an article given to a person* as a gift for his personal use, if the market value, in India, of such article, on the date of such gift is not more than such sum as may be specified from time to time by the Central Government by rules made by it in this behalf. (This sum has been specified as Rs. 25,000/- currently); (ii)Of any currency, whether Indian or foreign; (iii)Of any security as defined in clause (h) of section 2 of the securities Contracts(Regulation) Act, 1956 and includes any foreign security as defined in clause (o) of Section 2 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999. Explanation 1 – A donation, delivery or transfer or any