The Centre has prepared a list of non-essential items whose imports can be curbed and also drawn up a separate list of goods whose exports can be boosted with a little policy intervention.

NRIs, OCIs (Overseas Citizens of India) and RIs (Resident Indians) have been permitted to hold non-controlling stake in FPIs.

Dimon said that India's world beating economic growth as well as critical reforms such as GST and the first step in bank mergers are advantages that far outweigh fears arising out of macroeconomic imbalances and a sliding currency

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Sebi says the mutual fund expenses will be brought down considering economies of scale. The easing of norms for FPIs is in tune with the government policy to attract foreign funds at a time when the rupee is depreciating sharply and the stock markets are on a roller coaster.

The rupee fell 46 paise to close at 72.97 level, its lowest ever against the US dollar in trade today which dampened market sentiment. The Indian currency had closed at 72.51 to the dollar on Monday. Led by the sharp fall in stocks, the market capitalisation (m-cap) of BSE-listed companies plunged by Rs 2,72,549.15 crore to Rs 1,53,64,470 crore since Friday.

While the Sensex fell 505 points or 1.33% to 37,585 level, the Nifty lost 137 points or 1.19% to 11,377 level. Subdued Asian and European markets due to escalating trade war between the US and China mainly led to a caution on domestic bourses, brokers said.

Despite steps such as withdrawing withholding tax on Masala bonds, allow some breathing space to foreign portfolio investors, and check non-essential imports and promote exports in order to arrest the decline in rupee, the local currency fell over 50 paise below the 72 level per dollar mark in trade today.

The Sensex had rallied 677.51 points in the previous two sessions on sustained buying by domestic institutional investors. At 10: 37 am, the Sensex was trading 442 points lower at 37,647. The Nifty was down 125 points to 11,390.

The government has made a slew of announcements -- including removal of limits on foreign portfolio investor (FPI) exposure to corporate bonds and curbs on import of non-essentials goods -- to check depreciation of rupee and ballooning current account deficit (CAD).

The government is determined to keep fiscal deficit at 3.3 per cent of GDP on the back of buoyant tax revenues and expectations of surpassing the disinvestment target.

All sectoral indices ended in the green, led by realty, power, consumer durables and metals. Brokers said sentiment was bullish on continuous recovery in the rupee amid reports that the government may announce steps to prop up the domestic unit.

Benchmark Sensex rose around 373 points to reclaim the 38,000-mark as better-than-expected macro data and further recovery in the rupee triggered widespread buying. The NSE Nifty too breached the 11,500-level with a rise of 145 points. All sectoral indices ended in the green, led by realty, power, consumer durables and metals.Brokers said sentiment was bullish on continuous recovery in the rupee amid reports that the government may announce steps to prop up the Indian currency.The...

On Tuesday, foreign institutional investors pulled out Rs 1,454 crore from the Indian stock markets-their highest daily outflow in over three months. Brent crude, used to price international oils, gained 57 cents to $79.63 a barrel.

Crude oil prices went past the $78 a barrel mark, along with unabated foreign fund outflows and sharp plunge in domestic equities weighed on the rupee

At 10:09 am, the Sensex was trading 206.85 points, or 0.54 per cent lower to 38,127.97. The laggards include Yes Bank, PowerGrid, Kotak Bank, ONGC, Hero MotoCorp, HUL, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, HDFC, Tata Motors, Sun Pharma and Asian Paint Sun Pharma, Yes Bank, SBI, ICICI Bank, NTPC, ONGC and Maruti Suzuki, falling up to 2.12 per cent.

SEBI initiated a public consultation process for finalising the new guidelines after a high-powered panel suggested changes on several contentious proposals and more time for compliance with new KYC and beneficiary ownership norms.

After several objections were raised by the FPIs, the regular has now formed a working group, which will be headed by former RBI Governor HR Khan. The group will look into issues like KYCrequirement and disclosures regarding beneficial ownership.

The regulator is hiring these officers as part of its plans to beef up the headcount for faster and more effective execution of newly granted powers.

The Sensex closed marginally lower in volatile trade today ahead of the release of April-June quarter GDP data scheduled later in the day. The 30-share Sensex closed 45 points, or 0.12 per cent lower to 38,645 level. It hit intra day high of 38,838 and intra day low of 38,562 level in trade today. It lost 206.53 points in the previous two sessions.The Nifty ended marginally higher by 3 points to 11,680 level. Tata Motors (2.87%), PowerGrid (2.37%) and Sun Pharma (1.99%) were the top S...