What is the FEMA Limit?

MD Posted by: Mihir Dutta
• 10 September, 2025
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The FEMA limit refers to the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS), under which all individual residents, including minors, are allowed to freely transfer funds for up to USD 250,000 in a financial year, which spans from April to March, for any capital or current account transaction, or a combination of both. Additionally, residents can obtain a foreign exchange facility as mentioned in paragraph 1 of Schedule III of the Foreign Exchange Management (Current Account Transactions)  Amendment Rules 2015, effective from 26 May 2015, under a limit of USD 250,000.`

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  • Akshara Iyer 18 September, 2025

    According to section 5 of the FEMA Act, Indian individuals are free to buy or sell foreign exchange, except for a few foreign exchange transactions which are banned by the central government, like lottery winnings, income from racing, riding, or purchasing of lottery tickets.                                                                                                                                                                  

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      Harshal Sutar 20 September, 2025

      The FEMA Act was introduced on 4 February 2004. At the start, it only comes with a limit of 25,000 USD in a financial year, but later the LRS-revised limits have been revised according to the micro and macroeconomic conditions.    

  • Aarav Sharma 15 September, 2025

    Here are some of the things that you must keep in mind while remitting money abroad:   
     

    • If you are a resident individual, then you can remit up to USD 2,50,000 in a financial year. 
    • You cannot transfer funds abroad for buying lottery tickets, banned magazines, or other purposes. 
    • There is no limit on doing transactions during a financial year, but the total income from foreign exchange from all income sources in India under LRS in the current financial year should be equal to or under the limit given by the Reserve Bank of India.

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