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Government not included elsewhere purpose codes

Group 12 of RBI’s receipt purpose codes, Govt. not included elsewhere (G.n.i.e.), carries 2 codes. Receipts for the maintenance of foreign embassies and international institutions in India.

Group 122 codesRBI receipt purposes

Every code in group 12

CodeRBI wordingeBRC on DGFT
P1201Maintenance of foreign embassies in IndiaNot an export receipt
P1203Maintenance of international institutions such as offices of IMF mission, World Bank, UNICEF etc. in India.Not an export receipt

Where the wording and the rules come from

The wording in the table is RBI’s, from the receipt purpose list in Annex I to A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 84 dated 29 February 2012, the list Authorised Dealer banks report foreign exchange receipts against. The eBRC column is DGFT’s, from its General Guidelines for Generating eBRC (last updated 26 March 2024), and each code’s page quotes the rule behind its entry. How the purpose code is checked when a remittance is mapped is in RBI purpose codes on your eBRC.

RBI's receipt purpose list carries 2 codes in group 12: P1201, P1203. Receipts for the maintenance of foreign embassies and international institutions in India.

No, as a rule. RBI places P1201 outside both the exports of goods (group 01) and the service groups, so the money is not proceeds of an export, and an eBRC certifies export proceeds. DGFT's eBRC guidelines do not name P1201. If the payment was in fact for goods or services you exported, the classification is wrong, and the bank that reported it is the one to correct it. The same holds for every code in group 12; each code's page on ebrc.in states the rule that applies.

The AD bank that receives the payment. It reports the remittance to the RBI with the code that describes it, and that report is the IRM the eBRC is generated from. A code that looks wrong is corrected through the bank.

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