This Circular has modified the said policy and banks can now, subject to the prudential/interestrate norms, credit discipline and credit monitoring guidelines in force, use funds in FCNR(B) accounts with them for making loans to resident customers for meeting:
(i) their foreign exchange requirements or
(ii) for the Rupee working capital/capital expenditure needs of exporters/corporates who have a natural hedge or a risk management policy for managing the exchange risk.