<h1>Overseas direct investment limits revised: fresh commitments now subject to lower automatic-route cap; prior commitments preserved under earlier rules.</h1> All financial commitments contracted or committed on or before August 14, 2013 remain governed by the earlier automatic route dispensation and need not be unwound or reapproved; fresh financial commitments after that date are subject to the revised automatic route cap with excess requiring prior RBI approval, while commitments funded from EEFC accounts, ADRs/GDRs, or by eligible ECBs are treated under specified exceptions, and AD banks must verify and report legacy commitments to RBI post facto.