Interest exemption for nonresident bond investors removes withholding on offshore rupee bond interest issued during the announced period.

Amendment incorporates the government press release exemption into the statute to provide that interest paid to a non-resident by a specified company in respect of monies borrowed from a source outside India by way of issue of rupee denominated bonds during the announced period is exempt from tax, and that no tax was required to be deducted at source for interest paid on such bonds; the amendment is effective from the start of the stated fiscal year and applies to the specified assessment year and subsequent assessment years.

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