{"id":249152,"date":"2021-06-02T15:34:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T10:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=249152"},"modified":"2021-06-02T15:34:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T10:04:26","slug":"rbi-releases-investment-limit-by-fpi-in-government-securities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/06\/02\/rbi-releases-investment-limit-by-fpi-in-government-securities\/","title":{"rendered":"RBI releases Investment limit by FPI in Government Securities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Reserve Bank of India has issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbi.org.in\/Scripts\/NotificationUser.aspx?Id=12102&amp;Mode=0\">circular dated 31.05.2021<\/a> notifying the Investment Limits by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) for FY 2021-22. Following directions have been provided as under:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The limits for FPI investment in Government securities (G-secs) and State Development Loans (SDLs) shall remain unchanged at 6% and 2% respectively, of outstanding stocks of securities for FY 2021-22.<\/li>\n<li>All investments by eligible investors in the \u2018specified securities\u2019 shall be reckoned under the Fully Accessible Route (FAR) in terms of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbi.org.in\/Scripts\/NotificationUser.aspx?Id=11849&amp;Mode=0\">P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 25 dated March 30, 2020<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The allocation of incremental changes in the G-sec limit (in absolute terms) over the two sub-categories \u2013 \u2018General\u2019 and \u2018Long-term\u2019 \u2013 shall be retained at 50:50 for FY 2021-22.<\/li>\n<li>The entire increase in limits for SDLs (in absolute terms) has been added to the \u2018General\u2019 sub-category of SDLs.<\/li>\n<li>Accordingly, the revised limits (in absolute terms) for the different categories, including the limits for corporate bonds announced, vide\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbi.org.in\/Scripts\/NotificationUser.aspx?Id=12049&amp;Mode=0\">P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 14 dated March 31, 2021<\/a>, shall be as under (Table 1):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"95%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"7\"><strong>Table &#8211; 1: Investment limits for FY 2021-22<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"7\">all figures in \u20b9 Crore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"44%\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\"><strong>G-Sec General<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\"><strong>G-Sec Long Term<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\"><strong>SDL General<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"8%\"><strong>SDL Long Term<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"9%\"><strong>Corporate Bonds<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"9%\"><strong>Total Debt<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Current FPI limits ^<\/td>\n<td>2,34,531<\/td>\n<td>1,03,531<\/td>\n<td>67,630<\/td>\n<td>7,100<\/td>\n<td>5,41,488<\/td>\n<td>9,54,280<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Revised limit for the HY Apr 2021-Sept 2021<\/td>\n<td>2,43,914<\/td>\n<td>1,12,914<\/td>\n<td>76,766<\/td>\n<td>7,100<\/td>\n<td>5,74,263<\/td>\n<td>10,14,957<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Revised limit for the HY Oct 2021-Mar 2022<\/td>\n<td>2,53,298<\/td>\n<td>1,22,298<\/td>\n<td>85,902<\/td>\n<td>7,100<\/td>\n<td>6,07,039<\/td>\n<td>10,75,637<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"7\">^ as on March 31, 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">*Tanvi Singh, Editorial Assistant has put this story together.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Reserve Bank of India has issued a circular dated 31.05.2021 notifying the Investment Limits by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) for FY 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