15 January 2013

Debt Utilisation Status as on 15 January 2013
S.No Type of Instrument Upper Cap (in USD bn) Limit (in INR Cr.) Limit acquired by the entity (including investment in INR Cr.) Investment (in INR Cr.) Limit available with the entity (in INR Cr.) Free Limit (in INR Cr.) as on 15 January 2013
1 Government Debt - Old 10 46,216 44,691 43,686 1,005 1,525
2 Government Debt - Long Term 10 51,291 36,199 31,783 4,417 15,092
3(a) Corporate Debt - Old 20 99,777 94,759 80,602 9,687 5,018
3(b) Debt Oriented Mutual Fund 4,470
3(c) Corporate Debt - Old (QFIs) 1 5,526 - 438 - 5,088
4(a) QFI Investment in debt mutual fund schemes which invest in infra 3 13,451 - - - 13,451
4(b) Corporate debt long term infra - 1 year lock in with 15 month residual maturity 12 53,806 - 14,056 - 39,750
4(c) Investment in IDF 10 44,838 - - - 44,838
5 Upper tier- II 0.5 2,307 - - - 2,307
Total 66.5 3,17,212 1,75,650 1,75,034 15,109 1,27,068

Note: As per CIR/IMD/FIIC/12/2012 dated April 27, 2012, free limits as on December 31, 2012 (INR 13,707 cr. in Government debt long term category and INR 3,954 cr. in Corporate debt old category) was auctioned on January 21, 2013 over the NSE platform from 15:30 hrs to 17:30 hrs.

While the government announces the limits on debt investments to FIIs in USD terms, for allocation and monitoring purposes, these limits are converted into INR terms using the RBI reference rate as on the date of the announcements/effective dates.