15 November 2012

Debt Utilisation Status as on 15 November 2012
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 November 2012
1 Government Debt - Old 10 46,216 44,757 42,754 2,002 1,459
2 Government Debt - Long Term 10 51,291 45,826 28,323 17,503 5,465
3(a) Corporate Debt - Old 20 99,777 94,642 78,966 11,144 5,135
3(b) Debt Oriented Mutual Fund 4,532
3(c) Corporate Debt - Old (QFIs) 1 5,526 - - - 5,526
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 23,731 16,424 7,307 30,075
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 2,08,955 1,71,000 37,956 1,08,256

Note: As per CIR/IMD/FIIC/12/2012 dated April 27, 2012, free limits as on October 31, 2012 (INR 1,094 cr. in Government debt old category, INR 4,451 cr. in Government debt long term category and INR 5,071 cr. in Corporate debt old category) was auctioned on November 20, 2012 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.