15 October 2012

Debt Utilisation Status as on 15 October 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 October 2012
1 Government Debt - Old 10 46,216 42,844 42,839 5 3,372
2 Government Debt - Long Term 10 51,291 35,275 23,758 11,517 16,016
3(a) Corporate Debt - Old 20 99,777 95,151 77,546 13,464 4,626
3(b) Debt Oriented Mutual Fund 4,142
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 27,412 16,744 10,668 26,393
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 2,00,682 1,65,027 35,655 1,16,529

Note: As per CIR/IMD/FIIC/12/2012 dated 27 April 2012, free limits as on 30 September 2012 (INR 2,442 cr. in Government debt old category, INR 13,568 cr. in Government debt long term category, INR 4,053 cr. In Corporate debt old category and INR 6,796 crore in corporate debt long term infra category (with one year lock in and 15 months residual maturity)) was auctioned on 22 October2012 over the BSE 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.