31 July 2012

Debt Utilisation Status as on 31 July 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 31 July 2012
1 Government Debt - Old 10 46,216 43,941 42,331 1,611 2,275
2 Government Debt - Long Term 10 51,291 42,301 19,845 22,456 8,990
3(a) Corporate Debt - Old 20 99,777 95,186 78,193 10,949 4,591
3(b) Debt Oriented Mutual Fund 6,045
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 44,884 15,312 29,572 8,921
4(c) Investment in IDF 10 44,838 - - - 44,838
5 Upper tier- II 0.5 2,307 - - - 2,307
Total 66.5 3,11,686 2,22,542 1,62,900 59,642 89,144

Note: As per CIR/IMD/FIIC/12/2012 dated 27 April 2012, free limits as on 31 July 2012 (INR 2,275 cr in Government debt old category, INR 8,990 cr. in Government debt long term category, INR 4,591 cr. in Corporate debt old category and INR 8,921 crore in corporate debt long term infra category (with one year lock in and 15 months residual maturity) ) was auctioned on 21 August 2012 over the BSE platform.

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.