India – RBI Foreign Portfolio Investors

India – RBI Foreign Portfolio Investors

On 31 May 2021, IND RBI outlined the applicable investment limits for FY 2021-22.

  • Limits for FPI investment in G-Secs and state development loans remains unchanged at 6% and 2% respectively, of outstanding stocks of securities for FY 2021-22.
  • As hitherto, all investments by eligible investors in the specified securities shall be reckoned under the fully accessible route (FAR) in terms of 30 March 2020, circular.
  • The allocation of incremental changes in the G-sec limit (in absolute terms) over the 2 sub-categories - general and long-term - shall be retained at 50:50 for FY 2021-22.
  • Increase in limits for SDLs (absolute terms) is added to general sub-category of SDLs.