The investment limit in Government securities is increased for certain types of FIIs from US$ 5 billion to US$ 10 billion

The Government of India, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India (‘RBI’) and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (‘SEBI’), has raised the investment limit in Government debt available to long-term investors registered with SEBI as FIIs under the categories of: (i) Sovereign Wealth Funds (‘SWFs’), (ii) Multilateral Agencies, (iii) Endowment Funds, (iv) Insurance Funds, (v) Pensions Funds, and (vi) Foreign Central Banks, from the current limit of US$ 5 billion to US$ 10 billion

The Government has maintained a status quo in the overall Government debt limit of US$ 30 billion available to all FIIs and QFIs.  Hence, the revised debt limits will apply as follows:

S. No	Eligible investors	Cap (US$)	Remarks
1.	For all FIIs and QFIs	20 billion	Investment in T-Bills is capped at US$ 5.5 billion
2.	For FIIs registered as SWFs, Multilateral Agencies, Endowment Funds, Insurance Funds, Pensions Funds, and Foreign Central Banks	10 billion
TOTAL		30 billion