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Investment by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) in Government Securities

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..... invited to Schedule 5 to the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2000 notified vide Notification No. FEMA.20/2000- RB dated May 3, 2000 , as amended from time to time. The limits for investment by foreign portfolio investors (FPI) in Government securities were last increased to USD 30 billion vide A.P.(DIR Series) Circul .....

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..... fixed in Rupee terms. The limits for FPI investment in the Central Government securities will be increased in phases to reach 5 per cent of the outstanding stock by March 2018. In aggregate terms, this is expected to open up room for additional investment of ₹ 1,200 billion in the limit for Central Government securities by March 2018 over and above the existing limit of ₹ 1,535 bil .....

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..... ies over this limit may continue but not get replenished through fresh purchases by FPIs till these fall below 20%. 3. Accordingly, for the current financial year, it has been decided to enhance the limit for investment by FPIs in Government Securities in two tranches from October 12, 2015 and January 1, 2016 respectively as under: (₹ in billion) .....

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..... e limit for FPI investments will be monitored on a day-end basis and those Central Government securities in which aggregate investment by FPIs exceeds the prescribed threshold of 20% will be put in a negative investment list. No fresh investments by FPIs in these securities will be permitted till they are removed from the negative list. There will be no security-wise limit for SDLs for now. 5. .....

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