The RBI on Thursday mentioned the boundaries for FPI funding in authorities securities (g-sec), state authorities securities (SGSs) and company bonds will stay unchanged at 6 per cent, 2 per cent, and 15 per cent, respectively, of the excellent shares of securities for 2025-26.
As hitherto, all investments by eligible traders within the “specified securities” can be reckoned beneath the Totally Accessible Route (FAR), mentioned an RBI round on ‘Limits for funding in debt and sale of Credit score Default Swaps by International Portfolio Buyers (FPIs)’.
The allocation of incremental adjustments within the g-sec restrict (in absolute phrases) over the 2 sub-categories — ‘Normal’ and ‘Lengthy-term’ — can be retained at 50:50 for 2025-26, it mentioned.
Additionally, the whole improve in limits for SGSs (in absolute phrases) has been added to the ‘Normal’ sub-category of SGSs, the round mentioned.
The RBI additional mentioned the mixture restrict of the notional quantity of credit score default swaps offered by FPIs can be 5 per cent of the excellent inventory of company bonds.
Accordingly, a further restrict of Rs 2,93,612 crore is about out for 2025-26, the RBI mentioned.
