FPI Limit

The Reserve Bank on Friday said the limits for FPI investment in government securities, state development loans and corporate bonds will remain unchanged at 6 per cent, 2 per cent and 15 per cent, respectively, of outstanding stocks of securities for the current fiscal. As of now, all investments by eligible investors in the 'specified securities' will be reckoned under the fully accessible route (FAR), the RBI said in a notification. "The limits for FPI investment in government securities (g-secs), state government securities (SGSs) and corporate bonds shall remain unchanged at 6 per cent, 2 per cent and 15 per cent, respectively, of the outstanding stocks of securities for 2024-25," it said. The allocation of incremental changes in the g-sec limit (in absolute terms) over the two sub-categories 'General' and 'Long-term' will be retained at 50:50 for 2024-25, it added. The entire increase in limits for SDLs (in absolute terms) has been added to the general sub-category of state

Jump in user base and margin improvement helped stock end with a gain of 3.3% in a falling market. Nevertheless, it shed 8.3% from day's high of Rs 488 to end at Rs 448

The pandemic erased more than $18 trillion from global markets over the course of February and March 2020, before a recovery in April and the subsequent months

Global index provider was expected to hike the weight after Centre's decision to virtually increase investment limit for overseas investors in domestic firms

FPIs are currently capped at 5 per cent of the total outstanding government dated securities, and own 4.5 per cent

The RBI did not specify if the limit would be a temporary arrangement