Debt Utilisation Status as on October 15, 2012  
S.No Type of Instrument Upper Cap (in USD bn) Limit (in INR Cr.)   Limit acquired by the entity (including investment) (in INR Cr.) Investment (in INR Cr.) Limit available with the entity (in INR Cr.) Free Limit  (in INR Cr.) as on October 15, 2012
1 Government Debt –Old 10 46,216       42,844      42,839               5      3,372
2 Government Debt –Long Term 10 51,291       35,275      23,758   11,517   16,016
3(a) Corporate Debt – Old


20 99,777       95,151      77,546   13,464      4,626
3(b) Debt oriented Mutual Fund         4,142
3(c) Corporate Debt – Old (QFIs) 1 5,526                  -                   -                -   5,526
4(a) QFI investment in debt mutual fund schemes which invest in infra 3        13,451                  -                   -                -     13,451
4(b) Corporate debt long term infra - 1 year lock in with 15 month residual maturity 12        53,806       27,412      16,744   10,668   26,393
4(c) Investment in IDF 10        44,838                  -                   -                -     44,838
5 Upper tier- II 0.5 2,307                  -                   -                -        2,307
  Total 66.5 317,212 200,682 165,027 35,655 116,529

NOTE:

As per CIR/IMD/FIIC/12/2012 dated April 27, 2012, free limits as on September 30, 2012 (INR 2,442 cr. in Government debt old category, INR 13,568 cr. in Government debt long term category, INR 4,053 cr. In Corporate debt old category and INR 6,796 crore in corporate debt long term infra category (with one year lock in and 15 months residual maturity)) was auctioned on October 22, 2012 over the BSE platform from 15:30 hrs to 17:30 hrs. 

While the government announces the limits on debt investments  to FIIs in USD terms, for allocation and monitoring purposes, these limits are converted into INR terms using the RBI reference rate as on the date of the announcements/effective dates.