Debt Utilisation Status as on September 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 September 15, 2012
1 Government Debt –Old 10 46,216         43,854     42,493        1,361         2,362
2 Government Debt –Long Term 10 51,291         25,369     22,161        3,208       25,922
3(a) Corporate Debt – Old 20 99,777         94,997     77,497      13,009         4,780
3(b) Debt oriented Mutual Fund             4,491    
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         46,811     15,404      31,407         6,994
4(c) Investment in IDF 10      44,838                  -                -                -         44,838
5 Upper tier- II 0.5 2,307                  -                -                -           2,307
NOTE:
As per CIR/IMD/FIIC/12/2012 dated April 27, 2012, free limits as on August 31, 2012 (INR 23,488 cr. in Government debt long term category, INR 3,736 cr. In Corporate debt old category and INR 6,939 crore in corporate debt long term infra category (with one year lock in and 15 months residual maturity)) was auctioned on September 20, 2012 over the NSE platform. 

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.