Investment by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) in Debt – Review
Authorised Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to Schedule 5 to the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2017 as amended from time to time and the relevant directions issued there under. A reference is also invited to AP (DIR Series) Circular No. 22 dated April 6, 2018, AP (DIR Series) Circular No.31 dated June 15, 2018, and AP (DIR Series) Circular No. 26 dated March 27, 2019 on FPI investments in debt instruments.
As a measure to broaden access of non–resident investors to debt instruments in India, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) are now permitted to invest in municipal bonds.
FPI investment in municipal bonds shall be reckoned within the limits set for FPI investment in State Development Loans (SDLs).
All other existing conditions for investment by FPIs in the debt market remain unchanged.
AD Category-I banks may bring the contents of the circular to the notice of their customers/constituents concerned.
Necessary amendments to Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2017.
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