RBI relaxes norms for investments by FPIs in corporate debt securities

09 May 2025 Evaluate

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has relaxed norms for investments by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in corporate debt securities through the general route by withdrawing certain requirements to comply with the short-term investment limit and the concentration limit. The withdrawal was with a view to providing greater ease of investment to FPIs.

At present, investments by FPIs in corporate debt securities through the general route are subject to the short-term investment and concentration limit. General route 1 for investment in government and corporate debt securities by FPIs, subject to specified investment limits and macroprudential limits.

The short-term investment limit refers to the cap on the portion of FPI investments in debt instruments that mature within one year. It was intended to discourage volatile, short-duration foreign inflows. The concentration limit restricted the extent to which an FPI could invest in the debt instruments of a single corporate issuer to reduce the risk of overexposure. 

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