Foreign Investment inflow is an important reason for India’s economic growth. So to simplify compliance requirements and have uniform guidelines for various categories of foreign investors like Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs), Sub Accounts and Qualified Foreign Investors (QFIs) merged into a new investor class termed as Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs).

As per SEBI notification dated January 7, 2014 regarding SEBI (Foreign Portfolio Investors) Regulations, 2014, Foreign Portfolio Investors Regime is commencing from June 1, 2014. Pursuant to the implementation of Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) regime, SEBI has authorized NSDL to issue registration number and certificate to FPIs on behalf of SEBI along with monitoring of FPI Group investment and various data related to FPI activities to be displayed on NSDL web portal.

• Revision of limits relating to requirement of underlying exposure for currency derivatives contracts

• FPI investments - Re-investment facility

• Guidelines for reporting of investment related to Coupon on Government securities

• Change in investment conditions for FPI investments in Government Debt Securities

• Change in investment conditions -restrictions for FPI investments in Corporate Debt securities (Dt: February 04, 2015)

• Clarification on Government Debt Investment Limits (Dt: October 10, 2014)

• Next Auction for FPI/Deemed FPI to allocate unutilsed limits in Govermment Debt would be held at BSE on Augst 16,2016.