NEW DELHI: Trade regulator Sebi on Friday climbed the international investment limitation of other investment funds and venture capital funding into $1,500 million.

The choice has been taken in conjunction with the Reserve Bank of India, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) stated in a round.

At present, Sebi-registered alternative investment finance (AIF) or venture capital fund (VCF) are allowed to invest abroad, subject to a general limitation of $750 million.

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the stated limitation has been improved to 1,500 million,” Sebi mentioned.

Under the principles, AIFs and VCFs will need to mandatorily acknowledge the utilisation of international investment limitations over five working days of the use available on the industry operator’s intermediary portalsite.

If an AIF or venture capital fund (VCF) hasn’t utilised the international limitation awarded them over 6 weeks out of Sebi’s approvalthe exact has to be reported in 2 working days following expiry of the validity interval.

Further, whenever an AIF or even VCF wants to cancel the overseas limitation at any time period within the validity interval, the exact has to be reported in 2 working days by the date of conclusion to cancel the limitation.

AIFs are funding based or incorporated within India for the purpose of pooling in funds from foreign and Indian investors for investment according to a pre-decided coverage, whereas VCFs are investment funds which handle the amount of investors that seek personal equity stakes from start-ups.

Previously in October 2015, the ruler had permitted overseas investment from AIFs and VCFs into the scope of about $500 million.