Table  4.7
                     Current Portfolio Restrictions: LIC
                                                            (per cent)
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		Investments in:
	(a)	Central Government marketable
		securities being not less than	                   20

	(b)	Loans to National Housing Bank
		including (a) above being not  less than	   25

	(c)	State  Govt. Securities including
		government guaranteed marketable
		securities, inclusive of (b) above
		being not less than	                          50

	(d)	Socially oriented sectors including 
		public sector, co-operative sector
		house building by policy holders,
		own your home schemes, inclusive
		of (c) above not less than1	                  75
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 1	The remaining 25 per cent may be used for investment in the 
        private corporate sector, loans to policy holders for cons-
        truction and acquisition of immovable property under the gu-
        idance of investment committee.
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