Table  4.8
               Current Portfolio Restrictions: GIC1
                                                       (per cent)
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		Investments in:
	(a)	Central Government securities,
		being not less than	                          20
	(b)	State  Government Securities and
		other government guaranteed
		securities, including  (a) above,
		being not less than	                          30
	(c)	Housing (loans to HUDCO and to state
		governments for housing and fire
		fighting equipment), not less than	          15
	(d)	Market sector (subject to prudential
		and any other guidelines, and
		provisions of the Insurance Act),
		not more than	                                  55
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       1	Effective from April 1, 1995
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