Overseas investors have pumped in $ 2.5 billion into Indian debt market so far this year, out of which over $ 1 billion has been invested in March alone.
Market analysts attributed the inflows into the debt market to the easing of investment norms for Foreign Institutional Investors buying government and corporate bonds.
FIIs infused a net amount of $ 1.2 billion (Rs6,532 crore) during March taking the total for 2013 so far to $2.49 billion (Rs13,480 crore) for Indian bond market, as per data available with market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India.
FIIs had pumped in $743 million (Rs4,000 crore) in February and $551 million (Rs 2,947 crore) in January.