This document discusses trends in foreign institutional investments (FIIs) in India. It outlines the various agencies that regulate FIIs, the financial instruments available for FII investments, and investment limits. FIIs can impact areas like stock markets, exchange rates, exports, and inflation. While FIIs bring benefits like more equity capital and improved markets, there are also disadvantages like problems with inflation and not being suitable for long term investments. The document also compares FIIs to foreign direct investment and analyzes the influence of FIIs on the Indian stock market as well as present trends in FII investments.