The Reserve Bank of India has today notified that the percentage of foreign holdings in State Bank of India by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)/ Non Resident Indians (NRIs) / Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) under Portfolio Investment Scheme (PIS)  in Indian banks have gone below the  trigger limit of 18% of its paid up capital.  It will be, therefore, in order to purchase the shares of the above bank in the secondary market on behalf of FIIs/NRIs/PIOs clients who have obtained permission to invest under the Portfolio Investment Scheme subject to the existing ceilings and guidelines in this regard.