The move aims to diversify investment opportunities for potential investors, according to a central bank circular issued on Wednesday.
Recently, individual customers have shown interest in such types of instruments as they are risk-free and offer a fixed income.
Previously, individual customers were only allowed to invest up to 5.0 per cent of the total allocation in the Sukuk fund.
However, the central bank on Wednesday reserved 70 per cent of the Sukuk allocation for Shariah-based banks, financial institutions, and insurers.
This is a reduction from the previous quota of 85 per cent.
Additionally, 10 per cent of the government-issued fixed-income securities will be allocated for Islamic branches and windows of conventional banks.
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