What is GIFT City?
GIFT City: Gujarat International Finance-Tech City, India's inaugural International Financial Services Centre (IFSC), featuring a Multi-Service Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
Regulatory Unity: IFSCA holds sole authority over financial institution, service, and product regulation within the IFSC.
Diverse Services: GIFT City offers an extensive range of services including capital market transactions, banking, offshore asset management, and other financial activities.
Repatriation Hub: Aiming to entice India-centric trading back from Dubai, Mauritius, or Singapore, fostering a favourable environment for their return.
Free Trade Zone: GIFT City operates as a free trade zone, offering various tax incentives to facilitate the cross-border flow of finance, financial products, and services.
Why GIFT City?
Lower Operating costs
Competitive Tax Regime (Non-resident investors are exempt from obtaining PAN and filing return of income in India)
Engagement with Unified financial regulator
Enabling ecosystem for fund management with presence of key stakeholders including custodians and fund administrators
No diversification limits on investments made by AIF in IFSC provided the investment made is in line with the risk appetite of the investors and appropriate disclosures are made