About Gift City

GIFT City is an emerging global financial and IT services hub, a first of its kind in India, designed to be at or above par with globally benchmarked business districts. It is supported by state-of-the-art infrastructure encompassing all basic urban infrastructure elements along with an excellent external connectivity. Companies from Financial Services, Technology and all other services sector will be targeted as potential occupants within the city.

GIFT City is changing the economic face of Gujarat and would keep India on the global map as Centre of excellence in the Financial & IT/ITeS Services domain.

To create large employment in the field of services industry in Gujarat is also one among the main reasons for setting up GIFT City.

Target Business Segments

Business Nature of Opportunity
Offshore Banking Corporate Banking, Servicing JV/WOS of Indian companies registered abroad, Factoring / Forfeiting of export receivables
Capital Markets Exchanges, Brokerage services, Permissible Securities
Offshore Asset Management Fund Accounting, Investment services, Custodian services, Trust services etc.
Offshore Insurance Legal, Accounting & Audit, Research & Analytics etc., Compliance, Recruitment, Risk Management
IT Services Software development, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Internet of Things, Business intelligence, Mobile Platforms, Communications technology, Consulting, Data Analytics, Data/information management, R&D, Web Development, Games
ITeS/ BPO Services Back-office Operations, Call Centres, Content Development or Animation, Data Processing Engineering and Design Geographic Information System Services, Human Resource Services, Insurance Claim Processing, Legal Databases, Medical Transcription, Accounting Support Centres, Website Services

SOURCE: https://www.giftgujarat.in/

Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) -A Global Financial Hub

Gujarat International Finance Tech-city (GIFT) SEZ is India's first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) under Special Economic Zone Act, 2005 ("SEZ Act 2005"). It is being developed as a global financial services hub. GIFT IFSC is a Multi Services Special Economic Zone with 105 hectors of land and commenced its business in April 2015.

Government of India operationalized International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at GIFT Multi Services SEZ in April 2015. The Union Budget 2016 provided competitive tax regime for the IFSC at GIFT SEZ. It is the vision of the Hon'ble Prime Minister that GIFT IFSC emerges as a hub for international financial services activities.

Ministry of Finance, Government of India provided new initiative for undertaking international financial services business in India. The Indian Regulators namely Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) has also issued guidelines for Capital Markets Intermediaries, Banks and Insurance companies/Insurance Brokers respectively. Thus, allowing financial institutions to set up IFSC Units under various areas of business at GIFT City.

The new Regulatory approvals at GIFT IFSC are poised to attract foreign investments and particularly financial institutions and intermediaries to its precinct. Therefore, In a short span of 3 years of its operations, it is already host to more than 125 financial entities licensed by financial services regulators namely RBI, SEBI and IRDAI.

GIFT IFSC provides very competitive cost of operations with very competitive tax regime, single window clearance, relax company law provisions, international arbitration centre with overall facilitation of doing business. GIFT IFSC is now moving toward unified regulatory mechanism.

SOURCE: http://giftsez.com/gift-financialhub.aspx