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Government allows direct listing of securities by public Indian companies on International Exchanges of GIFT IFSC

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..... Government allows direct listing of securities by public Indian companies on International Exchanges of GIFT IFSC - News and Press Release Dated:- 24-1-2024 - News - Government allows direct listing of securities by public Indian companies on International Exchanges of GIFT IFSC - - - Dated:- 24-1-2024 - Initiative to boost foreign investment flows, unlock growth opportunities and broaden the i .....

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..... nvestor base for Indian companies In pursuance of the announcement on July 28, 2023 by Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman to enable direct listing of Indian Companies at GIFT- IFSC exchanges in the first phase, the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance, has amended Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019, and noti .....

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..... fied ( CLICK HERE FOR NOTIFICATION ) the Direct Listing of Equity Shares of Companies Incorporated in India on International Exchanges Scheme . Simultaneously, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has issued Companies (Listing of Equity Shares in Permissible Jurisdictions) Rules, 2024 ( CLICK HERE FOR NOTIFICATION ). These, together, provide an overarching regulatory framework to .....

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..... enable public Indian companies to issue and list their shares in permitted international exchanges. As of now, the framework allows unlisted public Indian companies to list their shares on an international exchange. SEBI is in the process of issuing the operational guidelines for listed public Indian companies. The international stock exchanges at GIFT-IFSC under the regulatory supervision of IFS .....

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..... CA namely, India International Exchange and NSE International Exchange have been, currently, prescribed as permitted stock exchanges under the Rules and the Scheme. Earlier, through the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 , enabling provisions were included in the Companies Act, 2013 , to allow direct listing of prescribed class (es) of securities of prescribed class (es) of public companies inco .....

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..... rporated in India on permitted stock exchanges in permissible foreign jurisdictions or other prescribed jurisdictions. The enabling provisions of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 were, accordingly, brought into force with effect from 30 th October, 2023. This policy initiative, to enable listing of Indian companies in GIFT-IFSC, will reshape the Indian capital market landscape and offers .....

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..... Indian companies, especially start-ups and companies in the sunrise and technology sectors, an alternative avenue to access global capital beyond the domestic exchanges. This is expected to lead to better valuation of Indian companies in line with global standards of scale and performance, boost foreign investment flows, unlock growth opportunities and broaden the investor base. The public Indian .....

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..... companies will have the flexibility to access both markets i.e. domestic market for raising capital in INR and the international market at IFSC for raising capital in foreign currency from the global investors. This initiative will particularly benefit Indian companies going global and having ambitions to look at opportunities for expanding their presence in other markets. It is also expected to .....

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..... provide a boost to the capital market ecosystem at GIFT IFSC by provision of new investment opportunities for investors, diversification of financial products and by enhancing liquidity. ( CLICK HERE FOR FAQs ON DIRECT LISTING SCHEME ) ABOUT GIFT-IFSC GIFT-IFSC is the maiden international financial services centre of India that connects India with global opportunities and also ena .....

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..... bles the Indian economy to connect with the global financial system and allows seamless and easy flow of global capital into India. To cater to the dynamic development needs of GIFT IFSC, the unified statutory regulatory authority, International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) has taken significant steps in accelerating global sustainable capital flows by providing an agile and world .....

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..... class regulatory and business environment in GIFT IFSC. - - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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