The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a unified regulating authority for international financial services centres (IFSCs) such as Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City).
The authority will be established through the International Financial Services Centres Authority Bill, 2019. The draft Bill was approved by the Cabinet and will now go to Parliament.
"Currently, banking and capital markets and the insurance sectors in IFSCs are regulated by multiple regulators such as the Reserve Bank of India, the Securities and Exchange Board of India, and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India. The dynamic nature of business in the IFSCs