Company type | public sector company |
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Industry | Institutional Investor, Fund Management |
Founded | February 2015 |
Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
Area served | India |
Key people | Sanjiv Aggarwal, CEO & MD |
Total assets | ₹ 39,000 crore (US$4.9 billion) |
Website | niifindia |
National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited (NIIFL) is an Indian public sector company which maintains infrastructure investments funds for international and Indian investors anchored by the Government of India. The objective behind creating this organisation was to catalyse capital into the country and support its growth needs across sectors of importance.[1][2][3]
In Union Budget 2015-16, India’s then Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley announced the creation of NIIFL. It was proposed to be established as an Alternative Investment Fund with an inflow of ₹20,000 crore from the Government of India, with their commitment being 49% of the total corpus.[4] NIIFL was approved in August 2015 by the Department of Economic Affairs. First meeting of its governing council was held in December 2015 further to which it was registered with SEBI as Category II Alternative Investment Fund.[5] In June 2016, Finance Ministry announced that they appointed Sujoy Bose as the first Chief Executive Office of NIIFL who was then the Director and Global Co-Head, Infrastructure and Natural Resources International Finance Corporation (IFC).[6] In February 2024, Sanjiv Aggarwal was appointed as Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of NIIFL.[7] Aggarwal previously worked with London-based Actis, where he became a partner in 2010. At Actis, Aggarwal was responsible for the company's energy investments in Asia including India. [7]
As of April 2024, NIIFL has over USD 4.9 billion in assets under management.[8][9][10]
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