{"id":13645,"date":"2026-10-27T12:31:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T07:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13645"},"modified":"2026-10-27T14:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:32:19","slug":"infrastructure-investment-trust-invit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/infrastructure-investment-trust-invit\/","title":{"rendered":"Why India&#8217;s Infrastructure Investment Trusts Are Attracting More Investors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Infrastructure Investment Trust Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) are attracting more investors, creating a potential avenue to channel domestic savings into roads, power transmission networks and other income-generating infrastructure assets.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Infrastructure Investment Trust \u00a0 <\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a Collective<\/span><b> Investment Scheme<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> similar to a <\/span><b>mutual fund,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which enables direct investment of money from individual and institutional investors in infrastructure projects.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are like mutual funds in structure which can be established as a trust and registered with Sebi.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To provide <\/span><b>retail investors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with access to investment opportunities in infrastructure projects, which were previously only available to large institutional investors.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of the Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT)<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Structure:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> An InvIT has <\/span><b>4 parties namely<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; Trustee, Sponsor(s) and Investment Manager and Project Manager.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INVITs are created by sponsors, who are typically infrastructure companies or private equity firms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sponsor sets up the INVITs and transfers ownership of the underlying infrastructure assets to the trust.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The trust then issues units to investors, which represent an ownership stake in the trust and thus the underlying assets.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the trustee (certified by Sebi) has the responsibility of inspecting the performance of an InvIT, sponsor(s) are promoters of the company that set up the InvIT.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">InvITs are r<\/span><b>egulated by the SEBI (Infrastructure Investment Trusts) Regulations, 2014.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/invits-eye-bigger-share-of-indias-savings\/article71617304.ece\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) are gaining investor interest as a route to finance income-generating assets such as roads and power transmission networks. 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