- IFSC
- International Financial Services Centre: a jurisdiction set up in an SEZ under s.18 of the SEZ Act, 2005, for financial services in foreign currency. More →
- IFSCA
- International Financial Services Centres Authority, the unified regulator for IFSCs, established 27 April 2020. More →
- SEZ
- Special Economic Zone under the SEZ Act, 2005. More →
- DTA
- Domestic tariff area: India outside SEZs. More →
- SWIT
- Single Window IT system, IFSCA's application portal. More →
- CAF
- Common Application Form filed on SWIT with an activity annexure. More →
- LoA
- Letter of Approval for an SEZ unit. More →
- UAC
- Unit Approval Committee for SEZ units. More →
- BLUT
- Bond-cum-legal undertaking executed by an SEZ unit (Form H). More →
- FME
- Fund Management Entity registered under the FM Regulations, 2025. More →
- FIF
- Family investment fund: a fund pooling a single family's money. More →
- PMS
- Portfolio management services. More →
- KMP
- Key managerial person required by an IFSCA framework. More →
- IBU
- IFSC Banking Unit: a bank branch in the IFSC. More →
- IBC
- IFSC Banking Company: a bank subsidiary in the IFSC. More →
- GAO
- Global Administrative Office of a bank. More →
- GIC
- Global In-House Centre under the GIC Regulations, 2025. More →
- GRCTC
- Global or Regional Corporate Treasury Centre. More →
- ITFS
- International Trade Financing Services platform. More →
- CMI
- Capital market intermediary under the CMI Regulations, 2025. More →
- MII
- Market infrastructure institution: exchange, clearing corporation or depository. More →
- IIBX
- India International Bullion Exchange. More →
- IIO
- IFSC Insurance Office. More →
- IIIO
- IFSC Insurance Intermediary Office. More →
- PSP
- Payment service provider under the PS Regulations, 2024. More →
- TechFin
- Technology service provider to financial institutions under the TAS Regulations, 2025. More →
- BATF
- Book-keeping, accounting, taxation and financial crime compliance services. More →
- Section 147
- Income-tax Act, 2025 deduction for IFSC units: 100% for 20 consecutive years out of 25. More →
- Section 218
- Income-tax Act, 2025: 15% tax on income referred to in s.147(3). More →
- Form No. 35
- Report supporting the s.147 deduction, under rule 69. More →
- Section 80LA
- The IFSC deduction under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (10 years out of 15), replaced from tax year 2026-27. More →
- LRS
- Liberalised Remittance Scheme for resident individuals under FEMA. More →
- ODI
- Overseas direct investment by Indian entities. More →
- ECB
- External commercial borrowing by Indian borrowers. More →
- FEMA
- Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999. More →
- DPDP
- Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and Rules, 2025. More →
- PMLA
- Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002. More →
- India INX
- India International Exchange, an IFSC stock exchange. More →
- NSE IX
- NSE International Exchange, an IFSC stock exchange. More →
- Direct listing
- Listing of an Indian public company's shares on an IFSC exchange. More →
- Sandbox
- IFSCA FinTech Sandbox Framework 2026. More →
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