'IFSCA to set up int'l arbitration centre at IFSC for dispute resolution'

The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) is "on the job" to set up an international arbitration centre at the IFSC, Gandhinagar, to speed up dispute resolution, its chairman K Rajaraman said on Wednesday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech in 2022 announced setting up of an international arbitration centre at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City). Currently, GIFT-IFSC is the maiden international financial services centre in India. "The proposal is under consideration of the government...we are already on the job", he said at an event organised by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The centre could be on the lines of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, or the London Commercial Arbitration Centre. Asked if crypto currency is allowed in IFSC, Rajaraman said it is not permitted as it is not a safe financial product. However, he said, IFSCA is working on tokenisation of real world assets and the regulator is .
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