| Aimed at acquiring big-ticket natural resources abroad, the creation of a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) for India has been under the consideration of the finance ministry since 2008. In principle, the proposal to set up a SWF was cleared by a group of ministers on October 13, 2011, after which the matter came up for discussion during a recent meeting in the Prime Minister’s Office.
After detailed deliberations, the government is now of the view that it may be prudent to rework the concept with greater focus on mobilising resources from within, including public sector undertakings, by creating an attractive instrument of investment...............................................Full Article: Source
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