Nineteen months after the announcement was made in FY16 Budget, the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) will commence operations next month with a $1-billion corpus for the highway sector and another fund of the same size for the renewable energy industry, according to official sources.
In line with the NIIF’s investment structure, the Centre would infuse nearly 49% of the corpus, or a total of $1 billion in the two sectoral funds, while the balance amount will come from long-term investors such as sovereign wealth funds. The potential investors in these funds include Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and RUSNANO of Russia, the sources added…………………………………….Full Article: Source