{"id":346216,"date":"2025-09-13T18:24:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T12:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=346216"},"modified":"2025-09-13T18:24:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T12:54:37","slug":"swagat-fi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/swagat-fi\/","title":{"rendered":"SWAGAT-FI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>: SEBI announced a proposal to introduce the <strong>Single Window Automatic &amp; Generalised Access for Trusted Foreign Investors (SWAGAT-FI)<\/strong> framework for FPIs and FVCI (Foreign venture Capital Investor).<\/p>\n<h2>About SWAGAT-FI<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346220\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-346220\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-ET-1.jpg?resize=300%2C265&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-ET-1.jpg?resize=300%2C265&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-ET-1.jpg?resize=768%2C679&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-ET-1.jpg?w=862&amp;ssl=1 862w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; ET<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>SWAGAT-FI is a <strong>single-window<\/strong>, <strong>unified access mechanism<\/strong> for select <strong>low-risk foreign investors.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Full form: <\/strong>Single Window Automatic &amp; Generalised Access for Trusted Foreign Investors<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>The framework aims to <strong>unify, streamline, and standardise market access<\/strong> for specified trusted foreign investors, simplify compliance and documentation, and improve India\u2019s attractiveness as an investment destination.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eligibility<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Government and government-related investors<\/strong>, including central banks, sovereign wealth funds, and multilateral entities.<\/li>\n<li>Appropriately <strong>regulated<\/strong> <strong>Public Retail Funds<\/strong> such as mutual funds, insurance companies, and pension funds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Existing<\/strong> <strong>FPIs<\/strong> meeting criteria may convert to SWAGAT-FI status.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Option to register as <strong>both FPI and FVCI<\/strong> without further documentation, enabling investment in listed equity and debt (as FPI) and in specified unlisted sectors and startups (as FVCI).<\/li>\n<li>Continuance of registration, fee payment, and KYC <strong>review<\/strong> every 10 years.<\/li>\n<li>Optional <strong>single demat account<\/strong> for all holdings across routes, with depository-level tagging for supervision.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Removal of the aggregate NRI\/OCI\/Resident<\/strong> Indian contribution cap for SWAGAT-FIs (currently 50% for FPIs).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unified registration<\/strong> across routes with reduced repeated compliance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: SEBI announced a proposal to introduce the Single Window Automatic &amp; Generalised Access for Trusted Foreign Investors (SWAGAT-FI) framework for FPIs and FVCI (Foreign venture Capital Investor). About SWAGAT-FI SWAGAT-FI is a single-window, unified access mechanism for select low-risk foreign investors. Full form: Single Window Automatic &amp; Generalised Access for Trusted Foreign Investors Aim:&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/swagat-fi\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SWAGAT-FI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-346216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}