A helping hand

Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre

The Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre has been established to assist and facilitate the engagement of overseas Indians with India OIFC is a not-for-profit, public-private partnership between the ministry of overseas Indian affairs (MOIA) and the Confederation of
Indian Industry.

Envisioned to function as a one stop-shop for NRIs & PIOS, OIFC has a mandate to cover two broad areas – investment facilitation and knowledge networking

The Vision
To be a one-stop shop for the Indians located abroad The Mission

Provide world class services on real time basis

Facilitating and attracting foreign direct investment in India Acting as a catalyst to the phenomenon of reverse brain drain To be the eye of India for overseas Indians

OIFC would be focusing on providing real time services to the NRIs andPIOs. To start with, the focus would be on the following services:

Handholding Services to Overseas Indians OIFC provides a wide range of consultative, advisory and handholding services in broad sectors like

Capital market investment

Manufacturing, service sector investment

Taxation issues

Real estate investment

Information

The prime focus of OIFC would be to provide information services toNRIs & PIOs round the clock. This would include the following:

One stop shop for all investment related information

Focus on sector specific information and location

Providing specific project investment information

To explore investment opportunities in India

Customised

OIFC would be providing customized services with focus on the following:

Finding sector and state specific investment project for individual investors

Preparing feasibility study reports related to different projects

Assisting states by organizing overseas road shows to attract FDI

Facilitating investors through various forums