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- IFCI Limited, a leading public sector non-banking financial company (NBFC) listed on the BSE and NSE, provides medium- and long-term financing, advisory services, and structured financial solutions to industries across India, including infrastructure sectors such as airports, roads, telecom, power, real estate, manufacturing, and services. Established in 1948 as a statutory corporation under the Industrial Finance Corporation of India Act and headquartered at IFCI Tower, 61 Nehru Place, New Delhi, the company offers a comprehensive suite of products and services encompassing project finance for infrastructure and manufacturing projects; corporate finance including balance sheet funding, loans against shares, lease rental discounting, promoter funding, long-term working capital, capital expenditure financing, and short-term loans; structured finance through debt and mezzanine products for acquisitions, pre-IPO funding, and off-balance sheet solutions; syndication and advisory services for government and corporate clients, including project management agency roles for Production Linked Incentive schemes under Atmanirbhar Bharat, ESG advisory, and monitoring of Sugar Development Fund loans; as well as NPA resolution strategies involving legal actions, settlements, and asset sales. IFCI operates primarily within India, supporting mega-projects like Adani Mundra Ports, GMR Goa International Airport, Salasar Highways, NRSS Transmission, and Raichur Power Corporation, while managing seven subsidiaries and one associate, including IFCI Venture Capital Funds Ltd. which oversees a Rs. 200 crore Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes entrepreneurship and implements the Credit Enhancement Guarantee Scheme for SC entrepreneurs. In recent developments, the Government of India infuses Rs. 500 crore in equity capital during 2024-25 to bolster operations amid restructuring efforts; secures in-principle approval in November 2024 for group consolidation, followed by Department of Financial Services nod in late November 2024 to merge entities like StockHolding Corporation of India, IFCI Factors, IFCI Infrastructure Development, and others into IFCI, alongside proposing a second merger of additional subsidiaries into a single direct subsidiary while recommending divestment of stake in MPCON Limited; announces in November 2024 a strategic shift from core lending to an advisory-focused firm, phasing out lending activities; and plans to sell its equity in North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd. via competitive bidding in 2025.