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- Tourism Finance Corporation of India Limited (TFCI) is a non-banking financial company (NBFC) regulated by the Reserve Bank of India as NBFC-ML-ICC that specializes in providing rupee term loans, debt investments, and advisory services primarily to tourism and hospitality projects including hotels, resorts, restaurants, food courts, amusement parks, ropeways, multiplexes, recreational centers, and travel operations; it also extends financing to educational institutions, healthcare facilities, real estate developers focused on affordable and middle-class housing, non-banking finance companies, manufacturing, logistics, warehousing, and renewable energy sectors such as solar and wind projects across India. Established in 1989 as an All India Financial Institution following recommendations from the National Committee on Tourism under the Planning Commission and headquartered in New Delhi with additional offices in Mumbai, TFCI has financed over 50,000 star-category hotel rooms and key attractions like Taj Resorts in Kerala and Goa, Umaid Bhawan Palace, Ananda in the Himalayas, Palace on Wheels, and Imagicaa, while offering consultancy on tourism master plans, project feasibility, market surveys, and debt syndication to government and private entities. In recent developments, the company executed a 1:5 stock split in September 2025 reducing the face value from Rs 10 to Rs 2 to enhance liquidity and retail investor access, approved unaudited Q2 and H1 FY26 results on November 10, 2025 showing H1 profit after tax of Rs 5,962.42 lakh, granted in-principle approval for co-sponsoring Category II Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), plans to raise Rs 800 crore through NCDs and bank borrowings in FY26 while targeting a borrowing cost reduction to 9-9.25% from 9.6%, and aims to diversify its lending portfolio by lowering tourism/hospitality exposure from 65% to 50% by FY27 alongside entering retail digital lending and new sectors via fintech partnerships.