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India’s EPFO, which has a corpus in excess of Rs 10 lakh crore, is allowed to invest in government debt, corporate debt and public sector undertakings, but is barred from making equity investments. Similarly, the National Pension Scheme can only invest in listed equities.
NEW DELHI: India’s private equity and venture capital industry is asking that domestic pension funds allocate 1% of their overall assets to alternate investment funds and is proposing the creation of multiple startup focused fund-of-funds, backed by the government, to channel such investments. The idea, mooted by the Indian Venture Capital Association (IVCA), the nodal body representing the sector, is also seeking tax breaks as incentives to
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Biswarup Gooptu
ET Bureau
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