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UKIIFB: India-UK Platform for Infrastructure Finance

11 September 20251 min read
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRSUKIIFB: India-UKPlatform forInfrastructureFinance11 September 2025safalsetu.com

Why in the news

The bridge completed a year and, at a London event, published a report on reducing investment risk in Indian infrastructure.

Objectives

  • Bring in international private money.
  • Match procurement to global practice, for example the UK’s Five Case Model.
  • Ensure ESG compliance.
  • Ease revenue, tax and repatriation barriers.

Functions

  • Policy advice on transparency and competitiveness.
  • Frameworks for climate-resilient infrastructure.
  • Joint planning of roads, metros and renewables; green finance.

Exam angle

  • Launched at the India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue.

Test yourself

1. Which Indian institution co-leads the U.K.-India Infrastructure Financing Bridge?

NITI Aayog leads in India, alongside the City of London Corporation.

2. UKIIFB was launched in September of which year?

It began in September 2024 and completed its first year in 2025.

3. Which UK procurement model does UKIIFB want Indian procurement to follow?

The notes cite the UK's Five Case Model.

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