New Delhi, Jul 6 (PTI) The government on Monday appointed retired IAS officer Injeti Srinivas as chairman of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA).

His appointment is for a period of three years from the date of assuming charge or until further order, whichever is earlier, according to an official order.

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Srinivas retired as the corporate affairs secretary on May 31.

Gujarat-headquartered IFSCA will regulate all financial services in international financial services centres (IFSCs) in Gandhinagar.

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The IFSCA was established on April 27 this year and the head office would be set up in Gandhinagar, according to a notification issued earlier this year.

In December 2019, Parliament passed a bill to set up a unified authority for regulating all financial activities at IFSCs in the country.

The first IFSC in the country has been set up at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) in Gandhinagar.

The name of Srinivas was also doing the rounds for quite some time, as among the probables for the post of next Sebi chairman.

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