Infrastructure Requirements
Regulation 10
Infrastructure Requirements
IFSCA (Fund Management) Regulations, 2025No change in 2026Chapter II · Registration of Fund Management Entity (FME)
Chapter II · Registration of Fund Management Entity (FME)
Regulation 10 – Infrastructure Requirements
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In plain English
The FME must have adequate infrastructure (office space, equipment, communications, manpower) commensurate with its operations, and a dedicated, secured office accessible only to authorised persons.
In plain English
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The rule, in its own words
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10. (1) The entity has the necessary infrastructure like adequate office space, equipment, communication facilities and manpower to effectively discharge its activities under these regulations and circulars issued thereunder. The infrastructure requirements should be commensurate to the size of its operations in IFSC.
(2) The office shall be dedicated, secured and accessible only by authorised person(s) of the FME.
Statutory text — Principal Regulations, 2025 (as amended to 30 January 2026), consolidated where amended. The notified Gazette text prevails. Tap a highlighted word for how it functions.
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What this means in practice
Compliance actions
- Applies to
- All FME categories
- Frequency
- At registration and ongoing
- Evidence
- Lease / office documents; Access-control records
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Where it connects
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