Task Force brain storms international financial centre details

Union Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha today chaired a meeting of a high-profile panel formed to set up an International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in the city's BKC business district.
The panel, which has Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, ICICI Bank head Chanda Kochhar and megastar Amitabh Bachchan, among others, met at the state secretariat this evening, Fadnavis said in a tweet.
Officials in Chief Minister's Office said while Kochhar and Sinha presented points on the financial sector and options on what can be done, Bachchan chipped in with thoughts on the culture and arts perspective.
This was the second meet for the IFSC Task Force, which also has BJP member of Parliament from North West Mumbai Poonam Mahajan, Chief Secretary Swadheen Kshatriya, Metropolitan Commissioner U P S Madan, Officer on Special Duty Kaustubh Dhavse and architect Rahul Mehrotra as members.

According to media reports, creative agencies were to present their proposals on branding at the task force meeting but details on the same were not immediately available.
The country's first IFSC opened at GIFT City near Ahmedabad last year.
There has been a move for long to open such a centre in the financial capital of the country. If the current bid is successful, India will be among few countries in the world to have two IFSCs in such a close proximity.