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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) instruments are becoming popular in India as their combined assets under management have crossed Rs 9 lakh crore in the last nine years, according to industry bodies IRA and BIA. The combined AUM of REITs and InvITs are expected to touch Rs 25 lakh crore by 2030, as per the projections of The Indian REITs Association (IRA) and Bharat InvITs Association (BIA). At present, there are five listed REITs in India Brookfield India Real Estate Trust, Embassy Office Parks REIT, Mindspace Business Parks REIT, Nexus Select Trust, and Knowledge Realty Trust. Currently, there are 27 Sebi-registered InvITs, and out of these, five are publicly listed on the stock exchanges, while 23 are privately listed. The first InvIT was registered in 2016, while the first REIT got listed in 2019. On Friday, IRA and BIA, which jointly hosted their first product awareness programme in the national capital, highlighted that the