GIFT City Gujarat, Gujarat, India

🇮🇳 Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) is a business district promoted by the Gujarat government through a joint venture company. GIFT City is India's first operational smart city and international financial services centre. GIFT is an operational smart city developed in the Gandhinagar metropolitan region as a greenfield development. The city is located on the banks of the Sabarmati River and is around 12 km (7.5 mi) from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The city is designed so residents can walk to work, and includes commercial, financial and residential complexes.

The city is connected through 4-6 lane State and National Highways. A double corridor metro system is being constructed to connect GIFT City to the nearby airport and various parts of Ahmedabad.

The total area for the development of GIFT is 886 acres out of which the SEZ (Special Economic Zone) constitutes 261 acres. The project area under development can hence be classified under the SEZ area and the Non-SEZ area (also known as the Domestic Tariff area or the DTA).

GIFT City has dedicated Multi Services Special Economic Zone (SEZ) for international operations of various services sectors players. Also within, GIFT Multi Services SEZ, GIFT houses India's first International Financial Services Center (IFSC) approved by the Government of India.

For the purpose of implementation of the SEZ, GIFT Company Limited has set up an SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle) (100% subsidiary of GIFTCL) namely GIFT SEZ Ltd, designated as the developer organization of the SEZ. GIFTCL has also set up 5 subsidiary companies for the implementation of specialized infrastructure including Power, Water, ICT (Information & Communication Technology), District Cooling and Solid Waste Management.

Transport GIFT City will have a metro station connecting it to the Ahmedabad metro network by March 2024.