Reits, invitation AUM crosses 9 lakh CRs in 9 years; By 2030 can touch 25 million CRs: industry institutions

According to industry institutions Ira and BIA, the equipment of the Real Estate Investment Trusts (RET) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (Invitations) is becoming popular in India as their combined assets under management have crossed 9 lakh crore in the last nine years.

According to the estimates of the Indian REITS Association (IRA) and the Bharat Invitation Association (BIA), it is expected to touch the AUM of REIT and invitations by 2030 by 2030.

Currently, there are five listed RITs in India – Brookfield India Real Estate Trust, Embassy Office Fis Parks RIT, MindSpace Business Parks RIT, Nexus Select Trust and Knowledge Realty Trust.

Currently, there are 27 Sebi-Registered Invitations, and five of these are listed on public stock exchanges, while 23 are privately listed. The first invitation was recorded in 2016, when the first RIT was listed in 2019.

On Friday, Ira and BIA, who jointly organized their first production awareness program in the national capital, published an invitation and REIT. The wealth under the management (AUM) is about Rs 7 lakh crore and Rs 2.25 lakh crore respectively.

Iranian chairman Alok Agarwal told reporters that today REITs have been established only as the mainstream product in the capital market, which is transparent, regulatory and competitive globally, creating physical real estate with financial markets.

Agarwal, MD and CEO of Brookfield India Real Estate Trust, said that the market cap of these five listed RIITs is about Rs 1.5 lakh crore, which indicates the growing trust on this equipment and the ability to provide stable and estimated cash flow to investors, including retail.

REITS is an invested vehicle that owns or manages the income generating real estate, enabling investors to obtain a share of income produced without purchasing direct properties.

Similarly, invites and maintains income generating assets in various infrastructure sectors such as roads, power transmission and generation, pipelines, telecom, optical fiber and warehousing.

By regulation, RITs are required to distribute at least 90 percent of their net distributable cash flow to the unit.

“Invitations have emerged as a well -friendly structured and transparent investment platform for the requirements of India’s growing infrastructure financing,” said NS Venkatesh, CEO of BIA.

With string growth and investments in the infrastructure sectors, he noted that the invitations were likely to receive an AUM of Rs 21 lakh crore by 2030.

According to Ira, RET’s AUM can reach Rs 4 lakh crore by 2030.

On the distribution of unetholders, Ira said that by the Q1 Fiscal Year 26, four RITAs will get Rs. Distributed over 24,300 crores.

The BI published that the invitations have distributed more than Rs 68,000 crore to the United States till March 2025.