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Contents
Chapter 1 Securities Market in India – An Overview ....................................... 1

Introduction ............................................................................................. 1
Products and Participants ............................................................ 1
Market Segments ........................................................................... 2
International Scenario .................................................................. 3
Dependence on Securities Market .............................................. 5
Investor Population and Perception .......................................... 7
Primary Market ............................................................................. 8
Corporate Securities ........................................................... 8
Government Securities ....................................................... 9
Secondary Market ......................................................................... 11
Corporate Securities ........................................................... 11
Government Securities ....................................................... 12
Derivatives Market ........................................................................ 12
Regulatory Framework ........................................................................... 13
Rules, Regulations & Regulators .......................................................... 14
Reforms in Indian Securities Markets ................................................. 14
Corporate Securities Market ....................................................... 14
Government Securities Market ................................................... 18
Research in Securities Market ..................................................... 19
Testing and Certification ............................................................. 19
International Initiatives ......................................................................... 19
Principles of Securities Regulation ............................................ 19
Recommendations for Securities Settlement Systems ............ 23
World Federation of Exchanges Trading Survey 2002 ............ 25
Chapter 2 Primary Market ................................................................................ 27

Introduction ............................................................................................. 27
Policy Developments .............................................................................. 28
DIP Guidelines .............................................................................. 28
Debentures Trustees Regulations, 2003 ..................................... 32
Unlisted Public Companies Rules, 2003 .................................... 32
Market Design .......................................................................................... 32
DIP Guidelines, 2000 ................................................................... 33
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Credit Rating .................................................................................. 36

Merchant Banking ......................................................................... 37
Demat issues .................................................................................. 37
Private Placement .......................................................................... 37
Market Outcome ..................................................................................... 38
Public Issues ................................................................................... 38
Euro Issues ..................................................................................... 40
Performance of IPOs ................................................................... 40
Book Building through On-line IPO System ........................... 41
Disinvestment in PSUs in India .................................................. 41
Debt Issues ..................................................................................... 42
Corporate Debt.............................................................................. 44
International Scenario ............................................................................ 45
Chapter 3 Collective Investment Vehicles ........................................................ 49

Mutual Funds ........................................................................................... 49
Policy Developments .................................................................... 49
Union Budget 2004-05 ....................................................... 49
Investments by MFs............................................................ 50
Guidelines for MFs ............................................................. 50
Market Design ................................................................................ 53
Structure of Mutual Funds ................................................ 53
Types of Mutual Funds ...................................................... 54
Regulations of Funds ......................................................... 55
Investment Restrictions ...................................................... 55
Disclosure of Performance ............................................... 56
Code of Conduct ................................................................ 57
Advertisement Code by Mutual Funds ............................ 57
Market Outcome ........................................................................... 58
Resource Mobilisation ........................................................ 58
Assets Under Management ................................................ 60
Index Funds ......................................................................... 62
Exchange Traded Funds ..................................................... 62
Collective Investment Schemes ............................................................. 63
Venture Capital Funds ............................................................................ 64
Chapter 4 Secondary Market — Trading ......................................................... 67

Introduction ............................................................................................. 67
Initiatives from Government....................................................... 67
Initiatives from SEBI .................................................................... 69
Initiatives from RBI ...................................................................... 77
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Market Design .......................................................................................... 79

Stock Exchanges ............................................................................ 79
Membership.................................................................................... 81
Listing of Securities ...................................................................... 82
Trading Mechanism ....................................................................... 84
Technology ..................................................................................... 85
Trading Rules.................................................................................. 85
Demat Trading ............................................................................... 87
Charges for Services...................................................................... 88
Institutional Trades ....................................................................... 89
Index Services ................................................................................ 89
Market Outcome ..................................................................................... 90
Turnover – Growth and Distribution ........................................ 90
Market Capitalisation ................................................................... 95
Prices ................................................................................................ 95
Volatility .......................................................................................... 96
Returns in Indian Market ............................................................ 98
Exchange Traded Funds ............................................................... 99
Liquidity .......................................................................................... 99
Institutional Transactions ............................................................. 101
ADR/GDR Prices ........................................................................ 102
Takeovers ........................................................................................ 103
Performance of Brokers .............................................................. 104
Chapter 5 Secondary Market — Clearing and Settlement ............................... 115

Introduction of T+2 rolling Settlement .................................... 116
Composition of Capital and Margins ........................................ 117
Refund of Base Minimum Capital .............................................. 117
Risk Disclosure Document .......................................................... 118
Electronic Contract Notes ........................................................... 118
Securities Lending and Borrowing.............................................. 118
Straight Through Processing ....................................................... 119
Settlement of Transactions in case of holidays........................ 120
Clearing and Settlement Processes ....................................................... 120
Settlement Cycle ............................................................................ 121
Risk Management .................................................................................... 123
Capital Adequacy Requirements ................................................. 123
Trading and Exposure Limits ...................................................... 124
Margin Requirements .................................................................... 125
Index Based Market-wide Circuit Breakers ............................... 126
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Settlement Process .................................................................................. 127

Dematerialised Settlement............................................................ 127
Settlement Guarantee Fund ......................................................... 127
Settlement Statistics....................................................................... 128
Settlement Efficiency .................................................................... 129
ISSA Recommendations 2000 ............................................................... 131
Chapter 6 Debt Market ................................................................................. 139

Introduction ............................................................................................. 139
Union Budget 2004-05 ................................................................. 140
Monetary and Credit Policy 2003-04 .......................................... 140
Monetary and Credit Policy 2004-05 .......................................... 141
Other Measures ............................................................................. 142
Market Design .......................................................................................... 147
Market Participants ....................................................................... 147
Issuer of Securities ........................................................................ 150
Primary Issuance Process ....................................................................... 150
Government Securities ................................................................. 150
Treasury Bills .................................................................................. 152
State Government Securities ....................................................... 152
Secondary Market .................................................................................... 152
Negotiated Dealing system .......................................................... 153
Wholesale Debt Market of NSE ................................................ 153
Corporate Debt Market ................................................................ 154
Dematerialisation of Debt Instruments .................................... 155
Constituent SGL Accounts.......................................................... 155
Clearing and Settlement .......................................................................... 156
Clearing Corporation of India Limited ............................................... 156
CBLO ........................................................................................................ 157
Interest Rate derivatives ......................................................................... 158
Market Outcome ..................................................................................... 158
Primary Market .............................................................................. 158
Secondary Market .......................................................................... 160
Zero Coupon Yield Curve ........................................................... 168
FIMMDA-NSE MIBID/MIBOR .............................................. 169
NSE-VaR System........................................................................... 170
Bond Index ..................................................................................... 171
Policy Debates.......................................................................................... 172
Trading of Securities ..................................................................... 172
Debt Derivatives ............................................................................ 173
STRIPS ............................................................................................ 174
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Chapter 7 Derivatives Market ........................................................................... 183

Introduction ............................................................................................. 183
Need for a Derivatives Market .............................................................. 183
Products, Participants and Functions .................................................. 184
Exchange-traded vs. OTC Markets ...................................................... 185
Development of Derivatives Market in India..................................... 185
Global Derivatives Markets ................................................................... 186
Introduction of Exchange Traded Interest Rate Derivatives ..... 191
Investments by FIIs/NRIs in Exchange Traded
Derivative Contracts ..................................................................... 192
Interest Rate Future Contracts .................................................... 193
Issuance of Offshore Derivative Instruments ......................... 194
Minimum Contract size for Exchange Traded Derivative
Contracts ......................................................................................... 194
Market Design .......................................................................................... 195
Trading Mechanism ....................................................................... 195
Membership Criteria ..................................................................... 196
Contract Specifications ................................................................. 196
Charges ............................................................................................ 197
Basket Trading Facility .................................................................. 197
Clearing and Settlement .......................................................................... 197
Clearing Mechanism ...................................................................... 197
Settlement Mechanism .................................................................. 198
Risk Management .......................................................................... 201
Market Outcome ..................................................................................... 206
Trading Volumes ............................................................................ 206
Open Interest ................................................................................. 208
Implied Interest Rate .................................................................... 208
Implied Volatility ........................................................................... 210
Volatility Smile ............................................................................... 210
Settlement ....................................................................................... 211
Policy Debates .......................................................................................... 212
Further Products ........................................................................... 212
Cross Margining............................................................................. 212
Chapter 8 Knowledge Initiatives ...................................................................... 215

Quality Intermediation ........................................................................... 215
Initiatives in India .......................................................................... 216
NSE’s Certification in Financial Markets .................................. 216
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Research Initiatives .................................................................................. 218

SEBI ................................................................................................ 218
NSE Research Initiative................................................................ 218
Data Dissemination....................................................................... 218
NSENEWS..................................................................................... 220
Investor Awareness ................................................................................. 220
Investor Associations.................................................................... 221
Investor Protection fund .............................................................. 221
Disclosures ..................................................................................... 222
EDIFAR.......................................................................................... 223
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Abbreviations
ADB Asian Development Bank

ADRs American Depository Receipts
AIFIs All India Financial Institutions
ALBM Automated Lending and Borrowing Mechanism
AMC Asset Management Company
AMFI Association of Mutual Funds in India
ASC Accounting Standards Committee
ATM At-The-Money
ATSs Alternative Trading Systems
B2B Business-to-Business
BIFR Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
BIS Bank for International Settlement
BMC Base Minimum Capital
BSE The Stock Exchange, Mumbai
CBDT Central Board of Direct Taxes
CC Clearing Corporation
CDs Certificate of Deposits
CH Clearing House
CCIL Clearing Corporation of India Limited
CDSL Central Depository Services (India) Limited
CIMC Collective Investment Management Company
CISs Collective Investment Schemes
CIVs Collective Investment Vehicles
CLA Central Listing Authority
CLF Collateralised Lending Facility
CM Clearing Member
CM Segment Capital Market Segment of NSE
CMIE Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy
COSI Committee on Settlement Issues
COTI Committee of Trade Issues
CP Custodial Participant
CPs Commercial Papers
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CPSS Committee on Payment and Settlement Issues

CRAs Credit Rating Agencies
CRISIL The Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited
CRR Cash Reserve Ratio
CSD Collateral Security Deposit
CSE Calcutta Stock Exchange
DCA Department of Company Affairs
DDBs Deep Discount Bonds
DEA Department of Economic Affairs
DFIs Development Financial Institutions
DIP Disclosure and Investor Protection
DNS Deferred Net Settlement
DPs Depository Participants
DRR Debenture Redemption Reserve
DSCE Debt Securities Convertible into Equity
DvP Delivery versus Payment
ECBs External Commercial Bodies
ECNS Electronic Communication Networks
EDGAR Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval
EDIFAR Electronic Data Information Filing and Retrieval
EFT Eletronic Fund Transfer
ELN Equity Linked Notes
ELSS Equity Linked Saving Schemes
EPS Earning Per Share
ETFs Exchange Traded Funds
FIA Futures Industry Association
F&O Futures and Options
FCCBs Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds
FCDs Fully Convertible Debentures
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FDRs Foreign Deposit Receipts
FDs Fixed Deposits
FEMA Foreign Exchange Management Act
FIBV International World Federation of Stock Exchanges
FIIs Foreign Institutional Investors
FIMMDA Fixed Income Money Markets and Derivatives Association
FIs Financial Institutions
FMPs Fixed Maturity Plans
FoFs Fund of Funds
FRAs Forward Rate Agreements
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FSAP Financial Sector Assesment Program

FVCIs Foreign Venture Capital Investors
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GDRs Global Deposit Receipts
GDRs Gross Domestic Savings
GNP Gross National Product
GOI Government of India
G-Sec Government Securities
GSO Green Shoe Option
i-BEX ICICI Securities Bond Index
ICAI Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
ICICI Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited.
ICSE Inter-Connected Stock Exchange of India Limited
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
IDBI Industrial Development Bank of India
IDRs Indian Depository Receipts
IEPF Investors Education and Protection Fund
IFC International Finance Corporation
IFSD Interest Free Security Deposit
IIM Indian Institute of Management
IISL India Index Services and Products Limited
IMF International Monetary Fund
IOSCO International Organisation of Securities Commission
IDFC Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation
IPF Investor Protection Fund
IPOs Initial Public Offers
IRDA Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
IRS Interest Rate Swap
ISIN International Securities Identification Number
ISSA International Securities Services Association
IT Information Technology
ITM In-The-Money
JPC Joint Parliamentary Committee
LAF Liquidity Adjustment Facility
LIC Life Insurance Corporation of India Limited
MFs Mutual Funds
MFSS Mutual Fund Service System
MIBID Mumbai Inter-bank Bid Rate
MIBOR Mumbai Inter-bank Offer Rate
MMMF Money Market Mutual Fund
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MNCs Multi National Companies

MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MoF Ministry of Finance
MTM Mark-To-Market
NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System
NAV Net Asset Value
NBFCs Non-Banking Financial Companies
NCAER National Council for Applied Economic Research
NCDs Non-Convertible Debentures
NCDS Non-Convertible Debt Securities
NCFM NSE’s Certification in Financial Markets
NDS Negotiated Dealing System
NEAT National Exchange for Automated Trading
NGOs Non-Government Organisations
NIBIS NSE’s Internet-based Information System
NIC National Informatics Centre
NPAs Non-Performing Assets
NRIs Non-Resident Indians
NSCCL National Securities Clearing Corporation of India Limited
NSDL National Securities Depository Limited
NSE National Stock Exchange of India Limited
OCBs Overseas Corporate Bodies
OECLOB Open Electronic Consolidated Limit Order Book
OLTL On-line Trade Loading
OPMS On-line Position Monitoring System
ORS Order Routing System
OSL Open Strata Link
OTC Over the Counter
OTCEI Over the Counter Exchange of India Limited
OTM Out-of the-Money
P/E Price Earning Ratio
PAN Permanent Account Number
PCDs Partly Convertible Debentures
PCM Professional Clearing Member
PDAI Primary Dealers Association of India
PDO Public Debt Office
PDs Primary Dealers
PFI Public Finance Institution
PFRDA Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority
PRI Principal Return Index
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PRISM Parallel Risk Management System

PSUs Public Sector Undertakings
PV Present Value
QIBs Qualified Institutional Buyers
RBI Reserve Bank of India
ROCs Registrar of Companies
RTGS Real Time Gross Settlement
SA Stabilising Agent
SBTS Screen Based Trading System
SCMRD Society for Capital Market Research and Development
S&P Standard and Poor’s
SAT Securities Appellate Tribunal
SC(R)A Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956
SC(R)R Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957
SCBs Scheduled Commercial Banks
SDs Satellite Dealers
SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of India
SEC Securities Exchange Commission
SGF Settlement Guarantee Fund
SGL Subsidiary General Ledger
SGX-DT The Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited
SIPC Securities Investor Protection Corporation
SLB Securities Lending and Borrowing
SLR Statutory Liquidity Ratio
SPAN Standard Portfolio Analysis of Risks
SDL State Development Loans
SPICE Sensex Prudential ICICI Exchange Traded Fund
SPV Special Purpose Vehicle
SROs Self Regulatory Orgaisations
SSS Securities Settlement System
STA Share Transfer Agent
STP Straight Through Processing
STRIPS Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities
SUS 99 Special Unit Scheme 99
T-Bills Treasury Bills
TDS Tax Deducted at Source
TM Trading Member
TRI Total Return Index
UIN Unique Identification Number
UTI Unit Trust of India
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VaR Value at Risk

VCFs Venture Capital Funds
VCUs Venture Capital Undertakings
VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal
WAN Wide Area Network
WAP Wireless Application Protocol
WDM Wholesale Debt Market Segment of NSE
YTM Yield to Maturity
ZCYC Zero Coupon Yield Curve
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Securities Market in India – An Overview
Introduction
This publication reviews the reforms and other market developments in the securities market
in India during April 2003 to June 2004. As a result of the reforms/initiatives taken by the
Government and the Regulators, the market microstructure has been refined and modernized.
The investment choices for the investors have also broadened. The securities market moved
from T+3 settlement period to T+2 rolling settlement with effect from April 1, 2003. Further,
straight through processing has been made mandatory for all institutional trades executed on
the stock exchange. Real time gross settlement has also been introduced by RBI to settle
inter-bank transactions online at real time mode. These reforms along with other market
developments have been discussed in detail in the following chapters. This chapter, however,
takes a general review of the stock market developments. These developments in the securities
market provide the necessary impetus for growth and development, and thereby strengthen
the emerging market economy in India.
Products and Participants

Mobilization of savings from surplus savers to deficit savers is most efficiently carried out
by the securities market through a range of complex products called “securities”. The
definition of securities as per the SCRA, 1956 includes shares, bonds, scrips, stocks or other
marketable securities of like nature in or of any incorporate company or body corporate,
government securities, derivatives of securities, units of collective investment scheme, interest
and rights in securities, security receipt or any other instruments so declared by the central
government.
The securities market has essentially three categories of participants, viz., the issuer of
securities, investors in securities and the intermediaries. The issuers are the borrowers or deficit
savers, who issue securities to raise funds. The investors, who are surplus savers, deploy their
savings by subscribing to these securities. The intermediaries are the agents who match the
needs of users and suppliers of funds for a commission. These intermediaries pack and unpack
securities to help both the issuers and investors to achieve their respective goals. There are a
large variety and number of intermediaries providing various services in the Indian securities
market (Table 1-1).
This process of mobilization of resources is carried out under the supervision
and overview of the regulators. The regulators develop fair market practices and regulate the
conduct of issuers of securities and the intermediaries. They are also in charge of protecting
the interests of the investors. The regulator ensures a high service standard from
the intermediaries and supply of quality securities and non-manipulated demand for them in
the market.
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Table 1-1: Market Participants in Securities Market
Market Participants Number as on March 31

2003 2004
Securities Appellate Tribunal 1 1
Regulators* 4 4
Depositories 2 2
Stock Exchanges
With Equities Trading 23 23
With Debt Market Segment 1 1
With Derivative Trading 2 2
Brokers 9,519 9,368
Corporate Brokers 3,835 3,746
Sub-brokers 13,291 12,815
FIIs 502 540
Portfolio Managers 54 60
Custodians 11 11
Share Transfer Agents 143 78
Primar y Dealers 19 18
Merchant Bankers 124 123
Bankers to an Issue 67 55
Debenture Trustees 35 34
Underwriters 43 47
Venture Capital Funds 43 45
Foreign Venture Capital Investors 6 9
Mutual Funds 38 37
Collective Investment Schemes 5 —
* DCA, DEA, RBI & SEBI.

Source: SEBI Bulletin.
Market Segments
The securities market has two interdependent segments: the primary and the secondary
market. The primary market is the channel for creation of new securities. These securities
are issued by public limited companies or by government agencies. In the primary market
the resources are mobilized either through the public issue or through private placement
route. It is a public issue if anybody and everybody can subscribe for it, whereas if the
issue is made available to a selected group of persons it is termed as private placement.
There are two major types of issuers of securities, the corporate entities who issue mainly
debt and equity instruments and the government (central as well as state) who issue debt
securities.
These new securities issued in the primary market are traded in the secondary market.
The secondary market enables participants who hold securities to adjust their holdings in
response to changes in their assessment of risks and returns. The secondary market operates
through two mediums, namely, the over-the-counter (OTC) market and the exchange-traded
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market. OTC markets are informal markets where trades are negotiated. Most of the trades in
the government securities are in the OTC market. All the spot trades where securities are
traded for immediate delivery and payment take place in the OTC market. The other option is
to trade using the infrastructure provided by the stock exchanges. There are 23 exchanges in
India and all of them follow a systematic settlement period. All the trades taking place over a
trading cycle (day=T) are settled together after a certain time (T+2 day).
The trades executed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) are cleared and settled by a
clearing corporation. The clearing corporation acts as a counterparty and guarantees settlement.
Nearly 100% of the trades in capital market segment are settled through demat delivery. NSE
also provides a formal trading platform for trading of a wide range of debt securities, including
government securities. A variant of the secondary market is the forward market, where securities
are traded for future delivery and payment. A variant of the forward market is Futures and
Options market. Presently only two exchanges viz., NSE and Stock Exchange, Mumbai (BSE)
provides trading in the derivatives of securities.
International Scenario
Following the implementation of reforms in the securities industry during the last decade,
Indian stock markets have graduated to a better position vis-à-vis the securities market in
developed and emerging markets. As may be seen from Table 1-2, India has a turnover ratio,
which is comparable to the other developed market, and also one of the highest in the
emerging markets. At the end of 2003, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) ranked India 17th in terms of
market capitalization (19th in 2002), 16th in terms of total value traded in stock exchanges
(17 th in 2002) and 6 th in terms of turnover ratio (7th in 2002). India has the number one
ranking in terms of listed securities on the Exchanges followed by the USA. These data,
though quite impressive, do not reflect the full Indian market, as S&P (even other international
publications) does not cover the whole market. For example, India has more than 9000
listed companies at the end of March 2004, while S&P considers only 5,644 companies.
If whole market were taken into consideration, India’s position vis-à-vis other countries would
be much better.
Table 1-2: International Comparison: end December 2003
Particulars USA UK Japan Germany Singapore Hongkong China India

No. of listed Companies 5,295 2,311 3,116 684 475 1,029 1,296 5,644
Market Capitalisation ($ Bn.) 14,266 2,412 3,041 1,079 145 715 681 279
Market Capitalisation Ratio (%) 139.8 159.7 70.3 57.5 168.4 426.4 55.2 56.4
Turnover ($ Mn.) 15,547 2,151 2,273 1,147 88 332 477 285
Turnover Ratio (%) 122.8 100.6 88.0 130.0 71.1 56.3 83.3 138.5
Source: S&P Emerging Stock Market Factbook, 2004
A comparative study of concentration of market indices and indices stocks in different

world markets is presented in the table below. It is seen that the index stocks’ share of
total market capitalisation in India is 75.0% whereas US index accounted for 93.8%.
The ten largest index stocks share of total market capitalisation is 36.5% in India and 16.4%
in case of US.
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Market Concentration in the World Index as on End 2003

(In Percent)
Market Index Stocks Share of 10 largest Index Stocks’
Total Market Capitalization Share of Total Market Capitalization
Japan 99.2 20.4
Singapore 91.2 57.9
France 89.5 42.2
Germany 83.6 44.6
Italy 95.5 55.9
United Kingdom 94.3 43.6
United States 93.8 16.4
India 75.0 36.5
The stock markets worldwide have grown in size as well as depth over last one decade.
As can be observed from Table 1-3, the turnover on all markets taken together have grown
from US $ 5.5 trillion in 1990 to $ 38 trillion in 2002 when it reached a peak. Thereafter, it has
witnessed a decline and stood at US $ 29.6 trillion in 2003. It is significant to note that US
alone accounted for about 52.4% of worldwide turnover in 2003. Despite having a large number
of companies listed on its stock exchanges, India accounted for a meagre 0.96% in total world
turnover in 2003. The market capitalization of all listed companies taken together on all markets
stood at US $ 31 trillion in 2003 ($ 23 trillion in 2002). The share of US in worldwide market
capitalisation decreased from 47.24% as at end-2002 to 44.66% in end-2003, while Indian listed
companies accounted for 0.87% of total market capitalisation in 2003.
Table 1-3: Market Capitalisation and Turnover for Major Markets
(US $ million)
Country/Region Market Capitalisation
Turnover
(end of period)
2001 2002 2003 2001 2002 2003
Developed Markets 25,242,989 20,957,836 28,290,981 39,676,018 36,098,731 26,743,153
Australia 374,269 380,969 585,475 240,667 294,658 369,845
Japan 2,251,814 2,126,075 3,040,665 1,826,230 1,573,279 2,272,989
UK 2,217,324 1,864,134 2,412,434 1,871,894 2,721,342 2,150,753
USA 13,810,429 11,052,403 14,266,266 29,040,739 25,371,270 15,547,431
All Emerging Markets 2,556,979 2,439,080 3,656,722 2,404,321 2,499,768 2,896,144
China 523,952 463,080 681,204 448,928 333,369 476,813
India 110,396 131,011 279,093 249,298 197,118 284,802
Indonesia 23,006 29,991 54,659 9,667 13,042 14,774
Korea 220,046 249,639 329,616 711,192 826,620 682,706
Malaysia 120,007 123,872 168,376 20,772 27,623 50,135
Philippines 41,523 39,021 23,565 3,148 3,103 2,635
Taiwan 292,621 261,474 379,023 544,808 631,931 592,012
World Total 27,799,968 23,396,916 31,947,703 42,080,339 38,598,498 29,639,297
US as % of World 49.68 47.24 44.66 69.01 65.73 52.46
India as % of World 0.40 0.56 0.87 0.59 0.51 0.96
Source: S&P Emerging Stock Market Factbook, 2004
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There has also been an increase in market capitalisation as a per cent of GDP in some
of the major country groups as is evident from Table 1-4. The increase, however, has not been
uniform across countries. The market capitalization as a per cent of GDP was the highest at
83.4% for high-income countries as at end-2002 and lowest for low-income countries at 22.6%.
Market capitalization as a per cent of GDP for India stood at 25.7% as at end-2002. The
turnover ratio, which is a measure of liquidity, however was approximately same for both the
high-income countries and low-income countries which stood at 137.9% and 139.6%, respectively.
The total number of listed companies stood at 26,947 for high-income countries, 13,307 for
middle-income countries and 7,322 for low-income countries as at end-2003.
Table 1-4: Select Stock Market Indicators
Markets Market Capitalisation Turnover Ratio Listed Domestic

as % of GDP (%) Companies
1990 2001 2002 1990 2002 2003 1990 2002 2003
High Income 51.6 103.9 83.4 59.4 138.5 137.9 17,747 26,035 26,947
Middle Income 20.0 35.7 35.3 78.3 44.4 44.1 4,231 9,442 13,307
Low & Middle Income 18.8 33.1 33.3 70.7 58.0 57.8 7,677 17,284 20,629
East Asia & Pacific 16.4 45.8 40.4 117.2 72.5 72.7 774 2,886 3,132
Europe & Central Asia 2.2 19.3 22.7 — 54.2 53.6 110 2,759 6,781
Latin America & Caribbean 7.7 33.4 27.4 29.8 21.6 21.7 1,734 1,570 1,381
Middle East & N. Africa 27.4 26.3 26.1 — 19.8 19.6 817 2,020 1,585
South Asia 10.8 19.7 22.7 54.0 180.3 180.3 3,231 7,010 6,839
Sub-Saharan Africa 52.2 103.9 47.3 — 23.8 23.7 1,011 1,039 911
Low Income 9.8 18.3 22.6 53.8 53.8 139.6 3,446 7,842 7,322
India 12.2 23.1 25.7 65.9 225.8 14.1 2,435 5,650 5,644
World 48.0 90.7 74.6 57.2 57.2 123.0 25,424 43,319 47,576
Source: World Development Indicators 2004, World Bank.
Dependence on Securities Market

Corporate Sector
The 1990s witnessed the emergence of the securities market as a major source of finance for
trade and industry in India. A growing number of companies have been accessing the securities
market rather than depending on loans from financial institutions (FIs)/banks. The corporate
sector is increasingly depending on external sources (domestic market borrowings and loans)
for meeting its funding requirements. According to CMIE data (Table 1-5), the share of capital
market based instruments in resources raised externally had been quite significant in the 1990s,
however it declined to 21% in 2001-02. However, the year 2002-03 witnessed the erosion of
the corporates to raise money from capital market, which was mainly because of the subdued
conditions prevalent in the primary and secondary market
Table 1-6 presents sector-wise shareholding pattern of companies listed on NSE. It is
observed that on an average the promoters hold more than 55% of total shares. Though the
non-promoter holding is about 44.9%, the public held only 17.7% and the institutional holdings
(by FIIs, MFs, FIs) accounted for 16.4%. There is not much significant difference in the
shareholding pattern of companies in different sectors. About 56% of shares in companies in
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Petrochemicals sector are held by Indian promoters. The promoter holding is not strikingly
high in respect of companies in the IT sectors.
Table 1-5: Dependence on Securities Market
Year Share (%) of Securities Market in

External Finance of Fiscal Deficit of Fiscal Deficit of Financial Savings
Corporates Central Government State Government of Households
1990-91 19.35 17.9 13.6 14.4
1991-92 19.17 20.7 17.5 22.9
1992-93 33.38 9.2 16.8 17.2
1993-94 53.23 48.0 17.6 14.0
1994-95 44.99 35.2 14.7 12.1
1995-96 21.67 54.9 18.7 7.7
1996-97 22.12 30.0 17.5 6.9
1997-98 28.16 36.5 16.5 4.5
1998-99 27.05 60.9 14.1 4.2
1999-00 33.58 67.1 13.9 7.3
2000-01 31.39 61.4 13.8 4.3
2001-02 20.60 69.4 15.2 8.0
2002-03 (17.98) 77.6 19.9 5.9
2003-04 N . A. 64.9 32.1 N . A.
Source: CMIE & RBI.
Table 1-6 : Shareholding Pattern at the end of March 2004 of Companies Listed on NSE
(In per cent)
Sectors Non-Pomoters’ Holding
Promoters’ Holding
Institutional Investors Non-Institutional Investors
FIs FIIs MFs Indian NRIs/ Private Others Indian Foreign Persons
Public OCBs Corpo- Promo- Promo- Acting in
rate ters ters Concert
Bodies
Finance 7.61 10.41 2.04 19.06 0.90 3.97 5.80 46.96 0.10 3.05
FMCG 11.18 10.58 1.12 20.75 0.43 1.42 0.14 13.82 40.43 0.14
Infrastructure 5.62 4.36 1.10 24.27 1.59 5.79 3.72 42.31 4.81 6.42
IT 3.07 10.94 2.16 27.57 2.04 13.34 7.89 28.27 2.69 2.03
Manufacturing 6.22 5.73 3.57 15.45 1.28 4.25 2.83 51.45 5.47 3.75
Media & Entertainment 5.45 11.06 2.77 17.62 0.57 5.49 0.74 51.77 3.96 0.56
Petrochemicals 6.42 2.91 2.75 18.45 0.98 4.42 4.00 56.62 1.33 2.13
Pharmaceuticals 5.40 7.86 2.17 26.93 3.92 5.00 3.48 37.83 5.67 1.75
Services 8.28 5.57 4.03 20.25 1.30 4.48 2.75 45.89 4.51 2.95
Telecommunication 4.42 8.69 2.32 5.09 0.86 1.67 24.51 48.56 3.03 0.86
Misc 9.55 2.62 3.53 20.08 2.47 7.74 5.86 37.35 6.70 4.10
All Companies 6.58 7.06 2.83 17.72 1.27 4.67 4.80 46.85 5.36 2.86
Governments
Due to the increase in fiscal deficits of the Governments, their dependence on market borrowings
to finance fiscal deficits has also increased over the years (Table 1-5). During the year 1990-91,
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the state governments and the central government financed nearly 14% and 18%, respectively,
of their fiscal deficit by market borrowing. In percentage terms, dependence of the state
governments on market borrowing did not increase much during the decade as it ranged between
13.8% and 32.1%. In 2003-04, the state and the central government market borrowings financed
32.1% and 64.9% of the fiscal deficit respectively.
Households
According to the RBI data, household sector accounted for 85.6% of gross domestic savings
during 2002-03. They invested 41.5% of financial savings in deposits, 29.8% in insurance/
provident funds, 14.3% on small savings, and 5.9% in securities (out of which the investment
in Gilts has been 4.3%), including government securities and units of mutual funds during
2002-03 (Table 1-7). Thus the fixed income bearing instruments are the most preferred assets
of the household sector.
Table 1-7: Savings of Household Sector in Financial Assets
(In per cent)
Financial Assets 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03
(P)
Currency 10.6 12.0 8.2 12.2 10.9 13.3 8.6 7.4 10.4 8.6 6.4 9.5 8.5
Fixed Income 74.9 65.1 74.6 73.9 77.0 79.1 84.5 88.0 85.3 84.2 89.4 82.4 85.6
Investments
Deposits 33.3 28.9 42.5 42.6 45.5 42.5 48.1 46.6 39.2 39.2 44.3 37.9 41.5
Insurance/ 28.4 28.6 27.2 25.4 22.5 29.2 29.4 30.1 33.3 34.0 33.5 33.4 29.8
Provident/
Pension Funds
Small Savings 13.2 7.6 4.9 5.9 9.0 7.4 7.0 11.3 12.8 11 11.6 11.1 14.3
Securities Market 14.4 22.9 17.2 14.0 12.1 7.7 6.9 4.5 4.2 7.3 4.3 8.0 5.9
Mutual Funds 9.1 16.4 8.6 5.5 3.8 0.5 2.7 1.4 1.9 4.9 1.3 1.7 1.3
Government 0.2 -0.4 0 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.4 1.6 0.6 0.9 1.6 5.7 4.3
Securities
Other Securities 5.1 6.9 8.6 8.1 8.2 6.8 3.8 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.4 0.6 0.3
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Source: RBI Annual Report

P: Provisional Figures.
Investor Population and Perception

SEBI in association with National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) conducted
a Survey of Indian Investors in 1998-99 and then followed it up in 2000-01. The survey of
2000-01 was based on a sample of 288,081 geographically dispersed rural and urban areas.
The findings of this survey were released in September 2003. The survey estimated that a
total of 13.1 million or 7.4 per cent of all Indian households totaling 21 million individuals
directly invested in equity shares or debentures or both during 2000-01. The other findings are
as listed below:
1. The number of debenture owning households and individual debenture holders far exceeds
household and individual equity investors. Of the total 13.1 million investor households,
9.6 million households owned bonds or debentures, whereas only 6.5 million investor
households owned equity shares.
2. The percentage of households investing in equity or debentures is more in urban areas
than in rural areas. This divergence is more in case of equities compared to debentures.
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Of the 51 million urban households, 7.8 million households representing more than
12 million urban individual investors owned equity shares or debentures or both. Whereas,
of the 125 million rural households, only 5.3 million households representing more than
8 million individual investors shows a definite migration of investors from equity market
to bond market during the period between the two surveys.
3. The survey results also clearly reveal that number of non-investor households have
increased from about 156 million in 1998-99 to nearly 164 million in 2001-02 constituting
nearly 92.6 per cent of all households.
4. It was also observed that the investor population and town size are directly proportional.
The largest city with more than 50 lakh population accounted for about 17 per cent of
investor households and the next higher segment, more than 31 per cent investor
households were in towns with population between 10 and 50 lakh.
Primary Market
An aggregate of Rs. 2,676,600 million were raised by the government and corporate sector
during 2003-04 as against Rs. 2,572,201 million during the preceding year. Government
raised about two third of the total resources, with central government alone raising nearly
Rs. 1,476,360 million.
Corporate Securities
The average annual capital mobilisation from the primary market has grown manifold since
the last two-three decades. It received a further boost during the first half of 1990s with
the capital raised by non-government public companies rising sharply from Rs. 43,120 million
in 1990-91 to Rs. 264,170 million in 1994-95. Thereafter, there has been a decline due to
conditions prevailing in the secondary market. However, the year 2003-04 took a turnaround
in its performance as compared to the previous year by mobilising Rs. 32,100 million. The
capital raised, which used to be less than 1% of gross domestic saving (GDS) in the 1970s
increased to about 13% in 1992-93 but thereafter witnessed declines. Though there has been
a considerable increase in the amount mobilised in 2003-04, when seen as a percentage of
GDS, it is 1.20% (Table 1-8). Data in Table 1-9 shows that there is a high preference for
raising resources in the primary market through private placement route. Private placements
accounted for 89% of total resources mobilised through domestic issues by corporate sector
during 2003-04.
As may be seen from the Table 1-9, Indian market is getting integrated with the global
market, though in a limited way through Euro Issues. Since they were permitted access in 1992,
Indian companies have raised about Rs. 30,980 million through American Depository Receipts
(ADRs)/Global Depository Receipts (GDRs).
FIIs have invested heavily in Indian market in 2003-04. They had net cumulative
investments of US$ 25.75 billion as at end of March 2004. There were 540 FIIs registered with
SEBI as of end March 2004.
It appears that more and more people prefer mutual funds (MFs) as their investment
vehicle. This change in investor behavior is induced by the evolution of a regulatory framework
for MFs, tax concessions offered by Government and preference of investors for passive
investing. Starting with an asset base of Rs. 250 million in 1964, the total assets under
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management at the end of March 2004 has risen to Rs. 1,396,160 million. During the last one
decade, the resources mobilized by the MFs are increased from Rs. 112,440 million in 1993-94
to Rs. 476,840 million in 2003-04.
Table 1-8: Resources Mobilised through Public Issues

(Amount in Rs. million)
Year Resources raised by % of GDS % of Mobilisation
non-government disbursements by mutual
companies by FIs funds
1990-91 43,120 3.32 33.66 750,800
1991-92 61,930 4.38 38.08 112,530
1992-93 198,030 12.76 85.54 130,210
1993-94 193,300 9.98 74.85 112,430
1994-95 264,170 10.48 78.69 112,750
1995-96 160,750 5.34 41.59 –583,30
1996-97 104,100 3.28 24.40 –203,70
1997-98 31,380 0.84 5.85 40,640
1998-99 50,130 1.27 8.59 36,110
1999-00 51,530 1.11 7.51 199,532
2000-01 49,490 1.01 6.89 111,350
2001-02 56,924 1.17 10.18 71,370
2002-03 18,777 0.74 18.37 45,830
2003-04 32,100 1.20 15.08 476,840
Government Securities
The primary issues of the Central Government have increased manifold during the decade
of 1990s from Rs. 89,890 million in 1990-91 to Rs. 1,476,360 million in 2003-04
(Table 1-9). The issues by state governments have also increased over this period from
Rs. 25,690 million to Rs. 505,210 million. The Central Government mobilised Rs. 1,215,000
million through issue of dated securities and Rs. 261,360 million through issue of
T-bills. After meeting repayment liabilities of Rs. 326,930 million for dated securities,
and redemption of T-bills of Rs. 261,260 million, net market borrowing of Central
Government amounted to Rs. 888,160 million for the year 2003-04. The State Governments
collectively raised Rs. 505,210 million during 2003-04 as against Rs. 308,530 million in
the preceding year. The net borrowings of State Governments in 2003-04 amounted to
Rs. 463,760 million.
Along with growth of the market, the investor base has also widened. In addition to
banks and insurance companies, corporates and individual investors are also investing in
government securities. Due to the soft interest rate policy pursued by the RBI, the coupon
rates offered on government borrowings have fallen sharply. The weighted average cost of its
borrowing have declined to 5.71% in 2003-04. The maturity structure of government debt is
also changing. About 77% of primary issues were raised through securities with maturities
above 5 years and up to 10 years. As a result the weighted average maturity of dated securities
increased to 14.94 years in 2003-04.
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Table 1-9: Resource Mobilisation from the Primary Market
(Rs. mn.)
Issues 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04
ISMR
Corporate Securities 142,190 163,660 235,370 444,980 480,840 366,890 371,470 421,250 601,920 724,500 783,956 744,032 752,411 695,030
Domestic Issues 142,190 163,660 232,860 370,440 419,740 361,930 338,720 377,380 590,440 689,630 741,986 720,612 718,147 664,050
Non-Govt. Public Companies 43,120 61,930 198,030 193,300 264,170 160,750 104,100 31,380 50,130 51,530 48,900 56,920 18,777 32,100
PSU Bonds 56,630 57,100 10,620 55,860 30,700 22,920 33,940 29,820 — — — — — —
Govt. Companies — — 4,300 8,190 8,880 10,000 6,500 430 — — — 3,500 — 1,000
Banks & FIs — — 3,560 38,430 4,250 34,650 43,520 14,760 43,520 25,510 14,720 10,700 29,890 38,800
Private Placement 42,440 44,630 16,350 74,660 111,740 133,610 150,660 300,990 496,790 612,590 678,360 649,500 669,480 592,150
Euro Issues — — 7,020 78,980 67,430 12,970 55,940 40,090 11,480 34,870 41,970 23,420 34,264 30,980
Government Securities 115,580 122,840 176,900 545,330 432,310 467,830 426,880 673,860 1,060,670 1,133,360 1,284,830 1,525,080 1,819,790 1,981,570
Central Government 89,890 89,190 138,850 503,880 381,080 405,090 361,520 596,370 939,530 996,300 1,151,830 1,338,010 1,511,260 1,476,360
State Governments 25,690 33,640 38,050 41,450 51,230 62,740 65,360 77,490 121,140 137,060 133,000 187,070 308,530 505,210
Total 257,770 286,500 412,270 990,310 913,150 834,720 798,350 1,095,110 1,662,590 1,857,860 2,068,786 2,269,112 2,572,201 2,676,600
Source: RBI.
Table 1-10: Secondary Market - Selected Indicators

Securities Market in India - An overview
(Amount in Rs. mn.)
At the End of Turnover of Non-Repo

Capital Market Segment of Stock Exchanges Turnover of
Financial Year Govt. Securities Derivatives
No. of No. of S&P CNX Sensex Market Market Turnover Turnover On WDM On SGL Segment of
Brokers Listed Nifty Capitalisa- Capitalisation Ratio Segment of Exchanges
Companies tion Ratio (%) (%) NSE
1990-91 — 6,229 366.45 1167.97 1,102,790 20.6 — — — — —
1991-92 — 6,480 1261.65 4285.00 3,541,060 57.4 — — — — —
1992-93 — 6,925 660.51 2280.52 2,287,800 32.4 — — — — —
1993-94 — 7,811 1177.11 3778.99 4,000,770 45.6 2,037,030 50.9 — — —
1994-95 6,711 9,077 990.24 3260.96 4,733,490 45.6 1,629,050 34.4 — — —
1995-96 8,476 9,100 985.30 3366.61 5,722,570 47.0 2,273,680 39.7 92,433 295,300 —
1996-97 8,867 9,890 968.85 3360.89 4,883,320 34.6 6,461,160 132.3 381,023 939,210 —
1997-98 9,005 9,833 1116.65 3892.75 5,898,160 37.7 9,086,810 154.1 975,152 1,610,900 —
1998-99 9,069 9,877 1078.05 3739.96 5,740,640 34.1 10,233,820 178.3 904,158 1,875,310 —
1999-00 9,192 9,871 1528.45 5001.28 11,926,300 84.7 20,670,310 173.3 2,915,915 4,564,910 —
2000-01 9,782 9,954 1148.20 3604.38 7,688,630 54.5 28,809,900 374.7 4,124,958 5,721,456 40,180
2001-02 9,687 9,644 1129.55 3469.35 7,492,480 36.4 8,958,180 119.6 9,269,955 12,119,658 1,038,480
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2002-03 9,519 9,413 978.20 3048.72 6,319,212 28.5 9,689,093 153.3 10,305,497 13,923,834 4,423,333
2003-04 9,368 — 1771.90 5590.60 13,187,953 52.3 16,204,977 122.9 12,741,190 17,013,632 21,422,690
Note: Turnover figures for the respective year. — Not Available.
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Source: SEBI & NSE

Secondary Market
Corporate Securities
There are 23 exchanges in the country, which offer screen based trading system. The trading
system is connected using the VSAT technology from over 357 cities. There were 9,368 trading
members registered with SEBI as at end March 2004 (Table 1-10).
The market capitalization has grown over the period indicating more companies using
the trading platform of the stock exchange. The all India market capitalization is estimated at
Rs. 13,187,953 million at the end of March 2004. The market capitalization ratio defined as the
value of listed stocks divided by GDP is used as a measure of stock market size. It is of
economic significance since market is positively correlated with the ability to mobilize capital
and diversify risk. It increased sharply to 52.3% in 2003-04 against 28.5% in the previous year.
The trading volumes on exchanges have been witnessing phenomenal growth over the
past decade. The trading volume, which peaked at Rs. 28,809,900 million in 2000-01, fell
substantially to Rs. 9,689,093 million in 2002-03. However, the year 2003-04 saw a turnaround
in the total trading volumes on the exchanges. It registered a volume of Rs. 16,204,977 million.
The turnover ratio, which reflects the volume of trading in relation to the size of the market,
has been increasing by leaps and bounds after the advent of screen based trading system by the
NSE. The turnover ratio for the year 2003-04 accounted at 122.9%.
The relative importance of various stock exchanges in the market has undergone dramatic
change during this decade. The increase in turnover took place mostly at the big exchanges.
The NSE yet again registered as the market leader with more 85% of total turnover (volumes
on all segments) in 2003-04. Top 5 stock exchanges accounted for 99.88% of turnover, while
the rest 18 exchange for less than 0.12% during 2003-04 (Table 1-11). About ten exchanges
reported nil trading volume during the year.
Table 1-11: Growth and Distribution of Turnover on Stock Exchanges
(Rs. mn.)
Stock Exchanges 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04
1. NSE 85,090 800,090 3,367,820 4,811,970 5,198,520 11,432,680 17,704,580 15,622,830 21,265,445 45,462,793
2. Mumbai 677,480 500,640 1,242,840 2,073,830 3,119,990 6,850,282 10,016,190 3,093,156 3,165,516 5,146,730
3. Calcutta 528,720 621,280 1,056,640 1,787,780 1,717,804 3,571,655 3,550,354 270,747 65,399 19,275
4. Delhi 90,827 100,760 486,310 678,400 517,593 932,889 838,711 58,280 111 34
5. Ahmedabad 56,508 87,860 205,330 307,710 297,342 375,656 540,352 148,435 154,586 45,445
6. Uttar Pradesh 78,230 23,730 160,700 153,900 186,267 240,478 247,467 252,373 147,634 117,510
7. Ludhiana 24,880 48,490 52,740 83,150 59,779 77,405 97,322 8,566 — —
8. Pune 36,720 70,710 99,030 86,240 74,528 60,868 61,705 11,710 18 —
9. Bangalore 7,120 8,900 43,980 86,360 67,790 111,474 60,328 703 — 1
10. Hyderabad 13,752 12,850 4,800 18,600 12,759 12,365 9,778 413 46 20
11. ICSE — — — — 7 5,452 2,331 554 648 1
12. Cochin 5,970 18,030 14,010 17,830 7,730 — 1,866 — — —
13. OCTEI 3,650 2,180 2,210 1,250 1,422 35,879 1,259 38 1 158
14. Madras 30,327 23,150 12,280 3,696 2,502 1,092 241 — 1,009
15. Madhya Pradesh 1,182 2,040 120 10 9 97 24 235 — —
16. Magadh 7,968 16,290 27,550 3,230 — 80 16 — 5 1
17. Vadodara 16,210 12,590 42,680 45,760 17,491 1,593 9 101 25 1
18. Gauhati 2,853 6,190 4,840 200 302 — — 1 1 —
19. Bhubaneshwar 1,434 2,260 2,310 2,020 770 701 — — — —
20. Coimbatore 13,095 25,030 23,980 21,360 3,947 388 — 266 — —
21. Jaipur 8,786 10,470 15,190 4,310 648 21 — — — —
22. Mangalore 615 390 3,730 3,080 112 1 — — — —
23. SKSE 5,447 5,640 3,980 170 — — — — — —
Total 1,696,864 2,376,420 6,883,940 10,199,440 11,288,506 23,712,466 33,133,385 19,468,650 24,799,434 50,792,977
Note: Turnover means total value of transactions of securities in all market segments of an Exchange. For NSE, all three segments
viz., CM, F&O and WDM and BSE, two segments viz., CM and F&O are included.
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The movement of the S&P CNX Nifty, the most widely used indicator of the
market, is presented in Chart 1-1. The index movement have been responding to changes
in the government’s economic policies, the increase in FIIs inflows, etc. However, the
year 2003-04 witnessed a favorable movement in the Nifty, wherein it registered its all
time high in January 2004 of 2014.65. The point-to-point return of Nifty was 80.14% for
2003-04.
The trading in government securities exceeded the combined trading in equity segments of all
the exchanges in the country during 2003-04. The aggregate trading in central and state
government dated securities, including treasury bills, increased by manifold over a period of
time. During 2003-04 it reached a level of Rs. 26,792,090 million. The share of WDM segment
of NSE in total turnover for government securities decreased marginally from 52% in 2002-03
to 47.6% in 2003-04. However, the share of WDM segment of NSE in the total of Non-repo
government securities increased marginally from 74.01% in 2002-03 to 74.89% in 2003-04
(Table 1-10).
Derivatives Market
The number of instruments available in derivatives has been expanded. To begin with, SEBI
only approved trading in index futures contracts based on S&P CNX Nifty Index and BSE-30
(Sensex) Index. This was followed by approval for trading in options based on these two
indices and options on individual securities and also futures on interest rates derivative
instruments (91-day Notional T-Bills and 10-year Notional 6% coupon bearing as well as zero coupon
bonds). Now, there are futures and options based on benchmark index S&P CNX Nifty and
CNX IT Index as well as options and futures on single stocks (51 stocks).
The total exchange traded derivatives witnessed a value of Rs. 21,422,690 million during
2003-04 as against Rs. 4,423,333 million during the preceding year. While NSE accounted for
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about 99.5% of total turnover, BSE accounted for less than 1% in 2003-04. NSE has created a
niche for itself in terms of derivatives trading in the global market.
Regulatory Framework
The four main legislations governing the securities market are (a) the SEBI Act, 1992 (b) the
Companies Act, 1956 (c) the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956, and (d) the Depositories
Act, 1996. A brief about these legislations are as given below:
• SEBI Act, 1992: The SEBI Act, 1992 was enacted to empower SEBI with statutory
powers for (a) protecting the interests of investors in securities, (b) promoting the
development of the securities market, and (c) regulating the securities market. Its regulatory
jurisdiction extends over corporates in the issuing capital and all intermediaries and persons
associated with securities market. It can conduct enquiries, audits and inspection of all
concerned participants and adjudicate offences under this Act. It has powers to register
and regulate all the market intermediaries. Further it can also penalize them in case of
violations of the provisions of the Act, Rules and Regulations made thereunder. SEBI
has full autonomy and authority to regulate and develop an orderly securities market.
• Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956: It provides for direct and indirect control
of virtually all aspects of the securities trading including the running of stock exchanges
with an aim to prevent undesirable transactions in securities. It gives the Central
Government regulatory jurisdiction over (a) stock exchanges through a process of
recognition and continued supervision, (b) contracts in securities, and (c) listing of securities
on stock exchanges. As a condition of recognition, a stock exchange complies with
the requirements prescribed by the Central Government. The stock exchanges frame
their own listing regulations in consonance with the minimum listing criteria set out in
the Rules.
• Depositories Act, 1996: The Depositories Act, 1996 provides for the establishment of
depositories for securities to ensure transferability of securities with speed, accuracy and
security. For this, these provisions have been made: (a) making securities of public limited
companies freely transferable subject to certain exceptions; (b) dematerialising the securities
in the depository mode; and (c) providing for maintenance of ownership records in a
book entry form. In order to streamline the settlement process, the Act envisages transfer
of ownership of securities electronically by book entry without moving the securities
from persons to persons. The Act has made the securities of all public limited companies
freely transferable, restricting the company’s right to use discretion in effecting the transfer
of securities, and the transfer deed and other procedural requirements under the Companies
Act have been dispensed with.
• Companies Act, 1956: It deals with issue, allotment and transfer of securities and various
aspects relating to company management. It provides for standards of disclosure in the
public issues, particularly in the fields of company management and projects, information
about other listed companies under the same management, and management perception
of risk factors. It also regulates underwriting, the use of premium and discounts on
issues, rights and bonus issues, payment of interest and dividends, supply of annual
report and other information.
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Rules, Regulations & Regulators

The Government has framed rules under the SCRA, the SEBI Act and the Depositories
Act. The SEBI has framed regulations under these acts for registration and regulation of the
market intermediaries and for prevention of unfair trade practices. Under these Acts, the
Government and the SEBI issue notifications, guidelines and circulars, which the market
participants comply with. The SROs like the stock exchanges have also laid down their rules
and regulations.
The regulator has to ensure that the market participants behave in a desired manner so
that securities market continue to be a major source of finance for corporate and government
while protecting the interest of investors.
The responsibility for regulating the securities market is shared jointly by Department of
Economic Affairs (DEA), Department of Company Affairs (DCA), Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) and SEBI. The activities of all these agencies are coordinated by a High Level Committee
on Capital Markets.
Most of the powers under the SCRA are exercisable by DEA while a few others by
SEBI and some are concurrently by them. The regulation of the contracts for sale and purchase
of securities, gold related securities, money market securities and securities derived from
these securities and ready forward contracts in debt securities are exercised concurrently
with the RBI. The SEBI Act and the Depositories Act are mostly administered by SEBI.
While the rules under the securities laws are framed by government, regulations are framed by
SEBI. The powers under the Companies Act relating to issue and transfer of securities and
non-payment of dividend are administered by SEBI in case of listed public companies and
public companies proposing to get their securities listed. The SROs ensure compliance of
market participants with their own rules as well as with the rules relevant for them under the
securities laws.
Reforms in Indian Securities Markets

Corporate Securities Market
During the last decade, there have been substantial regulatory, structural, institutional and
operational changes in the securities industry. These have been carried out with the objective
of improving market efficiency, enhancing transparency, preventing unfair trade practices and
bringing the Indian market up to international standards. The following paragraphs list the
principal reform measures undertaken in the last decade.
Establishment of SEBI: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was set up as
an administrative body in April 1988. It was given statutory status on November 1992 by
promulgation of the SEBI Ordinance. The objective of setting up SEBI is to protect the
interest of investors in securities and to promote the development and to regulate the security
market. Its regulatory jurisdiction extends over corporates in the issuance of capital and transfer
of securities, in addition to all the intermediaries and persons associated with securities market.
The market participants are also required to appoint a compliance officer who is responsible
for monitoring compliance with all the securities laws and for redressal of investor grievances.
The courts have upheld the powers of SEBI to impose monetary penalties and to levy fees
from market intermediaries. In a recent amendment to the SEBI Act, the regulator has also
been given search and seizure powers.
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DIP Guidelines: With the repeal of the Capital Issues (Control) Act, 1947 in May 1992,
Government’s control over issue of capital, pricing of the issues, fixing of premia and rates of
interest on debentures etc. ceased. Thereafter, the market has been allowed to allocate resources
among the competing uses. In the interest of investors, SEBI issued the Disclosure and Investor
Protection (DIP) guidelines. These guidelines contain a slew of requirements for issuers/
intermediaries with a broad intention to ensure that all concerned observe high standards of
integrity and fair dealing. The guidelines also aim to secure fuller disclosure of relevant
information about the issuer and the nature of the securities to be issued. This enables the
investors to take informed decisions. For example, issuers are required to disclose any material
‘risk factors’ and give justification for pricing in their prospectus. The guidelines cast a
responsibility on the lead managers to issue a due diligence certificate, stating that they have
examined the prospectus and that it brings out all the facts and does not contain anything
wrong or misleading. Issuers are now required to comply with the guidelines and then access
the market. The companies can access the market only if they fulfill minimum eligibility norms
in terms of their track record of distributable profits and net worth.
Screen Based Trading: Prior to 1990s, the trading on stock exchanges in India used to
take place through an open outcry system. This system did not allow immediate matching
or recording of trades. This was time consuming and imposed limits on trading. In order
to provide efficiency, liquidity and transparency, NSE introduced a nation-wide on-line
fully-automated screen based trading system (SBTS). In this system a member can punch
into the computer quantities of securities and the prices at which he desires to transact and the
transaction is executed as soon as it finds a matching sale or buy order from a counter
party. SBTS electronically matches orders on price/time priority and hence it cuts down on
time and cost. It enables market participants to see the full market on real-time, making the
market transparent. It allows a large number of participants, irrespective of their geographical
locations, to trade with one another simultaneously, improving the depth and liquidity of the
market. Given the efficiency and cost effectiveness delivered by the NSE’s trading system, it
became the leading stock exchange in the country in its very first year of operation. This forced
the other stock exchanges to adopt SBTS. As a result, open outcry system has disappeared
from India.
Trading Cycle: Initially, the trading cycle varied from 14 days for specified securities to
30 days for others and settlement took another fortnight. Often this cycle was not adhered
to and on several occasions led to defaults and risks in settlement. In order to reduce
large open positions, the trading cycle was reduced over a period of time to a week. The
exchanges, however, continued to have different weekly trading cycles, which enabled shifting
of positions from one exchange to another. Rolling settlement on T+5 basis was introduced in
respect of specified scrips reducing the trading cycle to one day. It was made mandatory for all
exchanges to follow a uniform weekly trading cycle in respect of scrips not under rolling
settlement. All scrips moved to rolling settlement from December 2001. The settlement period
has been reduced progressively from T+5 to T+3 days. Currently T+2 day settlement cycle is
being followed.
Derivatives Trading: To assist market participants to manage risks better through hedging,
speculation and arbitrage, SC(R)A was amended in 1995 to lift the ban on options in securities.
However, trading in derivatives took off much later after the suitable legal and regulatory
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framework was out in place. Derivatives trading commenced in June 2000 in the Indian
securities market on NSE and BSE only. The market presently offers index futures and index
options on three indices and stock options and stock futures on individual stocks (presently
51 stocks on NSE) and futures in interest rate products like notional 91-day T-Bills and
notional 10-year bonds.
Demutualisation: Historically, brokers owned, controlled and managed the stock exchanges.
In case of disputes, integrity of the exchange suffered. Therefore regulators focused on reducing
the dominance of trading members in the management of stock exchanges. They advised
them to reconstitute their governing councils to provide for at least 50% non-broker
representation. However, this did not materially alter the situation. In face of extreme volatility
in the securities market in 2000, the Government proposed to corporatise the stock exchanges
by which ownership, management and trading membership would be segregated from one
another. A few exchanges have already initiated demutualisation process. NSE, however, adopted
a pure demutualised governance structure where ownership, management and trading are with
three different sets of people. This completely eliminates any conflict of interest and helped
NSE to aggressively pursue policies.
Depositories Act: The earlier settlement system gave rise to settlement risk. This was due
to the time taken for settlement and due to the physical movement of paper. Further, the
transfer of shares in favour of the purchaser by the company also consumed considerable
amount of time. To obviate these problems, the Depositories Act, 1996 was passed to provide
for the establishment of depositories in securities. The objective was of ensuring free
transferability of securities with speed and accuracy. This act brought in changes by (a) making
securities of public limited companies freely transferable subject to certain exceptions;
(b) dematerialising of securities in the depository mode; and (c) providing for maintenance of
ownership records in a book entry form. In order to streamline both the stages of the settlement
process, the Act envisages transfer of ownership of securities electronically by book entry
without making the securities move from person to person. In order to promote
dematerialisation, the regulator has been promoting settlement in demat form in a phased
manner in an ever-increasing number of securities. The stamp duty on transfer of demat
securities has been waived. There are two depositories in India, viz. NSDL and CDSL. They
have been set up to provide instantaneous electronic transfer of securities. At the end of
March 2004, the number of companies connected to NSDL and CDSL were 5,212 and 4,720,
respectively. The number of dematerialised securities increased to 97.7 billion at the end of
March 2004 from 76.9 billion as of end March 2003. As on the same date, the value of
dematerialsied securities was Rs. 10,701 billion and the number of investor accounts was
5,832,552. All actively traded scrips are held, traded and settled in demat form. Demat settlement
accounts for over 99% of turnover settled by delivery. This has almost eliminated the bad
deliveries and associated problems.
To prevent physical certificates from sneaking into circulation, it has been mandatory
that all new securities issued should be compulsorily traded in dematerialised form. The
admission to a depository for dematerialisation of securities has been made a prerequisite
for making a public or rights issue or an offer for sale. It has also been made compulsory for
public listed companies making IPO of any security for Rs. 10 crore or more only in
dematerialised form.
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Risk Management: With a view to avoid any kind of market failures, the regulator/
exchanges have developed a comprehensive risk management system, which is constantly
monitored and upgraded. It encompasses capital adequacy of members, adequate margin
requirements, limits on exposure and turnover, indemnity insurance, on-line position
monitoring and automatic disablement, etc. They also administer an efficient market surveillance
system to detect and prevent price manipulations. The clearing corporation has also put in
place a system which tracks online real time client level portfolio based upfront margining.
Exchanges have set up trade/settlement guarantee funds for meeting shortages arising out of
non-fulfillment/partial fulfillment of funds obligations by the members in a settlement. As a
part of the risk management system, index based market wide circuit breakers have also been
put in place.
The anonymous electronic order book ushered in by the NSE did not permit members
to assess credit risk of the counter-party necessitated some innovation in this area. To address
this concern, NSE had set up the first clearing corporation, viz. National Securities Clearing
Corporation Ltd. (NSCCL), which commenced its operations in April 1996. The NSCCL assured
the counterparty risk of each member and guaranteed financial settlement. NSCCL established
a Settlement Guarantee Fund (SGF). The SGF provides a cushion for any residual risk and
operates like a self-insurance mechanism wherein members contribute to the Fund. In event
of failure of a trading member to meet his obligations, the fund is utilized to the extent required
for successful completion of the settlement. This has eliminated counter-party risk of trading
on the Exchange.
Investor Protection: The SEBI Act established SEBI with the primary objective of protecting
the interests of investors in securities and empowers it to achieve this objective. SEBI specifies
that the critical data should be disclosed in the specified formats regarding all the concerned
market participants. The Central Government has established a fund called Investor Education
and Protection Fund (IEPF) in October 2001 for the promotion of awareness amongst investors
and protection of the interest of investors.
DEA, DCA, the SEBI and the stock exchanges have set up investor grievance cells for
redressal of investor grievance. The exchanges maintain investor protection funds to take care
of investor claims. The DCA has also set up an investor education and protection fund for the
promotion of investors’ awareness and protection of interest of investors. All these agencies
and investor associations are organising investor education and awareness programmes. In
January 2003, SEBI launched a nation-wide Securities Market Awareness Campaign that aims
at educating investors about the risks associated with the market as well as the rights and
obligations of investors.
Globalisation: Indian securities market is getting increasingly integrated with the rest of the
world. Indian companies have been permitted to raise resources from abroad through issue of
ADRs, GDRs, FCCBs and ECBs. Further, foreign companies are allowed to tap the domestic
stock markets.
Indian companies are permitted to list their securities on foreign stock exchanges by
sponsoring ADR/GDR issues against block shareholding. NRIs and OCBs are allowed to
invest in Indian companies. FIIs have been permitted to invest in all types of securities, including
government securities. The investments by FIIs enjoy full capital account convertibility.
They can invest in a company under portfolio investment route upto 24% of the paid-up
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capital of the company. This can be increased up to the sectoral cap/statutory ceiling, as
applicable. The Indian Stock Exchanges have been permitted to set up trading terminals abroad.
The trading platform of Indian exchanges is now accessed through the Internet from anywhere
in the world.
The two-way fungibility for ADRs/GDRs has been permitted by RBI, which meant
that the investors (foreign institutional or domestic) in any company that has issued ADRs/
GDRs can freely convert the ADRs/GDRs into underlying domestic shares. They could also
reconvert the domestic shares into ADRs/GDRs, depending on the direction of price change
in the stock. This is expected to bring about an improvement in the liquidity in ADR/GDR
market and elimination of arbitrage opportunity. This will better align ADR/GDR prices and
domestic share prices of companies that have floated ADRs/GDRs.
Government Securities Market

The Government securities market has witnessed significant transformation in the 1990s.
There have been major institutional and operational changes in the government securities market.
In the primary market, securities are issued through the auction system at market related rates.
They are issued across maturities to develop a yield curve from short to long end, which is
used as a benchmark. Also, the types of bonds issued have diversified include floating
rate bonds, capital index bonds, zero coupon bonds. Further, non-competitive bids are accepted
from retail investors in order to widen investor base. The reforms in the secondary market
include setting up a system of primary dealers, who provide with two way quotes for transactions
in securities, setting up of Clearing Corporation of India as the central clearing agency wherein
Delivery versus Payment system is used for settlement, and negotiated dealing screen for
reporting of all the trades. Further, to facilitate retail investors to invest in Government securities,
RBI permitted select entities to provide custody (Constituent SGL) accounts. Other measures
include abolition of TDS on government securities and stamp duty on transfer of demat
debt securities.
Market Infrastructure: As part of the ongoing ef forts to build debt market
infrastructure, two new systems/set-up have been made operational the Negotiated Dealing
System (NDS) and the Clearing Corporation of India Limited (CCIL). NDS, interalia, facilitates
screen based negotiated dealing for secondary market transactions in government securities
and money market instruments, online reporting of transactions and dissemination of trade
information to the market. Government Securities (including T-bills), call money, notice/
term money, repos in eligible securities, Commercial Papers and Certificate of Deposits are
available for negotiated dealing through NDS among the members. Initially, the settlement of
trades was carried out on individually, that is, irrespective of couterparties each trade was
settled separately. Further, there was no central agency to guarantee the trades. Therefore, the
CCIL was set up to facilitate settlement using the higher versions of Delivery versus Payment
mechanism. It began by settling the securities on gross basis and settlement of funds on net
basis. Subsequently, both the securities and funds are settled on net basis. It, also, acts as a
central counterparty for clearing and settlement of government securities transactions done
on NDS.
The major reforms planned include strengthening and modernising legislative framework
through a Government Securities Act and switching over to order-driven screen based trading
in Government securities on the stock exchanges.
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Research in Securities Market

In order to deepen the understanding and to assist in policy-making, SEBI has been promoting
high quality research in the Indian capital market. Its monthly bulletin carries research articles
pertaining to issues in the capital market. In order to improve market efficiency further
and to set international benchmarks in the securities industry, NSE administers a scheme
called the NSE Research Initiative. The objective of this initiative is to foster research to
better design market microstructure. The NSE Research Initiative has so far come out with
32 Working Papers.
Testing and Certification

With a view to improve the quality of intermediation, a system of testing and certification has
been used in some of the developed and developing markets. This ensures that a person dealing
with financial products has a minimum knowledge about them, the markets and regulations. As
a result, not only the intermediaries benefit due to the improvement in the quality of their
services, but also the career prospectus of the certified professionals is better. Thus, the
confidence of the investors in the market increases.
NSE has evolved a testing and certification mechanism known as the National Stock
Exchange’s Certification in Financial Markets (NCFM). It is an on-line fully automated
nation-wide testing and certification system. The entire process in NCFM from generation of
question paper, invigilation, testing, assessing, scores reporting and certifying is fully automated.
It tests practical knowledge and skills, that are required to operate in financial markets.
A certificate is awarded to those personnel who qualify the tests, which indicates that they
have a proper understanding of the market and skills to service different constituents of the
market. It offers nine securities market related modules.
As such, the reforms in the securities market are far from complete. At the same time,
the reforms undertaken so far have aimed at improving the operational and informational
efficiency in the market by enabling the participants to carry out transactions in a cost
effective manner and providing them with full, relevant and accurate information in time.
A number of checks and balances have been set up to protect investors, enhance their confidence
and avoid systemic failure of the market. As a result of these reforms, the market design has
changed drastically. Today the Indian securities market bears a look which is absolutely different
from what they were 10 years ago or what they will be 10 years hence.
International Initiatives
As a result of the reforms pursued during the past decade, there have been substantial changes
in the operations of the securities market, institutions and the regulatory framework. However,
there is still scope for improving the system as a whole. While charting the agenda for future, it
would be worthwhile to review the international initiatives in the form of standards/guidelines/
recommendations.
Principles of Securities Regulation

In February 2002, IOSCO released a new version of the Objectives and Principles of Securities
Regulation, and a technical document titled “Assessment methodology for Recommendations
for Securities Settlement Systems”. These provided advice and a yardstick against which the
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progress made towards effective regulation would be measured. IOSCO members, including
SEBI, have endorsed these principles and within their jurisdiction intend to adhere to these
principles. The principles are listed below:
Regulator
1. The responsibilities of the regulator should be clear and objectively stated. This requires
a clear definition of responsibilities, preferably set out by law; strong cooperation among
responsible authorities through appropriate channels. In addition, there should be adequate
legal protection for the regulators and their staff acting in bona fide discharge of their
functions and powers. Any division of responsibility should avoid gaps and inequities in
regulation.
2. The regulator should be operationally independent and accountable in the exercise of its
functions and powers. Independence is enhanced by a stable source of funding for the
regulator. The regulator should operate independent of sectoral interests. Nevertheless, a
system of public accountability of the regulator and a system permitting the judicial
review of decisions of the regulator should be in place.
3. The regulator should have adequate powers, proper resources and the capacity to
perform its function and exercise its powers. The regulator should have powers of
licensing, supervision, inspection, investigation and enforcement and also access to
adequate funding.
4. The regulator should adopt clear and consistent regulatory processes. The regulator should
have a process for consultation with the public by openly disclosing its policies. It should
observe standards of procedural fairness and have regard to the cost of compliance with
the regulations. It should also play an active role in the education of investors and other
participants in the capital market.
5. The staff of the regulator should observe the highest professional standards, including
appropriate standards of confidentiality. They should be given clear guidance on conduct
relating to conflict of interest, appropriate use of information obtained in the course of
duty, observance of confidentiality and secrecy provisions, observance of procedural
fairness, etc.
Self-Regulation
6. The regulatory regime should make appropriate use of self-regulatory organisations (SROs)
that exercise some direct oversight responsibility in their areas of competence. SROs
should undertake those regulatory responsibilities to the extent of their size and complexity
of the markets.
7. SROs should be subject to the oversight of the regulator and should observe standards
of fairness and confidentiality while exercising powers and responsibilities. The regulator
must ensure that no conflict of interest arises because of SRO’s access to valuable
information about market participants. The conflict may be acute when SRO is responsible
both for supervision of its members and regulation of the market sector. If the powers
of a SRO are inadequate to address a particular misconduct or conflict of interest, then
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the regulator should take over the responsibility. SROs should also follow similar
professional standards as expected of the regulator.
Enforcement of Securities Regulation

8. The regulator should have comprehensive inspection, investigation and surveillance powers.
It should have the power to seek information, or to carry out inspections of business
operations to ensure compliance with relevant standards.
9. The regulator should have comprehensive enforcement powers, including regulatory and
investigative powers. It should be able to obtain data/information, to impose administrative
sanctions and/or seek orders from court, to initiate or refer matters for criminal
prosecution, to suspend trading in securities, to enter into enforceable settlements etc. It
is, however, not necessary that all aspects of enforcement of securities law be given to a
single body.
10. The regulatory system should ensure that an effective and credible use of inspection,
investigation, surveillance and enforcement powers is made. The powers of regulator
should be sufficient to ensure its effectiveness in cases of cross border misconduct.
The regulator should require market intermediaries to have in place policies and procedures
to prevent use of their business as a vehicle for money laundering.
Co-operation in Regulation
11. The regulator should have authority to share both public and non-public information
with domestic and foreign counterparts.
12. Regulators should establish information sharing mechanisms that set out when and how
they will share both public and non-public information with their domestic and foreign
counterparts.
13. The regulatory system should allow for assistance to be provided to foreign regulators,
who need to make inquiries in the discharge of their functions and exercise of their
powers. There should be arrangements, which identifies the circumstances under which
such assistance may be sought, identification of the types of information and assistance
that can be provided, safeguards of confidentiality of information transmitted, and a
description of permitted uses of information.
Issuers
14. There should be full, timely and accurate disclosure of financial results and other
information, which may impact the investors’ decisions. Disclosures should be clear,
reasonably specific and timely.
15. Holders of securities in a company should be treated in a fair and equitable

manner.
16. Accounting and auditing standards should be of a high and internationally acceptable
quality.
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Collective Investment Schemes

17. The regulatory system should set standards for the eligibility for those who wish to market
or operate a collective investment scheme. The criteria may include honesty and integrity
of the operator, competence to carry out the functions and duties of a scheme operator,
financial capacity, internal management procedures, etc.
18. The regulatory system should provide for rules governing the legal form, structure of
collective investment schemes and protection of client assets.
19. Regulation should require disclosure, which is necessary to evaluate the suitability of a
collective investment scheme for a particular investor and the value of the investor’s
interest in the scheme.
20. Regulation should ensure that there is a proper and disclosed basis for assets valuation,
the pricing and the redemption of units in a collective investment scheme.
Market Intermediaries
21. Regulation should provide for minimum entry standards for market intermediaries.
It should reduce the risk to investors caused by negligent or illegal behaviour or inadequate
capital. The licensing process should require a comprehensive assessment of the applicant
and the licensing authority should have the power to withdraw or suspend the license.
The regulator should ensure that the public has access to relevant information concerning
the licensee.
22. There should be initial and on going capital and prudential requirements for market
intermediaries to cover the risks that the intermediaries undertake. The regulations should
provide for inspection, investigation, enforcement, discipline and revocation of license.
23. Market intermediaries should be required to comply with the standards. They should
conduct their operations with the aim to protect the interest of clients by undertaking
proper risk management.
24. There should be a procedure for dealing with the failure of a market intermediary in
order to minimise damage and loss to investors and to contain systemic risk.
Secondary Market
25. The establishment of trading systems should be subject to regulatory authorisation and
oversight. The relevant factors for authorisation could be operator’s competence, admission
of products to trading, admission of participants to trading, provision of trading
information, etc.
26. There should be ongoing regulatory supervision of exchanges and trading systems,
which should aim to ensure that the integrity is maintained through fair and equitable
rules that strike an appropriate balance between the demands of different market
participants. Approval of trading system should be re-examined or withdrawn by the
regulator when considered necessary.
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27. Regulation should promote transparency of trading.
28. Regulation should be designed to detect and deter market manipulation and other
unfair trading practices. The regulation should prohibit misleading conduct, insider trading
and other fraudulent or deceptive conduct which may distort price discovery system,
distort prices and unfairly disadvantage investors. These may be addressed by direct
surveillance, inspection, reporting, product design requirements, position limits, market
halts, etc.
29. Regulation should aim to ensure the proper management of large exposures, default risk
and market disruption.
30. Systems for clearing and settlement of securities should be subject to regulatory
oversight. They should be designed in a fair, effective and efficient manner and reduce
systemic risk.
A comparison of these principles and the regulations in the Indian Securities Market
indicates that India has almost complied with all thirty principles.
Recommendations for Securities Settlement Systems

The 19 recommendations of BIS-IOSCO cover legal risk, pre-settlement risk, settlement risk,
operational risk and other issues relating to securities settlement system. India’s readiness
vis-à-vis BIS-IOSCO principles have been discussed in detail in Chapter 5. The
19 recommendations are discussed below:
Legal risk
1. Legal framework: Securities settlement systems should have a well-founded, clear and
transparent legal basis in the relevant jurisdictions.
Pre-settlement risk
2. Trade confirmation: Confirmation of trades between direct market participants should
occur as soon as possible after trade execution, but no later than trade date (T+0). If
confirmation of trades by indirect market participants (such as institutional investors) is
required, then it should occur as soon as possible after trade execution, preferably on
T+0, but no later than T+1.
3. Settlement cycles: Rolling settlement should be adopted in all the securities markets.
Final settlement should occur no later than T+3. The benefits and costs of a settlement
cycle shorter than T+3 should be evaluated.
4. Central counterparties (CCPs): The benefits and costs of a CCP should be evaluated.
Where such a mechanism is introduced, the CCP should rigorously control the risks it
assumes.
5. Securities lending: Securities lending and borrowing (or repurchase agreements and
other economically equivalent transactions) should be encouraged as a method for
expediting the settlement of securities transactions.
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Settlement risk
6. Central securities depositories (CSDs): Securities should be immobilised
or dematerialised and transferred by book entry in CSDs to the greatest extent
possible.
7. Delivery versus payment (DVP): CSDs should eliminate principal risk by

linking securities transfers to funds transfers in a way that achieves delivery versus
payment.
8. Timing of settlement finality: Final settlement should occur not later than the end of
the settlement day. Intraday or real-time finality should be provided where necessary to
reduce risks.
9. CSD risk control system to address participants’ failures to settle: CSDs that extend
intraday credit to participants and that operate net settlement systems, should institute
risk controls. To ensure that timely settlement is made even if the participant with the
largest payment obligation is unable to settle. The most reliable set of controls is a
combination of collateral requirements and limits.
10. Cash settlement assets: Assets used to settle the ultimate payment obligations arising
from securities transactions should carry little or no credit or liquidity risk. Efforts must
be taken to protect CSD members from potential losses and liquidity pressures which
may arise due to faulty assets used for that purpose.
Operational risk
11. Operational reliability: the sources of operational risk in the clearing and settlement
process should be identified and minimised through an appropriate systems of controls
and procedures. Systems should be reliable and secure. Contingency plans and backup
facilities should be established to allow for timely recovery of operations and completion
of the settlement process.
Custody risk
12. Protection of customers’ securities: Entities holding securities in custody should employ
accounting practices and safekeeping procedures that fully protect customers’ securities.
It is essential that customers’ securities be protected against the claims of a custodian’s
creditors.
Other issues
13. Governance: Governance arrangements for CSDs and CCPs should be designed
to fulfill public interest requirements and to promote the objectives of owners
and users.
14. Access: CSDs and CCPs should have objective and publicly disclosed criteria for
participation that permit fair and open access.
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15. Efficiency: While maintaining safe and secure operations, securities settlement systems
should be cost-effective in meeting the requirements of users.
16. Communication procedures and standards: Securities settlement systems should use
or accommodate the relevant international communication procedures and standards in
order to facilitate efficient settlement of cross-border transactions.
17. Transparency: CSDs and CCPs should provide market participants with sufficient
information for them to identify and evaluate accurately the risks and costs associated
with using their services.
18. Regulation and oversight: Securities settlement systems should be subject to transparent
and effective regulation and oversight. Central banks and securities regulators should
cooperate with each other and with other relevant authorities.
19. Risks in cross-border links: CSDs that establish links to settle cross-border trades should
design and operate such links to reduce effectively the risks associated with cross-border
settlements.
World Federation of Exchanges Trading Survey 2002

The World Federation of Exchanges conducted a survey in 2002 on trading practices at major
stock exchanges. This survey was conducted by Professor Maureen O’Hara of Cornell University.
The report was released in March 2003. The survey covered 42 Exchanges and focussed on
6 operational areas: trading platform, traded products, orders and order routing mechanism,
execution, transparency, information.
Trading Platform: The study found that electronic systems prevail and are typically order
driven. 32 Exchanges have order driven system and only 2 stock exchanges have a floor system.
14 Exchanges have introduced new trading platform in the past 12 months and 15 are planning
to do so in next 12 months. About 86% of Exchanges have platforms that include stock watch
or real time error alerts. About 88% of Exchanges have backup systems in place that are fully
redundant.
Trading Products: The study found that 33 exchanges reported negative to flat value growth
over the last year but the growth of derivatives has been stronger. The study also found a
significant growth in Exchange Traded Funds.
Order and Order Routing: The study found that 12% of the Exchanges have the system that
gives direct access for order routing and straight through processing is in place (55%).
Execution: The execution quality has generally improved with the electronic system in place in
most of the Exchanges. The study found that 49% of exchanges offer automatic execution of
small orders and 71% offer opportunities for price improvement. The time taken to process
the order is typically less than a second.
Transparency and Information: The survey indicated that global markets are becoming more
and more transparent. The majority of exchanges disclose substantial market information and
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disseminate them through a variety of ways: 90% through data feed, 74% through internet,
69% through trading system, 36% through special information system and 7% through
satellite. The depths of all prices is displayed by 57% of exchanges, another 26% display
depth for specific price levels and 17% allow indicative quotes to be disclosed.
Other Issues: The survey finds that 76% of the Exchanges reported operating within a
self-regulatory framework. The regulatory functions are handled internally in 40% of exchanges,
by a separate non-governmental entity for 14%. While Government regulator handles 21%,
38% are handled jointly with a regulatory agency.
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27 Primary Market ISMR
Primary Market
Introduction
The primary market plays an important role in the securities market by forming a link between
the savings and investments. It is through this market that the borrower’s viz., the Government
and the corporates issue securities in which the investors deploy their savings. The primary
market comprises, the public issues and the private placement market. A public issue consists
of a company entering the market to raise funds from all types of investors; its debut is known
as the initial public offer (IPO). In case of private placement, there are only a few select
subscribers to the issue. The securities can be issued at a face value, or at a discount/premium;
they may take a variety of forms such as equity, debt or some hybrid instrument. Apart from
raising funds in domestic markets, resources are mobilized in international markets through
the issuance of American Depository Receipts (ADRs)/Global Depository Receipts (GDRs)
and External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) route. This chapter presents developments in
primary market for corporate securities in India, both equity
and debt, while the primary market for government securities is discussed separately in
Chapter 6.
After a long period of subdued activity, there were signs of revival in the public issues in
2003-04. This was due to the offers made by quality issuers evoking buoyant investors’ interest
(Table 2-1). In the private placement market, the SEBI, for the first time, imposed
Table 2-1: Resource Mobilisation by Government and Corporate Sector
(Rs. mn.)
Issues 2002-03 2003-04
Corporate Securities 752,411 695,030
Domestic Issues 718,147 664,050
Public Issues 48,667 71,900
Non-Govt. Public Companies 18,777 32,100
PSU Bonds — —
Govt. Companies — 1,000
Banks & FIs 29,890 38,800
Private Placement 669,480 592,150
Euro Issues 34,264 30,980
Government Securities 1,819,790 1,981,570
Central Government 1,511,260 1,476,360
State Governments 308,530 505,210
Total 2,572,201 2,676,600
Source: RBI Annual Report.
stringent disclosure norms in September 2003. As a result, the resources mobilised by

non-government entities fell from 88% in 2002-03 to 85% in 2003-04. The public issues mobilised
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Rs. 71,900 million during this year. Further, the resources raised by Indian corporates from the
international capital market through the issuance of FCCBs, GDRs and ADRs have declined
marginally during 2003-04. With a view to integrate the Indian capital market, the foreign
companies have been allowed to access the Indian capital market through Indian Depository
Receipts (IDR) (discussed in detail in chapter 4).
Policy Developments
In order to refine the primary market design and boost the waning investors’ confidence,
various measures have been taken by the Government, RBI and SEBI. This section throws
light on the policy measures initiated during the financial year 2003-04 and till June 2004.
I. DIP Guidelines
Given the SEBI’s commitment to protect the investors’ interests and to increase the transparency
and efficiency of the primary market, stringent disclosure and eligibility norms have been
issued. Further, various operational procedures for the issuers have been simplified to facilitate
smooth mobilization of resources. In this regard, SEBI has set up various committees, which
constantly review the guidelines; subsequently, SEBI has amended the SEBI (Disclosure and
Investor Protection) Guidelines, 2000 as enumerated below:
Eligibility Norms
• An unlisted company may make an initial public offering (IPO) of equity shares or any
other security, which may be converted into or exchanged with equity shares at a later
date. Provided, it has a track record of profitability, and meets the conditions of net
worth, net tangible assets etc. as specified in the guidelines.
• An unlisted company not complying with any of the above conditions may still make an
IPO, if it meets the conditions: (a)(i) The issue is made through the book-building process,
with at least 50% of the issue size being allotted to the Qualified Institutional Buyers
(QIBs). Failing which the full subscription money have to be refunded OR (a)(ii) The
“project” has at least 15% participation by Financial Institutions/Scheduled Commercial
Banks, of which at least 10% comes from the appraiser(s). In addition, at least 10% of
the issue size is to be allotted to QIBs, otherwise, the full subscription monies is to be
refunded AND (b)(i) The minimum post-issue face value capital of the company has to
be Rs. 10 crore OR (b)(ii) There should be a compulsory market-making for at least 2
years from the date of listing of the shares subject to certain conditions as specified in
the guidelines.
• A listed company is eligible to make a public offer of equity shares or any other security
which is convertible into equity shares. But, the aggregate issue size of the proposed
issue along with all the previous issues made during the same financial year should not
exceed 5 times its pre-issue net worth as per the audited balance sheet of the last financial
year. If the name of the company has been changed in the last one year, then the
revenue accounted for by the activity suggested by the new name should not be less
than 50% of its total revenue in the preceding one full-year period.
• No company can make a public or rights issue of debt instruments (whether convertible
or not), unless the following conditions are satisfied: (i) Credit rating of not less than
investment grade is obtained from not less than two SEBI registered credit rating agencies.
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(ii) Company should not be in the list of willful defaulters of RBI. They should not have
defaulted payment of interest or repayment of principal, if any, for a period of more
than 6 months.
• An issuer company should not allot non-convertible debt instrument pursuant to a public
issue, if the proposed allottees are less than fifty. In such a case, the company should
forthwith refund the entire subscription amount received, a delay beyond 8 days attracts
a penal charge of 15% per annum.
Promoters Contribution and Lock-in
• Prior to an IPO, the shares held by the persons other than the promoters, which are
locked in may be transferred to any other person holding shares. This should be subjected
to continuation of lock-in in the hands of transferees for the remaining period and
compliance with the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations,
1997.
• Shares held by promoter(s), which are locked-in, may be transferred to and amongst
promoter/promoter group or to a new promoter or persons in control of the company.
Provided the lock-in of shares in the hands of transferees for the remaining period
remains. They should also comply with the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and
Takeovers) Regulations, 1997.
Preferential Issues
• As in case of equity shares, the transfer of the locked in preference shares/instruments is
subject to the same norms and comply with SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and
Takeovers) Regulations, 1997.
• The lock-in period in respect of the shares issued on preferential basis pursuant to a
scheme approved under Corporate Debt Restructuring framework should commence
from the date of allotment. The lock-in period should continue for a period of one
year. In case of partly paid up shares the lock-in period should commence from the date
of allotment and continue for a period of one year from the date when shares become
fully paid up.
• Unless the entire shareholding is held in dematerialized form, no listed company is
permitted to make preferential issue of equity shares, warrants, Partly Convertible
Debentures (PCDs), Fully Convertible Debentures (FCDs) or any other financial
instruments convertible into or exchanged with equity shares at a later date.
• In case of the shares, warrants, PCDs, FCDs or any other financial instruments convertible
into equity shares, which are issued on preferential basis, the entire pre-preferential
allotment shareholding should be under lock-in. The lock-in period shall start from the
relevant date up to a period of six months from the date of preferential allotment. In
addition, the shareholders, who have sold their shares during the six months period
prior to the relevant date, would not be eligible for allotment of shares on preferential
basis.
Designated Stock Exchange
Following the withdrawal of the concept of a regional stock exchange, companies have to
choose one stock exchanges as a designated stock exchange for the purpose of finalization of
the basis of allotment.
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Book Building Guidelines

• The issuer company should enter into an agreement with one or more stock exchange(s),
which have the requisite system to offer on-line securities. The agreement should specify
the rights, duties, responsibilities and obligations of the company and the stock
exchange(s). The agreement should also provide for a dispute resolution mechanism
between them.
• The freedom is given to the issuer company to list the securities on any other exchange
and not necessarily on the exchange through which the company has offered the securities.
• The book runner(s)/syndicate members should appoint SEBI registered brokers to accept
bids, applications and placing orders with the company. The appointed brokers should be
financially capable of honouring their commitments arising out of defaults of their clients/
investors, if any.
• The company should pay the broker/s a commission/fee for the services rendered.
The brokers’ are not allowed to levy a service fee on his clients/investors for his
services.
• If the offer is through 100% book building process, then the following rules apply:
(a) not less than 25% of the net offer should be made to retail individual investors;
(b) not less than 25% of the net offer to non-institutional investors i.e. other than retail
individual investors and QIBs; (c) not more than 50% of the net offer for QIBs.
• If 75% of the net offer is through book building process and 25% at the price determined
through book building, then — (a) in the book built portion, not less than 25% and not
more than 50% of the net offer should be available for allocation to non QIBs; (b) the
balance 25%, offered at a price determined through book building, should be available
only to retail individual investors. They will be either those who have not participated
or have not received any allocation, in the book built portion. It is mandatory that 50%
of the issue size is allotted to the QIBs.
Pricing of Issues
For an IPO by an unlisted company, if the issue price is Rs. 500 or more, the issuer company
has the discretion to fix the face value below Rs. 10 per share subject to a lower limit of not
less than Re. 1 per share. In case the issue price is below Rs. 500 per share, the face value ought
to be Rs. 10 per share. The face value of shares should be disclosed in the advertisements and
offer documents.
Post Issue Obligations
The allotment of shares should be on a proportionate basis within the specified categories,
rounded off to the nearest integer. This will be subject to a minimum allotment being equal
to the minimum application size as fixed and disclosed in the offer document.
Green Shoe Option
An issuer company making a public offer of equity shares can avail of the Green Shoe Option
(GSO) for stabilising post listing of its shares, subject to certain provisions in the guidelines
such as:
• A company desirous of availing the option should seek authorization in the general meeting
for allotment of the additional shares to the ‘stabilising agent’ (SA) at the end of the
stabilisation period.
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• The company should appoint one of the merchant bankers or book runners, as the SA.
They will be responsible for the price stabilisation process, if required. Prior to filing of
offer document with SEBI, the SA should enter into an agreement with the issuer
company clearly stating all the terms and conditions relating to this option including
fees charged/expenses to be incurred.
• The SA should also enter into an agreement with the promoter(s) or pre-issue shareholders
who will lend their shares. The agreement should specify the maximum number of
shares that may be borrowed from the promoters or the shareholders which should not
be in excess of 15% of the total issue size.
• The allocation of these shares should be on pro-rata basis to all the applicants. The
stabilisation mechanism should be available for not more than 30 days from the date
when trading is permitted on the exchange(s).
• The promoters and pre-issue shareholders, of both unlisted and listed company, holding
more than 5% shares should lend the shares for the purpose of GSO.
Contents of Offer Document

The draft offer document and the final offer document should be approved by the Board of
Directors and signed by all the Directors (including the managing director), Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer. They should also certify that all the disclosures made in
the offer document are true and correct.
• Some of the pertinent information have to be disclosed irrespective of the issue prices
viz., Earnings per share, EPS pre-issue for the last three years, P/E pre-issue, average
return on net worth in the last 3 years, minimum return on increased net worth required
to maintain pre-issue EPS, NAV per share based on last balance sheet, NAV per share
after issue and comparison thereof with the issue price, comparison of all the accounting
ratios of the issuer company. However, the projected earnings should not be used as a
justification for the issue price in the offer document. Further, the accounting ratios
disclosed in the offer documents in support of the issue price should be calculated after
giving effect to the consequent increase in capital on account of compulsory conversions
outstanding as well as on the assumption that the options outstanding, if any, to subscribe
for additional capital will be exercised.
Guidelines for Issue of Advertisements

Every time the issue is advertised on television screen, the risk factors should not be scrolled
on the screen, but the advertisement should advise the viewers to refer to the red herring
prospectus or other offer document for details.
Miscellaneous
• The Board should provide exemptions regarding any particular provision(s) of these
guidelines viz., (i) on an application made by any listed company or intermediary
connected with the issue, (ii) of a technical violation or a possible violation, or (iii) on
being satisfied that the violation was caused or may be caused due to factors beyond the
control of the applicant.
• The minimum application value should be within the range of Rs. 5,000 to Rs. 7,000 and
in multiples thereof.
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• In a public issue by a listed company, the reservations can be made for the shareholders,
who hold shares worth up to Rs. 50,000 on the record date, for allotment on proportionate
basis as in case of allotment in public category.
II. Debenture Trustees Regulations, 2003

SEBI amended the SEBI (Debenture Trustees) Regulations, 2003 to include the following:
(a) The capital adequacy should not be less than the networth of Rs. 1 crore, provided that
a debenture trustee, who already is registered, should fulfill the networth requirements
within two years from that date.
(b) The net worth should be monitored by the debenture trustee on a continuous basis and
inform SEBI for any shortfall in it. In such a case, they would not be entitled to
undertake new assignments until they restore the net worth to the required level within
a specified time.
(c) Debenture trustee should not relinquish its assignments unless and until another
debenture trustee is appointed in its place.
(d) No debenture trustee should act as such for any issue of debentures in case it has lent
and the loan is not yet fully repaid or is proposing to lend money to the body corporate.
However, this requirement is not applicable in respect of debentures issued prior to the
commencement of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000, where (i) recovery proceedings
in respect of the assets charged against security has been initiated, or (ii) the body
corporate has been referred to BIFR under the Sick Industrial Companies (Special
Provisions) Act, 1985, prior to commencement of the SEBI (Debenture Trustees)
(Amendment) Regulations, 2003.
III. Unlisted Public Companies (Preferential Allotment) Rules, 2003

The Unlisted Public Companies (Preferential Allotment) Rules, 2003, which came into force
w.e.f. December 4, 2003, are applicable to all unlisted public companies issuing equity shares,
FCDs, PCDs or any other financial instruments, which would be convertible or exchanged
with equity shares. It states that no issue of shares on a preferential basis can be made by a
company unless authorized by its articles of association and unless a special resolution is passed
by the members in a General Meeting. The special resolution should be acted upon within a
period of 12 months. In case, if warrants are issued on preferential basis with an option to
apply for and get the shares allotted, then the issuing company should determine in advance
the price of the resultant shares. In case of every issue of shares/warrants or any other financial
instrument with a conversion option, the statutory auditor has to certify that the issue of
securities has been done in accordance to the Rules.
Market Design
The primary market is governed by the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, which
deals with issues, listing and allotment of securities. Additionally the SEBI (Disclosure
and Investor Protection) guidelines issued under the securities law prescribes a series of eligibility
and disclosure norms to be complied by the issuer, promoter for accessing the market.
However, in this section we discuss the market design as stipulated in the SEBI (DIP)
guidelines.
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DIP Guidelines, 2000

Disclosure and Investor Protection (DIP) Guidelines of SEBI, issued in June 1992, governs
the issues of capital by Indian companies. SEBI has since then been issuing clarifications/
amendments to these guidelines from time to time, in order to streamline the public issue
process. In January 2000, a comprehensive coverage of all DIP guidelines has been made
available through a series of compendium ‘SEBI (DIP) Guidelines, 2000’. The guidelines
provide norms relating to the eligibility for companies issuing securities, pricing of issues,
listing requirements, disclosure norms, lock-in period for promoters’ contribution, contents
of offer documents, pre and post-issue obligations, among others. The guidelines apply to all
public issues, offer for sale, and rights issues by listed and unlisted companies. This
section attempts to highlight some of the important clauses in the guideline in a precise
manner.
Eligibility Norms
Any company issuing securities has to satisfy the following conditions at the time of filing the
draft offer document and the final offer document with SEBI and Registrar of Companies
(ROCs)/Designated Stock Exchange respectively.
• A company making a public issue of securities has to file a draft prospectus with SEBI,
through an eligible merchant banker, at least 21 days prior to the filing of prospectus
with the ROCs. For a rights issue, filing of offer document is mandatory where the
aggregate value of securities, including premium, if any, exceeds Rs. 50 lakh. An
application for listing of those securities with stock exchange(s) is also to be made.
Further, the company must enter into an agreement with the depository for
dematerialisation of its securities and should give an option to subscribers/shareholders/
investors to receive the security certificates either in physical or in dematerialised form.
A company cannot make an issue if the company has been prohibited from accessing
the capital market under any order or discretion passed by SEBI.
• An unlisted company can make an IPO of equity shares or any other security, which may
be converted into equity shares, only if it has a track record of profitability and required
net worth and net tangible assets. Some of the conditions are specified hereunder: (i) it
has net tangible assets of at least Rs. 3 crore in each of the preceding 3 full years, of
which not more than 50% is held in monetary assets; (ii) it has a net worth of at least
Rs. 1 crore in each of the preceding 3 full years; (iii) it has a track record of distributable
profits in terms of section 205 of the Companies Act, 1956, for at least 3 out of the
immediately preceding 5 years; (iv) the aggregate of the proposed issue and all previous
issues made in the same financial year in terms of size (offer through offer document
plus firm allotment plus promoters contribution through the offer document) does
not exceed five times its pre-issue net worth and (v) in case the company has changed its
name within the last one year, at least 50% of the revenue for the preceding one full year
is earned by the company from the activity suggested by the new name.
• Even if the above mentioned conditions are not satisfied, an unlisted company can still
make an IPO on compliance of the guidelines as specified: (a)(i) issue should be made
through the book building process with at least 50% of the issue size being allotted to
the QIBs, if not, then the full subscription monies has to be refunded, OR (a)(ii) the
project should have at least 15% participation by FIs/SCBs of which at least 10% should
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come from the appraiser. In addition, at least 10% of the issue size should be allotted to
QIBs, otherwise, the full subscription monies would be refunded; AND (b)(i) minimum
post-issue face value capital of the company should be Rs. 10 crore, OR (b)(ii) there
should be compulsory market making for at least 2 years from the date of listing subject
to certain conditions as specified in the guidelines.
• For a listed company the aggregate of the proposed issue and all previous issues made in
the same financial year in terms of issue size should not exceed 5 times its pre-issue net
worth. In case of the change in name of the issuer company within the last 1 year, the
revenue accounted for by the activity suggested by the new name should not be less
than 50% of its total revenue in the preceding one full year period.
• Infrastructure companies are exempt from the requirement of eligibility norms if their
project has been appraised by a public financial institution (PFI) or Infrastructure
Development Finance Corporation (IDFC) or Infrastructure Leasing and Financing
Services Ltd. (ILFS) or a bank which was earlier a PFI and not less than 5% of the
project cost is financed by any of the institutions referred above, jointly or individually,
by way of loan and/or subscription to equity or a combination of both.
• No public issue or rights issue of debt instruments (whether convertible or not) can be
made unless (a) it has a credit rating of not less than investment grade from not less than
two credit rating agencies registered with SEBI, all the credit ratings, including the
rejected ones, needs to be disclosed. All the credit ratings obtained during the 3 years
preceding the public or rights issue of debt instrument for any listed security of the
issuer company should also be disclosed in the offer document. (b) the company should
not feature in the list of willful defaulters of RBI (c) company has not defaulted on
payment of interest or repayment of principal of debentures issued to the public, if any
for a period more than 6 months.
Pricing of Issues
The companies, including the eligible infrastructure companies, have the freedom to price their
equity shares or any security convertible into equity in public or rights issues as the case may be.
The banks, however, can price their shares subject to the approval by the RBI. A company
(listed or unlisted) should issue shares to applicants in the firm allotment category at a different
price from the one at which the net offer to the public is made. That is, at a higher price than at
which the securities are offered to the public. A listed company making a composite issue of
capital may issue securities at differential prices in its public and rights issue. Further, an eligible
company is free to make public/rights issue of equity shares in any denomination determined
by it in accordance with sub-section (4) of section 13 of the Companies Act, 1956 and norms
as specified by SEBI from time to time.
Contribution of Promoters and lock-in

The promoters’ contribution in case of public issues by unlisted companies should not be less
than 20% of the post issue capital. In case of public issues by listed companies, promoters
should contribute to the extent of 20% of the proposed issue or should ensure post-issue
share holding to the extent of 20% of the post-issue capital. For a composite issue, the
promoters’ contribution should either be 20% of the proposed public issue or 20% of the
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post-issue capital. At least one day prior to the opening of the issue, the promoters should
bring in the full amount of the promoters contribution including premium. Except for (i)
public issue of securities which have been listed for at least 3 years and has a track record of
dividend payment for at least 3 immediate preceding years, (ii) companies wherein no
identifiable promoter or promoter group exists, and (iii) rights issues.
The minimum promoters’ contribution should be locked in for a period of 3 years in
case of all types of issues. However, if the promoters’ contribution exceeds the required
minimum, then the excess is locked in for a period of one year. The lock-in period starts
from the date of allotment in the proposed public issue and the last date of the lock-in is to
be reckoned as three years from the date of commencement of commercial production or the
date of allotment in the public issue whichever is later. In case of pre-issue share capital of
unlisted company, the entire pre-issue share capital, other than that locked in as promoters
contribution, is locked for a period of one year from the date of commencement of commercial
production or the date of allotment in the public issue, whichever is later. Securities allotted
in firm allotment basis are also locked in for a period of one year. The locked-in securities
held by promoters may be pledged only with banks or FIs as collateral security for loans
granted by such banks or FIs.
Issue Obligations
Each company issuing securities has to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with
the lead merchant banker, which specifies their mutual rights, liabilities and
obligations. The lead merchant banker has to exercise due diligence and satisfies himself
about all aspects of offering, veracity and adequacy of disclosures in the offer document.
All the other formalities like, allotment, refund and despatch of certificates are also taken
care by the lead merchant banker. The lead manager should also ensure that the issuer
company has entered into agreements with all the depositories for dematerialization of
securities. Also, the investors should be given an option to receive securities in dematerialized
form through any of the depositories. In case of under-subscription of an issue, the lead
merchant banker invokes underwriting obligations and ensures that the underwriters pay
the amount devolved. The merchant banker has to appoint a compliance officer who will
directly liaise between the Board and the issuer company with regard to compliance of
various laws, rules, regulations and other directives issued by the Board. Twenty-one days
after the draft offer document has been made public, the lead merchant banker should file
a statement with the SEBI giving a list of complaints received, a statement as to whether
it is proposed to amend the draft offer document or not, and highlighting those
amendments.
Subsequent to the post issue, the lead merchant banker should ensure that the post-issue
monitoring reports are submitted irrespective of the level of subscription. Also, the merchant
banker should be associated with allotment, refund and dispatch and also monitor the redressal
of investor grievances arising therefrom. In a public-issue, the Managing Director of the
Designated Stock Exchange along with the post issue Lead Merchant Banker and the Registrars
to the Issue would be responsible for the finalization of allotment in a fair and proper manner.
Allotment should be on proportionate basis within the specified categories rounded off to the
nearest integer subject to the minimum allotment being equal to the minimum application size
as fixed and disclosed by the issuer.
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Book Building
Book building is a price discovery mechanism. Based on the bids received at various prices
from the investors, demand is assessed and then the price of the securities is discovered.
The issuer proposing to issue capital through book building has two options, viz., 75%
book building route and 100% book building route. In case of issue of securities through the
first route, 75% of the net offer is made through book building process and 25% at the price
determined by book building. In this case not more than 50% should be available for allocation
to QIBs and not less than 25% to non-QIBs. The balance 25% should be made to the public
at the price determined through book building. In case a company makes a issue of 100% of
the net offer to public through 100% book building process, then not less than 25% should
be available for allocation to retail individual investors, not less than 25% to non-institutional
investors and not more than 50% for QIBs. Allotment to retail individual investors and non-
institutional investors are made on the basis of the proportionate allotment system within
15 days of the closure of the issue; failing of which attracts a penal charge of 15% which is
paid to the investors. In case of under subscription in any category, the unsubscribed portions
can be allocated to the bidders in other categories.
Besides, book building also requires that: issuer should provide indicative floor price and
no ceiling price, bids to remain open for at least 5 days, only electronic bidding is permitted,
bids are submitted through syndicate members, investors can bid at any price, retail investors
have option to bid at cut off price, bidding demand is displayed at the end of every day, the lead
manager analyses the demand generated and determines the issue price in consultation with
the issuer, etc.
e-IPOs
A company proposing to issue capital to public through the on-line system of the stock exchanges
has to enter into an agreement with the stock exchange(s). SEBI registered brokers should be
appointed for the purpose of accepting applications and placing orders with the company. The
issuer company should also appoint a Registrar to the Issue having electronic connectivity with
the Exchanges. The issuer company can apply for listing of its securities on any Exchange
other than the Exchange through which it has offered its securities. The lead manager co-
ordinates all the activities amongst various intermediaries connected in the
issue/system.
Credit Rating
Credit Rating Agencies (CRA) can be promoted by public financial institutions, scheduled
commercial banks, foreign banks operating in India, and by any body corporate having
continuous minimum net worth of Rs. 100 crore for the previous five years. Further, foreign
credit rating agencies having at least five years experience in rating can also operate in the
country. The SEBI (Credit Rating Agencies) Regulations, 1999 cover the rating of the securities
listed and not fixed deposits, foreign exchange, country ratings and real estates. The applicant/
promoters of a CRA should have professional competence, financial soundness and general
reputation of fairness and integrity in business transaction; they should not be involved in
any legal proceedings connected with the securities market. The CRAs are required to have a
minimum net worth of Rs. 5 crore. A CRA can not rate (i) a security issued by its promoter,
(ii) securities issued by any borrower, subsidiary, an associate promoter of CRA, if there are
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common Chairman, Directors and Employees between the CRA or its rating committee and
these entities (iii) a security issued by its associate or subsidiary if the CRA or its rating
committee share a common Chairman, Director or Employee.
For debt securities with issue size greater than or equal to Rs. 100 crore, two ratings from
different CRAs are required. The issuer should disclose in the offer documents all the ratings
it has got during the previous 3 years for any of its listed securities, irrespective of whether it
has been accepted or not. CRAs should continuously monitor the securities rated by them
and disseminate any changes in its ratings, along with its history through websites, press
releases etc.
Merchant Banking
The merchant banking activity in India is governed by SEBI (Merchant Bankers) Regulations,
1992. Consequently, all the merchant bankers have to be registered with SEBI. The details
about them are presented in the table below:
Category of Permitted Activity Net worth
Merchant (Rs. Crore)
Banker
Category I To carry on activity of the issue management, to act as adviser, consultant,
manager, underwriter, portfolio manager 5.00
Category II To act as adviser, consultant, co-manager, underwriter, portfolio manager 0.50
Category III To act as underwriter, adviser, consultant to an issue 0.20
Category IV To act only as adviser or consultant to an issue Nil
Only a corporate body other than a non-banking financial company having necessary
infrastructure, with at least two experienced persons employed can apply for registration as a
merchant banker. The applicant has to fulfill the capital adequacy requirements, with prescribed
minimum net worth. The regulations cover the code of conduct to be followed by merchant
bankers, responsibilities of lead managers, payments of fees and disclosures to SEBI. They are
required to appoint a Compliance Officer, who monitors compliance requirements of the
securities laws and is responsible for redressal of investor grievance.
Demat issues
SEBI has mandated that all new IPOs compulsorily should be traded in dematerialised form
only. Further, the section 68B of the Companies Act, 1956, requires that every listed public
company making IPO of any security for Rs. 10 crore or more should issue the same only in
dematerialised form. The investors, however, would have the option of either subscribing to
securities in physical or dematerialised form.
Private Placement
The private placement involves issue of securities, debt or equity, to selected subscribers, such
as banks, FIs, MFs and high net worth individuals. It is arranged through a merchant/
investment banker, who acts as an agent of the issuer and brings together the issuer and the
investor(s). Since these securities are allotted to a few sophisticated and experienced investors,
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the stringent public disclosure regulations and registration requirements are relaxed. The
Companies Act, 1956, states that an offer of securities to more than 50 persons is deemed to
be public issue.
Market Outcome
Public Issues
The year 2003-04 witnessed an upsurge in the primary market activity induced by a buoyant
secondary market, sharp economic recovery, and political stability. The resource mobilisation
by way of IPOs and new issues by listed companies leaped to Rs. 200,592 million in 2003-04
from Rs. 40,703 million in 2002-03. As compared with 52 total schemes in 2003-04, there were
only 26 in the previous year (Table 2-2). The share of public issues in the total resources
mobilized rose from 89% in 2002-03 to 92% in 2003-04. The mobilisation by rights issues also
witnessed a manifold increase as compared to the previous year. According to a press statement
of the Prime database (country’s premier database on primary capital market), “the turnaround
in the fortunes of the rights issues both by numbers and by amount has come about primarily
because of the steady conditions in the secondary market and drying up of the ECB market.
Companies offer shares on rights basis either to expand, diversify or simply to restructure their
balance sheets.”
Table 2-2: Resource Mobilisation from Public Issues
(Amount in Rs. mn.)
Issue 2002-03 2003-04
Number Amount Number Amount
IPOs 6 10,387 17 32,766

Issues by Listed Companies 20 30,316 35 167,826
Public Issues 8 26,004 16 150,739
Rights Issues 12 4,312 19 17,087
Total 26 40,703 52 200,592
Source: SEBI.
A significant spurt can be seen in the total resource mobilisation from the public issues as
shown in the Table 2-2. The listed companies mobilised Rs. 167,826 million through 35 issues
during 2003-04, accounting for 84% of the resources, while in 2002-03, there were 20 issues by
listed companies for Rs. 30,316 million.
During 2003-04, there were 22 mega issues (Rs. 1000 million and above) as against 12
such issues in the preceding year. The average size of an issue was Rs. 6,327 million in 2003-04
as against Rs. 4,094 million in 2002-03. There were only 2 issues below Rs. 30 million during
2003-04.
Most of the issues were made by private sector companies. Of the 52 issuers which
tapped the market in 2003-04, 34 issues where by private sector issuers. They mobilised around
19.6% of the total resources raised. The public sector companies made 18 issues mobilising
80.4% to the total resources mobilised (Table 2-3). The joint sector has not been making any
issue of capital for the past few years.
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Table 2-3: Sector-wise Distribution of Resources Mobilised

(Amount in Rs. mn)
Sector 2002-03 2003-04
Number Amount Number Amount
Private 18 18,973 34 39,342
Joint 0 — 0 —
Public 8 21,730 18 161,250
Total 26 40,703 52 200,592
Source: SEBI.
For the past few years, debentures have been pre-dominant in the public issues. However,
in 2003-04, there has been a reversal in this trend. The share of debt in resource mobilisation
through public issues decreased from 82% in 2002-03 to mere 19.53% in 2003-04 (Table 2-4).
While, the amount raised through equity issues have been the highest ever in the history so
far of the Indian capital market.
Table 2-4 Resources Mobilised through Debt and Equity
Year Percentage Share
Equity Debt
1995-96 72.39 27.61
1996-97 55.99 44.01
1997-98 41.17 58.83
1998-99 15.34 84.66
1999-00 58.41 41.59
2000-01 52.79 47.21
2001-02 16.88 83.12
2002-03 18.00 82.00
2003-04 80.47 19.53
Source: Prime Annual Report
The Banks and Financial Institutions (FIs) had assumed a dominant role in fund
mobilisation. Their offers in 2001-02 and 2002-03 were 68.16% and 84.58% respectively, however,
the year 2003-04 saw a significant fall to only 15.5% (Table 2-5). The chemical and the
Information Technology (IT) industry collectively contributed approximately 10.2% in the
resource mobilisation in 2003-04.
Table 2-5 Industry-wise Resource Mobilisation
Industry Percentage Share
2002-03 2003-04
Banking/FIs 84.58 15.48
Cement & Construction 0.75 0.00
Chemical 0.38 7.34
Entertainment 0.00 0.76
Finance 0.72 0.35
Information Technology 5.58 2.82
Paper & Pulp 0.00 0.00
Plastic 5.34 0.00
Telecom 0.00 0.00
Textile 0.00 0.24
Others 2.65 73.00
Total 100.00 100.00
Source: SEBI.
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Euro Issues
Indian companies raise resources from international markets through the issue of Foreign
Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs), GDRs and ADRs. GDRs/ADRs are similar to Indian
shares and are traded on overseas stock exchanges. In India, they are reckoned as part of
foreign direct investment and hence, need to conform to the existing FDI policy. During
2003-04, the resources mobilised through Euro issues have been lower at Rs. 30,980 million as
against Rs. 34,264 million raised during 2002-03 (Table 2-1).
Performance of IPOs
During 2003-04, eleven IPOs were listed on NSE of different sectors viz., Media and
Entertainment, Finance, Information Technology, Pharmaceuticals and Manufacturing. The
market price of almost all the IPOs appreciated quite substantially on the first day of listing/
trading itself against their issue price. The price of Indraprastha Gas Limited rose by a whopping
148.75%, followed by TV Today Networks Limited (91.74%) and UCO Bank (63.33%). For few
IPOs like Vardhaman Acrylics Limited, BAG Films Limited, Surya Pharmaceuticals Limited,
Patni Computers Systems Limited and Petronet LNG Limited, the prices depreciated by end
March 2004 (Table 2-6).
Table 2-6: Performance of IPOs Listed on NSE During April 01, 2003 to March 31, 2004
Sl. Name of Company Date of Issue Close Close Price Price

No. Listing Price Price on Price Apprecia- Apprecia-
(Rs.) first day as at end- tion/ tion/
of Trading March, Deprecia- Deprecia-
(Rs.) 2004 tion on tion upto
(Rs.) first day end-March,
of Trading 2004
(%) (%)
1. Maruti Udyog Limited 9-Jul-03 125 164.3 497.45 31.44 297.96
2. Vardhman Acrylics Limited 30-Sep-03 10 11.1 8.8 11.00 -12.00
3. UCO Bank 9-Oct-03 12 19.6 22.22 63.33 85.17
4. B.A.G. Films Limited 17-Oct-03 10 12.45 6.4 24.50 -36.00
5. Jai Balaji Sponge Limited 9-Dec-03 10 13.1 15.95 31.00 59.50
6. Indraprastha Gas Limited 26-Dec-03 48 119.4 82.9 148.75 72.71
7. TV Today Network Limited 16-Jan-04 95 182.15 133.45 91.74 40.47
8. Surya Pharmaceutical 21-Jan-04 45 52.25 37.75 16.11 -16.11
Limited
9. Patni Computer Systems 25-Feb-04 230 234.45 214.4 1.93 -6.78
Limited
10. Four Soft Limited 12-Mar-04 25 26.05 23 4.20 -8.00
11. Petronet LNG Limited 26-Mar-04 15 14.65 14.7 -2.33 -2.00
Source: NSE
As quoted in the RBI annual report 2003-04, “empirical evidence regarding the variation
of IPO share prices for the period 2001-02 to 2003-04 indicates that share prices of about 75%
IPOs improved upon listing. The variation was measured as the percentage change between
the offer price and the market price of the scrip’s after six months. Stringent entry and
disclosure norms introduced by the SEBI have had a significant impact on the quality of
issues entering the market as well as their post-listing performance”.
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Book Building through On-line IPO System

Book building is basically a process used in IPO for efficient price discovery. During the period
when the offer is open, bids are collected from investors at various prices, which are above or
equal to the floor price. The offer price is determined after the bid closing date. In its endeavor
to continuously improve the Indian securities market, NSE has offered an infrastructure for
conducting online IPOs through book building. It helps to discover price as well as demand for
the security to be issued through a process of bidding. The advantages are: a) the investor parts
with money only after the allotment, b) it eliminates refunds except in case of direct applications
and c) it reduces the time taken to process the issue. The securities get listed within 15 days
from the closure of the issue. Though the guidelines for book building were issued in 1995, it
is being also used for IPOs only from 1999. Till June 2004, 36 issuers have used this route for
making IPO issues.
Disinvestment in PSUs in India1
The terms ‘disinvestment’ and ‘privatisation’ are usually used interchangeably all over the world.
In actuality though disinvestment represents sale of government share holding in public sector
undertakings (PSUs), ‘privatisation’ is a more comprehensive concept and implies
denationalisation including transfer of management and control to private entities. The
disinvestment process in India has evolved over for more than a decade. The union budget of
1991-92 contained the first explicit statement on divestiture – the proposal to divest up to 20%
of Government equity in select PSUs. The disinvestment commission was set up in 1996 and
it recommended mainly a shift from public offerings to a strategic/trade sale with transfer of
management in respect of a number of PSUs. The broad objective of disinvestment has been
to reduce the fiscal deficit, and distribute the shares to a wider investor base. The disinvestment
from fiscal 1991-92 is given in the table below:
(Amount in Rs. crore)
Year No. of Company Target Actual

in which receipt receipts
equity sold for the year
1991-92 47 2,500 3,038

1992-93 35 2,500 1,913
1993-94 — 3,500 —
1994-95 13 4,000 4,843
1995-96 5 7,000 361
1996-97 1 5,000 380
1997-98 1 4,800 902
1998-99 5 5,000 5,371
1999-00 4 10,000 1,860
2000-01 4 10,000 1,871
2001-02 9 12,000 5,632
2002-03 6 12,000 3,348
2003-04 9 13,200 15,547
Source: Department of Disinvestment, Govt. of India (www.divest.nic.in)
Disinvestment through the capital market route is most preferred route these days as it
has certain advantages over the strategic sale route e.g. (a) increases public ownership;
(b) helps in better price discovery. This can be affirmed by the success of the companies which
1
References: Ministry of Disinvestment website (www.divest.nic.in), Government of India and RBI Annual Report.
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went for disinvestment through this route in 2003-04 viz., Maruti Udyog Limited, Indian
Petrochemicals Corporation Limited, Gas Authority of India Limited, Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation, CMC, IBP, ICI and DRDG.
Debt Issues
Government and corporate sector collectively raised a total of Rs. 2,509,089 million from
primary market during 2003-04. About 78.97% has been raised by the Government, while the
balance by the corporate sector through public issues and private placement (Table 2-7).
Table 2-7: Resources Raised from Debt Markets
(Rs. mn.)
Issuer 2002-03 2003-04
Corporate 531,166 527,519
Public Issues 46,930 43,240
Private Placement* 484,236 484,279
Government 1,819,790 1,981,570
Total 2,350,956 2,509,089
* Only debt placements with a tenor and put/call option of 1 year or more.
Source: Prime Database (for corporate debt) & RBI (for Government debt).
Private Placement of Debt

According to Prime Database estimates, a total of 140 issuers (institutional and corporates)
raised Rs. 484,279 million through 364 privately placed issues in 2003-04. 188 issues out of 364
were made by the public sector units, which together mobilised 87% of the total. The amount
raised through the private placement of debt issues have been on an increasing trend over the
past few years (Chart 2-1).
Mostly, debt securities were privately placed. Though, there were some instances of
private placements of equity shares, there is no comprehensive data coverage of this. The two
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sources of information regarding private placement market in India are Prime Database and
RBI. The former data set, however, pertains exclusively to debt issues. RBI data, which is
compiled from information gathered from arrangers, covers equity private placements also.
RBI estimates the share of equity in total private placements as rather insignificant. Some
idea, however, can be derived from the equity shares issued by NSE-listed companies on
private placement basis. A total of 20 companies listed on NSE privately placed equities,
mobilising around Rs. 8,536 million during 2003-04 (Annexure 2-1).
Of the 364 debt private placements, 188 (52%) were from the government/banking
sector that together mobilised 87% of the total amount mobilised. The All India Financial
Institutions (AIFIs) & Banks continued to top the list with 52.3% (Rs. 253,088 million),
followed by the State Level Undertakings with 13.5% share (Rs. 65,642 million) (Table 2-8 and
Chart 2-2). The top ‘10’ issuers accounted for 41.2% of total private placement during
2003-04.
Table 2-8: Issuer-wise Distribution of Private Placement of Debt
Issuer Issue Amount % of Issue Amount
(Rs. mn.)
2002-03 2003-04 2002-03 2003-04
All India Financial Institutions/Banks 173,687 253,088 35.87 52.26
State Financial Institutions 38665.2 42,084 7.98 8.69
Public Sector Undertakings 125,491 58,809 25.92 12.14
State Level Undertakings 43,894 65,642 9.06 13.55
Private Sector 102,498 64,656 21.17 13.35
Total 484,236 484,279 100.00 100.00
Source: Prime Database.
Sectoral distribution shows that the financial sector continued to dominate the private
placement market, raising 67% in 2003-04 followed by power sector, which accounted for 17%
during the year (Table 2-9).
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Table 2-9: Sectoral Distribution of Resources Mobilised by Private Placement

(In per cent)
Sector 2002-03 2003-04
Financial 50 67
Power 16 17
Water Resources 3 5
Telecommunications 1 1
Others 30 10
Total 100 100
The maturity profile of issues in the private placement market ranged between 12 months
to 180 months during 2003-04. The largest number of placements was for 36 months and
120 months. A total of 65 offers had a put option, while 69 offers had a call option.
Unlike public issues of bonds, it is not mandatory for corporates issuing bonds in the
private placement market to obtain and disclose credit rating from an approved credit rating
agency. Rating is, however, required for listing. Of the 364 debt private placement deals
during 2003-04, 328 issues (90%) went for rating and 36 did not get rated.
Private placement accounted for 68.6% of total resources mobilised by the corporate
sector from the primary market (Table 2-10). The corresponding share of public issues was a
meager 25.3%.
Table 2-10: Resources Raised by Corporate Sector
(Amount in Rs. mn.)
Year Public Debt Issues Total Share (%) of Private Share (%)
Equity Public Private Total Resource placement of Debt
Issues Issues Place- (3+4) Mobilisation Total Total in Total
ments* (2+5) Debt Resource Resource
(4/5*100) Mobilisation Mobilisation
(4/6*100) (5/6*100)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1995-96 88,820 29,400 100,350 129,750 218,570 77.34 45.91 59.36
1996-97 46,710 69,770 183,910 253,680 300,390 72.50 61.22 84.45
1997-98 11,320 19,290 309,830 329,120 340,450 94.14 91.01 96.67
1998-99 5,040 74,070 387,480 461,550 466,580 83.95 83.05 98.92
1999-00 29,750 46,980 547,010 593,990 623,740 92.09 87.70 95.23
2000-01 24,790 41,390 524,335 565,725 590,520 92.68 88.79 95.80
2001-02 10,820 53,410 462,200 515,610 526,430 89.64 87.80 97.94
2002-03 10,390 46,930 484,236 531,166 541,556 91.16 89.42 98.08
2003-04 178,210 43,240 484,279 527,519 705,729 91.80 68.62 74.75
*Data from 2000-01 onwards include only issues with a tenor and put/call option of 1 year or more, while data for
earlier years include all privately placed debt issues irrespective of tenor.
Corporate Debt
During 2003-04, the corporates raised a total of Rs. 527,519 million through debt issues, of
which Rs. 484,279 million through private placement and Rs. 43,240 million through public
issues. The privately placed debt issues make up a bulk of total debt issuances by accounting
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for 91.8%. The share of debt in total collection had been increasing consistently over the years
but witnessed a reversal in the trend and stood at 74.8% in 2003-04 (Table 2-10).
International Scenario
The much talked about ‘Google IPO’ has made a history in the international primary market by
auctioning the securities to the retail investors and keeping investment bankers out of the
whole process. Nevertheless, there were few such instances before, but they were unable to
attract the investors community so significantly. Though, Google faced with criticism from
all quarters, its IPO managed to pull through successful, this is expected to rewrite IPO rules
in the US.
Most of the exchanges world-wide have indicated an increase in the capital raised in the
year 2003 as compared with the previous year. Annexure 2-2 indicates region-wise mobilisation
through IPO and capital increased by already listed companies.
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Annexure 2-1: Details of Private Placement Issues by NSE-listed Companies during the period April 1, 2003
to March 31, 2004 and listed on the Capital Market segment of the Exchange
Sl. Name of Company Number of Funds Raised Face Value Issue Price Close Price as
No. Securities (Rs. lakh) (Rs.) (Rs.) end-March
2004 (Rs.)
1. Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. 1,050,000 2,373 10 226.00 374.6
2. Usha Beltron Ltd. 5,264,727 1,737 5 33.00 37.80
3. Usha Beltron Ltd. 5,345,455 1,764 5 33.00 37.80
4. The Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd. 10,000,000 1,000 10 10.00 24.50
5. Padmalaya Telefilms Ltd. 2,000,000 2,844 10 142.20 56.05
6. UTI Bank Ltd. 38,362,834 16,400 10 42.75 148.65
7. Nuchem Ltd. 2,067,130 207 10 10.00 1.95
8. Arvind Mills Ltd. 146,033 22 10 15.00 45.55
9. Arvind Mills Ltd. 63,949 10 10 15.00 45.55
10. Arvind Mills Ltd. 7,776,489 1,166 10 15.00 45.55
11. Arvind Mills Ltd. 1,551,796 233 10 15.00 45.55
12. Arvind Mills Ltd. 7,350,000 1,103 10 15.00 45.55
13. Khandwala Securities Ltd. 120,000 26 10 22.00 9.05
14. Strides Arcolab Ltd. 3,144,445 3,144 10 100.00 –
15. Orchid Chemicals & 4,382,727 9,642 10 220.00 200.15
Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
16. Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd. 865,000 433 10 50.00 288.65
17. Jindal Vijayanagar 279,034,907 27,903 10 10.00 8.20
Steel Ltd.**
18. Shriram Transport Finance 6,243,000 749 10 12.00 –
Co. Ltd.
19. Strides Arcolab Ltd. 13,714,286 9,600 10 70.00 –
20. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 8,185,570 5,000 2 61.08 143.70
– 85,356 – – –
Source: NSE.
Note:
** indicates preference shares issued on preferential basis.
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Annexure 2-2: Investment Flows Region-wise - New Capital Raised

(USD million)
Exchange 2003 2002
Capital Capital Capital Capital
Raised by Raised by Total Raised by Raised by Total
New Shares Existing New Shares Existing
Shares Shares
AMERICA
Amex 23 3,589 3,612 20 1,949 1,969
Bermuda NA 11 11 NA 16 16
Buenos Aures 0 349 349 0 173 173
Lima 0 397 397 0 290 290
Mexico 42 691 732 204 210 414
Nasdaq 6,365 NA 6,365 4,504 NA 4,504
NYSE 27,362 54,197 81,559 27,178 60,202 87,381
Santiago 2,573 0 2,573 0 152 152
Sao Paulo 0 1,955 1,955 130 5,114 5,244
TSX Group 8,465 9,439 17,904 5,808 8,646 14,454
Total Region 115,458 114,596
EUROPE - AFRICA - MIDDLE EAST

Athens 69 2,113 2,182 87 1,736 1,824
Borsa Italiana 11,356 3,021 14,377 4,364 1,881 6,245
Budapest 66 1 67 0 3 3
Copenhagen 160 0 160 601 199 800
Deutsche Borse 0 0 0 203 0 203
Euronext 682 50,480 51,162 3,501 32,454 35,955
Helsinki 0 83 83 0 443 443
Irish 673 179 852 1,510 39 1,549
Istanbul 12 497 510 739 404 1,144
JSE South Africa 525 2,522 3,047 0 9,806 9,806
Ljubljana 41 0 41 116 0 116
London 7,591 22,624 30,216 8,093 26,310 34,403
Luxembourg 241 2,030 2,271 405 1,792 2,196
Malta 4 N.A. 4 98 NA 98
Oslo 834 52 886 685 27 712
Spanish Exchanges (BME) 12,439 5,371 17,809 16,001 5,389 21,390
Stockholm NA NA NA NA NA NA
Swiss Exchange 0 NA 0 7 NA 7
Tehran 242 675 917 38 505 543
Tel Aviv 32 703 735 15 1,184 1,199
Warsaw 0 379 379 2 139 141
Wiener Borse 1,701 1,078 2,779 1,085 51 1,137
Total Region 128,475 119,913
(Contd.)
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Annexure 2-2: Investment Flows Region-wise - New Capital Raised (Contd.)

(USD million)
Exchange 2003 2002
Capital Capital Capital Capital
Raised by Raised by Total Raised by Raised by Total
New Shares Existing New Shares Existing
Shares Shares
ASIA - PACIFIC
Australian 6,013 16,824 22,837 2,880 9,430 12,310
Colombo 11 102 112 1 10 11
HongKong 7,598 19,855 27,454 6,665 7,504 14,169
Jakarta 1,110 532 1,642 121 802 923
Korea 612 0 612 5,009 1,040 6,049
Kuala Lumpur 823 953 1,776 1,835 1,550 3,385
Mumbai 2,917 0 2,917 2,269 83 2,352
National Stock Echange of 2,420 5,192 7,612 2,936 1,752 4,688
India
New Zealand 384 1,002 1,386 665 703 1,367
Osaka 39 4,934 4,973 28 2,242 2,269
Philipine 3 28 32 77 709 786
Shanghai 5,479 1,298 6,777 6,246 802 7,048
Shenzhen 616 438 1,054 1,207 307 1,514
Singapore 1,087 200 1,286 434 885 1,319
Taiwan 3,456 5,150 8,606 1,316 11,931 13,247
Thailand NA NA NA NA NA NA
Tokyo NA 29,006 29,006 NA 15,749 15,749
Total Region 89,075 71,437
Source: WFE Annual Report & Statistics 2003.
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Collective Investment Vehicles
The International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) has, in its Report on

Investment Management of the Technical Committee, defined the Collective Investment
Schemes, as “an open ended collective investment scheme that issues redeemable units and
invests primarily in transferable securities or money market instruments”. In India, these
collective investment schemes are known as collective investment vehicles (CIVs). There are
three distinct categories of CIVs, namely, Mutual Funds (MFs), Collective Investment Schemes
(CIS) and Venture Capital Funds (VCFs). The developments in the year 2003-04 with respect
to the above three different CIVs are discussed in this chapter.
Mutual Funds
Of the three categories of CIVs, Mutual Funds (MFs) are more popular among investors and
are able to mobilize huge amounts of resources. They pool the savings of different investors
together by issuing ‘units’ and invest them into specific securities (usually stocks or bonds) with
a predetermined investment objective. Hence, for an investor, investments in MF imply buying
shares (or portions) of the MF and becoming the shareholders of the fund.
The Unit Trust of India (UTI) was the first MF in India set up in 1964. However, with
the entry of the private sector players, the MF industry has expanded. As of end March 2004,
37 mutual funds are registered with SEBI with an asset base of Rs. 1,396,160 million. The MF
industry has become very popular over the years, particularly, among the households, as investing
in MFs is perceived to be less cumbersome than in equities. As a result, the number of households
owning units of MFs exceeds the number of households owning equities and debentures.
In recent years, the MF schemes have diversified considerably thus expanding the basket
of investment opportunities to suit the different needs of the investors. There are schemes
that invest only in equities or in debt instruments or in both. The objectives of the MFs have
also widened, with MFs investing in growth stocks, in stocks of a particular sector. The MFs
are managed aggressively as well as passively. Thus, investors have a variety of options such as
income funds, balanced funds, liquid funds, gilt funds, index funds, exchange traded funds,
sectoral funds, to deploy their savings.
Policy Developments
The policy and regulatory initiatives taken during the period April 2003-June 2004 are as discussed
hereunder:
I. Union Budget, 2004-05

The Union Budget of 2004-05 proposed that the equity-oriented MFs should continue to be
exempt from tax on dividends. The tax rate on corporate unit holders of debt-oriented MFs
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have been raised from 12.5% to 20%. However the tax rate remain unchanged at 12.5% for
individuals and Hindu Undivided Family (HUF).
II. Investment by MFs

(i) The Government has decided to allow MFs to invest in equities of listed overseas
companies. These overseas companies should have a shareholding of at least 10% in an
Indian company listed on a recognized stock exchange in India (as on January 31 of the
year of investment). The overall cap for the entire MFs industry to invest in ADRs/
GDRs, foreign equity and debt securities has been set at US$ 1 billion. Each MF individually
is permitted to invest 10% of their net assets as on January 31 of each relevant year
in foreign securities with the limit of a minimum of US$ 5 million and a maximum of
US$ 50 million.
(ii) MFs are allowed to trade in interest rate derivatives listed on the stock exchanges.
(iii) In case of any scheme, if the MF is not been able to deploy funds in securities within the
ambit of its investment objectives, then the MF is permitted to invest in short term
deposits of any Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs). However, these investments have
to be reported to the trustees along with the reasons, interalia, should include comparison
with the interest rates offered by other SCBs.
III. Guidelines for MFs

SEBI issued the following guidelines in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 77 of
the SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996:
(i) Participation by MFs in Derivatives Trading: Vide a circular dated February 6, 2004, SEBI
issued the following guidelines for MFs, which they should adhere while trading in equity
based derivatives. The ‘hedging’/‘portfolio balancing’ should be clearly marked while
initiating any derivatives position. At no point of time, the derivative position should
result in actual or potential leverage or short sale/short position on any underlying security.
In short all derivative positions should be backed by cash or stock (stocks portfolio for
index derivatives) as the case may be at the time of exposure. Each MF should have a
maximum derivative net position of 50% of the portfolio (i.e. net assets including cash).
The maximum net derivatives exposure in terms of percentage of the portfolio value
should be decided in advance by the Board of trustees. Within the overall limits of a
maximum derivatives net position of 50% of the portfolio (i.e. net assets including cash),
the limits on individual scrip/instrument have to be specified.
The MFs can hold different positions involving multiple derivatives positions on the
same underlying. With regards to disclosure and accounting norms, each MF has to disclose
the maximum net derivatives exposure in terms of the percentage of portfolio value, the
limits on derivatives exposure per scrip/instrument. The data on actual exposures has to
be disclosed in the half yearly portfolio statements. While calculating the industry exposure
on monthly basis, the total exposure per scrip including derivatives exposure has to be
considered. Gap reporting/Calendar spread analysis of all derivative positions should be
reported internally on a weekly basis to a committee, which should be appointed by the
Board of Trustees.
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(ii) Consolidation of Schemes: SEBI in its circular dated June 23, 2003 clarified that any consolidation
of MF schemes should be viewed as changes in fundamental attributes of the related
schemes. In case of consolidation the MFs have to comply with the requirements laid down
in the SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996. Further, the MFs are required to take the
following steps: (a) the proposal and modalities of the merger/consolidation of schemes
should be approved by the Boards of the AMC and Trustees in harmony with the interests
of the unit holders of all concerned schemes; (b) pursuant to the approval, the MFs should
file the proposals with SEBI, along with the draft offer document and requisite fees, in case
a new scheme emerges after merger/consolidation. In addition, a draft letter has to be sent
to all the unit holders, giving them an option to exit at prevailing NAV without exit load. To
enable the investors to take well informed decisions, all relevant information such as the
investment objective, asset allocation, percentage of total NPAs and percentage of total
illiquid assets to net assets of individual schemes as well as consolidated schemes should
be disclosed. In addition the main features of the new consolidated scheme, basis of
allocation of new units by way of a numerical illustration and tax impact of the consolidation
of schemes among others, should be disseminated. (c) The AMCs should maintain records
of dispatch of the letters to the unit holders giving them an option to exit at prevailing NAVs
and also the responses received from them.
(iii) Advertisements by MFs: To improve the standards of disclosures in advertisements, SEBI

issued guidelines which include: (a) the MFs are mandated to carry only the statement
“Mutual Fund investments are subject to market risks, read the offer document carefully before investing”
along with advertisement, given the limited time available to the investors while
passing by for reading the advertisements through hoardings/posters. Likewise, in the
audio-visual media like television, a statement “Mutual Fund investments are subject to market
risks, read the offer document carefully before investing” should be displayed on the screen for at
least a period of 2 seconds, that too, in a clearly legible font-size covering at least 80% of
the total screen space and accompanied by a voice over-reiteration. The remaining
20% space can be used for the name of the MF or logo or name of scheme, among
others. Further, the MFs, while advertising schemes having very short investment horizons
(in cash/liquid/money market), should display the simple annualized returns. The return
will be based on 15 days period along with the normal annualized return based on 30 days
period. In case the distribution taxes are excluded while calculating the returns, the
same needs to be disclosed. While advertising pay-out dividends, it should be clearly
stated that after the payment, the NAV will fall to the extent of the payout and distribution
taxes (if applicable). (b) Widening the definition of sales literature to include fund
fact sheets, research reports, newsletters, performance reports or summaries, telemarketing
scripts, seminars texts, press releases and reprints etc. (c) the types of benchmark
indices that can be used in performance advertisements should be disclosed in the offer
documents. The half-yearly results should include a comparison of the returns with the
benchmarks used.
(iv) Uniform cut-off timings for applicability of NAV: SEBI has directed the MFs to adopt uniform
cut-off timings for applying NAVs both for subscriptions and redemptions. This is
applicable to all schemes/plans whether existing or new, barring the international funds
and transaction in units of MFs undertaken through the stock exchanges.
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MF Scheme(s)/Plan(s): In case of purchases/redemptions, valid applications received up

to 3 p.m. along with the local cheque or demand draft payable at par at the place where it
is received, the closing NAV of the day should be applicable. But, in case of applications
received after 3 p.m., the closing NAV of the next business day is applicable. If the
outstation cheques/demand drafts not payable at par at the place where the application is
received, then closing NAV of the day on which cheque/demand draft is credited should
be applicable.
MF-Liquid Fund Scheme(s)/Plan(s): With respect to purchases, the closing NAV of the day
immediately previous to the day on which funds are available for utilization should be
applicable. However, in respect of applications received after 1 p.m. and if the funds are
available for utilization on the same day, then the closing NAV of the same day should be
applied. In case of redemptions, applications received up to 10 a.m., the NAV of the
closing day is to be applied. In case of applications received after 10 a.m., the same days
closing NAV should be applicable.
Applications for “switch out” and “switch in” should be treated as redemptions and
purchases, respectively.
(v) Investment/Trading in Securities by Employees of AMCs and MF Trustee Companies: Any employee/
person of the AMC willing to carry out a transaction of sale/purchase of a security has
to take a prior approval from there compliance officer. The validity of the approval is to
be for a week in tandem with the SEBI (Insider Trading) Regulations. The employees,
hence, should refrain from transacting in any security within a period of 30 days from the
date of personal transaction.
(vi) Minimum Number of Investors in Schemes/Plans of MFs: In consultation with Association of

Mutual Funds in India (AMFI), SEBI issued guidelines stipulating the minimum number
of investors in each MF schemes. Each scheme/individual plan(s) is required to have a
minimum of 20 investors and no single investor should account for more than 25% of
the corpus of such scheme/plan(s). This disclosure has to be made in the offer document
to be filed with SEBI. In case of non-fulfillment of the aforementioned guidelines for
open ended schemes, a grace period of 3 month or the end of the quarter whichever is
earlier, from the close of IPO is given to balance and to ensure compliance. If the MF
fails to comply, then the scheme is to be wound off. For Fixed Maturity Plans (FMPs) and
Close Ended Schemes no such grace period is given. These guidelines, however, are not
applicable to Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). In case of existing open ended schemes/
plans, the same conditions are required to be complied with as soon as possible and not
later than December 31, 2004. However, for close ended schemes, FMPs and ETFs already
in existence, the guidelines are not applicable considering the nature of the schemes/
plans and in the interest of the investors.
(vii) Role of CEO/Fund Managers: The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the AMC has to
ensure that the mutual fund complies with all the SEBI (MF) Regulations, guidelines and
circulars issued hereto. Further, he should also make sure that the investments made by
the fund managers are in the interest of the unit-holders and are designed to achieve the
objectives of the scheme. Hence, he is responsible for the overall risk management function
of the MF.
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(viii) Fund of Funds: Fund of Funds (FoFs) is a financial instrument that invests in other MF
schemes rather than in securities. However, a FoFs scheme is not permitted to invest in
any other FoFs scheme, nor in any other assets than the schemes of MFs, except to meet
the liquidity requirements for the purpose of repurchases or redemptions.
(ix) Certification: To foster professional standards in the operations of MFs, AMFI in association
with the NSE, has developed a self-study and testing/certification programme for the
employees and distributors of MFs. Further, AMFI in consultation with the SEBI, had
made it mandatory to all existing personnel of MFs/AMCs, who are engaged in sales,
marketing and employees to complete the certification process by September 2004.
However, the existing employees above the age of 50 are exempted, but, are required to
attend a refresher course organized by AMFI. They should submit a certificate to their
employers by September 2004. After the September 2004, the MFs/AMCs have to
necessarily engage/employ certified personnel only.
(x) Quoting of Bank Account Number and PAN by investors: SEBI has made it mandatory for the
investors in MF schemes to mention their bank account numbers in their applications/
requests for redemption. Additionally, wherever an application is for a total of Rs. 50,000
or more, the applicant or in the case of joint applications, each of the applicants, should
mention his/her Permanent Account Number (PAN) allotted under IT Act, 1961. If the
PAN has not been allotted, then the GIR number and the income-tax circle/ward/district
should be mentioned. In cases where neither the PAN nor the GIR numbers have been
allotted, the fact of non-allotment should be mentioned in the application form.
Market Design
The MF industry is governed by SEBI (MF) Regulations, 1996, which lays the norms for the
MF and its AMC. All MFs in India are constituted as trusts and are allowed to issue open-
ended and close-ended schemes under a common legal structure. This section throws light on
the market design of the MFs in India.
Structure of MFs
A typical MF in India has the following constituents:
Fund Sponsor: A ‘sponsor’ is a person who, acting alone or in combination with another corporate
body, establishes a MF. In order to register with Sebi as a MF, the sponsor should have a sound
financial track record of over five years and general reputation of fairness and integrity in all
his business transaction. Following its registration, in accordance with SEBI Regulations, the
sponsor forms a trust, appoints a Board of Trustees and an AMC as a fund manager. Further,
a custodian is appointed to carry out the custodial services for the schemes of the fund. The
sponsor should contribute at least 40% of the net worth of the AMC.
Mutual Fund: A MF is established in the form of a trust under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882. The
instrument of trust is executed by the sponsor in favour of trustees and is registered under the
Indian Registration Act, 1908. The investor subscribes to the units issued by the MFs. The
resources raised are pooled under various schemes established by the trust. These assets are
held by the trustee for the benefit of unit holders. Under the Indian Trusts Act, only the
trustee(s) has an independent legal capacity.
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Trustees: The MF can either be managed by the Board of Trustees, which is a body of individuals,
or by a Trust Company, which is a corporate body. Most of the funds in India are managed by
a Board of Trustees. The trustees are appointed with the approval of SEBI. Two thirds of
trustees are independent persons and are not associated with sponsors. The trustees, being the
primary guardians of the unit holders’ funds and assets, have to be persons of high repute and
integrity. The Trustees, however, do not directly manage the portfolio of MF. It is managed by
the AMC as per the defined objectives, in accordance with trust deed and SEBI (MF) Regulations.
Asset Management Company: The AMC, appointed by the sponsor or the Trustees and approved
by SEBI, acts like the investment manager of the Trust. The AMC should have at least a net
worth of Rs. 10 crore. It functions under the supervision of its Board of Directors, Trustees
and the SEBI. In the name of the Trust, AMC floats and manages different investment ‘schemes’
as per the SEBI Regulations and the Investment Management agreement signed with the
Trustees. The regulations require non-interfering relationship between the fund sponsors,
trustees, custodians and AMC.
Apart from these, the MF has some other constituents, such as, custodians and depositories,
banks, transfer agents and distributors. A custodian is appointed for safe keeping the securities
and participating in the clearing system through approved depository. The bankers handle the
financial dealings of the fund. Transfer agents are responsible for issue and redemption of the
units. The AMC appoints distributors or brokers to sell units on behalf of the Fund, who also
serve as investment advisers. Besides brokers, independent individuals are also appointed as
‘agents’ to market the schemes to the investors.
Types of MFs/Schemes
A wide variety of MFs/Schemes cater to different preferences of the investors based on their
financial position, risk tolerance and return expectations. The MF Schemes can be broadly
categorized under three headings, viz., Funds by structure e.g. open ended and close ended
schemes; Funds by investment objective e.g. growth schemes, income schemes, balanced schemes,
money market schemes and lastly other schemes e.g. tax saving schemes, index schemes and
sector specific schemes.
An open-ended fund provides the investors with an easy entry and exit option at NAV,
which is declared on a daily basis. While, in close-ended funds, the investors have to wait till
maturity to redeem their units, however, an entry and exit is provided through mandatory
listing of units on a stock exchange. The listing is to be done within six months of the close of
the subscription. Assured return schemes, is a scheme that assures a specific return to the unit
holders irrespective of performance of the scheme, which are fully guaranteed either by the
sponsor or AMC.
Growth/Equity Oriented Schemes provide capital appreciation over medium to long-
term by investing a major part of their corpus in equities. Income/Debt Oriented Schemes
provide regular and steady income to investors by investing in fixed income securities such as
bonds, corporate debentures, government securities and money market instruments. Hence,
they are less risky compared to equity schemes. Balanced Funds provide both growth and
regular income as they invest both in equities and fixed income securities in the specified
proportion as indicated in their offer documents. Money Market or Liquid Funds provide easy
liquidity and preserves capital, but generates moderate income. As they invest exclusively in
safer short-term instruments such as, treasury bills, certificates of deposit, commercial paper,
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inter-bank call money, and government securities. Index Funds replicate the portfolio of any
particular index such as the S&P CNX Nifty by investing in the same securities with the same
weightage as in the index. The exchange traded index funds, as the name suggests, are traded
on the stock exchanges. Then, there are funds/schemes that invest in shares of specific sectors
or industries such as Pharmaceuticals, Software, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG),
Petroleum stocks. Some of the examples of them are UTI Software Fund, Pioneer ITI Internet
Opportunities Fund, etc. As they are sectors or industries specific, the returns on these funds
are dependent on the performance of the respective sectors/industries.
Regulation of Funds
The MFs are regulated under the SEBI (MF) Regulations, 1996. All the MFs have to be registered
with SEBI. The regulations have laid down a detailed procedure for launching of schemes,
disclosures in the offer document, advertisements, listing and repurchase of close-ended schemes,
offer period, transfer of units, investments, among others. Further, the regulations also specify
the qualifications, eligibility criteria for the sponsor of a fund, the directors and the AMC, the
contents of Trust Deed, rights and, obligations of Trustees, appointments and restrictions on
business activities.
In addition, RBI also supervises the operations of bank-owned MFs. While SEBI regulates
all market related and investor related activities of the bank/FI-owned funds, any issues
concerning the ownership of the AMCs by banks falls under the regulatory ambit of the RBI.
Further, as the MFs, AMCs and corporate trustees are registered as companies under the
Companies Act, 1956, they have to comply with the provisions of the Companies Act.
Many close-ended schemes of the MFs are listed on one or more stock exchanges. Such
schemes are, therefore, subject to the regulations of the concerned stock exchange(s) through
the listing agreement between the fund and the stock exchange.
MFs, being Public Trusts are governed by the Indian Trust Act, 1882, are accountable to
the office of the Public Trustee, which in turn reports to the Charity Commissioner, that
enforces provisions of the Indian Trusts Act.
Investment Restrictions
Investment policies of each scheme are dictated by the investment objective stated in the offer
document and by the restrictions imposed by SEBI. In case of investments in money market
instruments, they have to be in accordance with RBI directives. Hence, the MFs can invest only
in transferable securities in the money or the capital market or in privately placed debentures or
securitized debts. Investment by a MF is subject to following restrictions:
i. A MF is not permitted to invest more than 15% of its NAV in debt instruments issued by
a single issuer. The instruments should be rated not below investment grade by an
authorized credit rating agency. However, the limit may be extended to 20% of the NAV
of the scheme with the prior approval of the Board of Trustees and the Board of the
AMC. This limit is not applicable for investments in government securities and money
market instruments. Within the given limit, investments in at least investment grade
mortgaged backed securitized debt can be made.
ii. MF schemes are not allowed to invest more than 10% of their NAV in unrated debt
instruments issued by a single issuer. In addition the total investment in such instruments
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should not exceed 25% of the NAV of the scheme. All such investments should be made
with the prior approval of the Board of Trustees and the Board of AMC.
iii. No MF under all its schemes should own more than 10% of any company’s paid up
capital.
iv. A scheme may invest in any other scheme under the same AMC or any other MF without
charging any fees. However the aggregate inter scheme investment made by all schemes
under the same AMC or in schemes under the management of any other AMC should
not exceed 5% of the NAV of the MF. However, this is not applicable for any fund of
funds scheme.
v. The initial issue expenses in any scheme should not exceed six per cent of the funds
raised under that scheme.
vi. No MF is to make any investments in any unlisted or listed securities of an associate or
group company of the sponsor in excess of 25% of the net assets or any security issued
by way of private placement.
vii. MFs should not invest more than 10% of their NAV in the equity shares or equity related
instruments of any company. This limit, however, is not applicable for investments in
case of index funds or sector or industry specific schemes.
viii. Investments in the unlisted equity shares or equity related instruments are capped at not
more than 5% of its NAV in case of open ended scheme and 10% in case of close ended
scheme.
ix. Each buy and sell transactions carried out by MFs should necessarily be delivery based. It
should not in any case short sell the securities or carry forward transactions or engage in
badla finance. Nevertheless, MFs are permitted to enter into derivatives transactions on
a recognized stock exchange for the purpose of hedging and portfolio balancing.
Disclosure of Performance
A MF has to compute net asset value (NAV) for each scheme by dividing the net assets
of the scheme by the number of outstanding units as on the valuation date. The NAV reflects
the performance of a scheme. The NAV is to be disseminated on daily basis in case of open
ended schemes and on weekly basis in case of close ended schemes. Apart from publishing
NAVs in newspapers and the web sites of respective MFs, all MFs are required to put their
daily NAVs on the website of AMFI, so that the investors can access NAVs of all the MFs at
one place.
Along with the NAV, sale and repurchase prices are also to be disseminated. The repurchase
price should not be lower than 93% of the NAV and sale price should not be higher than
107% of NAV. The repurchase price of a close ended scheme should, however, not be less
than 95% of NAV. The difference between repurchase and sale price should not exceed 7% of
the sale price.
The MFs are required to publish their performance in the form of half-yearly results,
which should include their returns/yields over a period of time i.e. last six months, 1 year, 3
years, 5 years and at the inception of the schemes. The MFs are required to send annual report
or abridged annual report to all the unit holders at the end of the year but not later than six
months from the date of closure of the relevant accounts year.
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Code of Conduct
The MF regulations include codes of conduct for the MFs and AMCs, their employees and
intermediaries. They are as follows:
i. Trustees and AMCs must maintain high standards of integrity and fairness in all their
dealings and in the conduct of their business. They must keep the interest of all unit
holders paramount in all matters.
ii. The sponsor of the MF, the trustees or the AMC or any of their employees should not
render, directly or indirectly any investment advice about any security in the publicly
accessible media, whether on real-time or non real-time basis. However, while rendering
such advice, a disclosure of his interest including long or short position in the said security
should be made.
iii. MF schemes should not be organized, operated, managed or the portfolio of securities
selected, in the interest of sponsors, directors of AMCs, members of Board of trustees
or directors of Trustee Company, associated persons.
iv. Trustees and AMCs have to ensure that the dissemination of adequate, accurate, explicit
and timely information about the investment policies, investment objectives, financial
position and general affairs of the scheme is made to all the unit holders.
v. Excessive concentration of business with few broking firms, affiliates and also excessive
holding of units in a scheme among a few investors should be avoided by the Trustees
and AMCs.
vi. Trustees and AMCs should also avoid conflicts of interest in managing the affairs of the
schemes and the interest of all the unit holders should govern all their activities. The
investments should be made in accordance with the objectives stated in the offer
documents. They should not indulge in any unethical means to sell securities or induce
any investor to buy their schemes.
vii. It is expected that the Trustees and AMCs should render at all times high standards of
services, exercise due diligence, ensure proper care and exercise independent professional
judgment.
viii. The AMC should not make any exaggerated statement, whether oral or written, either
about their qualifications or capability to render investment management services or their
achievements.
Advertisements Code by MFs

As per the MF regulations, advertisements should be truthful, fair and clear, and not contain
any statement/promise/forecast, which is untrue or misleading. The sales literature should
also contain information, which is included in the current advertisement. Assuming that the
investors are not trained in legal or financial matters, it should be ensured that the advertisement
is set forth in a clear, concise and understandable manner. Excessive use of technical/legal
jargons or complex language, inclusion or exclusion of excessive details, which is likely to
detract the investors, should be avoided. Also, standardized computations such as annual dividend
on face value, annual yield on the purchase price and annual compounded rate of return should
be used.
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Market Outcome
Resource Mobilisation
MFs are quite popular among the investors, who are wary of investing directly in the equities.
The popularity of the MFs as an investment avenue is clearly visible from Table 3-1.
The resources mobilized by MFs have remained steady during the period 1992-95 with
annual gross mobilisation averaging Rs. 110,000 million during the period. Owing to the
bearish secondary market conditions, the MFs were adversely affected in 1995-96 and 1996-97.
However, in the subsequent two financial years, MFs were able to mobilise modest amounts. It
was only in 1999-00 that the MF witnessed a sharp turnaround, with a record mobilisation of
Rs. 199,530 million. This was due to the tax sops announced in the Union Budget 1999-00,
which was also supported by the bullish trends in the equities and debt market. The year
2000-01 again witnessed a slowdown with net mobilisation falling to Rs. 71,370 million, as the
secondary market turned bearish and the tax rate on income distributed by debt-oriented MFs
was increased. In 2002-03, the mobilization fell to a further low of Rs. 45,800 million, with
UTI having a net outflow of Rs. 94,340 million. However, the year 2003-04 witnessed a sharp
rise in the net mobilization to Rs. 476,840 million, as there have been bullish sentiments in
equity market and buoyancy in debt market.
During 2003-04, the number of registered MF with the SEBI stood at 37. As against
53 schemes in the year 2002-03, 46 new schemes were launched in 2003-04, of which 44 were
open-ended and 2 close-ended schemes. This took the total number of schemes as at
end-March 2004 to 403 against 382 as at end-March 2003. Aggregate sales of all the 403
schemes amounted to Rs. 5,901,900 million registering an increase of 88% over last year and
the redemptions during the year were at Rs. 5,433,810 million an increase of 80% over
Table 3-1: Resource Mobilisation by Mutual Funds

(Rs. mn.)
Year Public Sector MFs Private Grand Total

Bank sponsored FI sponsored UTI Sector MFs
1990-91 23,520 6,040 45,530 — 75,090
1991-92 21,400 4,270 86,850 — 112,520
1992-93 12,040 7,600 110,570 — 130,210
1993-94 1,480 2,390 92,970 15,600 112,440
1994-95 7,650 5,760 86,110 13,220 112,740
1995-96 1,130 2,350 -63,140 1,330 -58,330
1996-97 60 1,370 -30,430 8,640 -20,360
1997-98 2,370 2,030 28,750 7,490 40,640
1998-99 2,310 6,910 1,700 25,190 36,110
1999-00 1,560 3,570 45,480 148,920 199,530
2000-01 — 15,200 — 3,220 92,920 111,350
2001-02 — 14,740 — -72,840 129,470 71,370
2002-03 — 18,950 — -94,340 121,220 45,830
2003-04 — 37,610 — 10,500* 428,730 476,840
* Data for 2003-04 relate to UTI Mutual Fund for the period February 01, 2003 to March 31, 2004.
Source: RBI.
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the previous year. After adjustment of sale and purchases, there was an inflow of funds of
Rs. 468,090 million during 2003-04 (Table 3-2).
Public sector MFs (including UTI) made gross mobilisation of Rs. 685,580 million
accounting for about 11.62% of total resource mobilisation by MFs during 2003-04. In net terms,
the public sector MFs witnessed an inflow of Rs. 55,790 million during 2003-04 as against
Rs. 17,840 million during the preceding year. The private sector MFs accounted for the bulk of the
mobilization, by raising about 88.4% of gross resources mobilised by MF industry during 2003-04.
The share of open-ended schemes in total funds raised by MFs registered a marginal
decline to 99.54% in 2003-04 as compared to 99.85% in 2002-03. No new assured return
schemes were launched in 2003-04. The share of close ended schemes, on the other hand, had
a slight increase from 0.14% during 2002-03 to 0.46% during 2003-04. The open ended and
close ended schemes together registered a net inflow of Rs. 460,340 million and Rs. 7,850
million in 2003-04, respectively. On the other hand, the assured return schemes registered
outflows to the tune of Rs. 100 million (Table 3-3a).
Table 3-2: Accretion of Funds with Mutual Funds
(Rs. mn.)
Category 2002-03 2003-04 Management at the
end of
Sale Purchase Net Sale Purchase Net March-03 March-04
A Public Sector (i+ii+iii) 356,870 339,030 17,840 685,580 629,790 55,790 239,420 346,240
i. Unit Trust of India 70,620 72,460 -1,840 — — — 135,160 a —
ii. Bank Sponsored 110,900 105,360 5,540 466,610 431,830 34,780 44,910 280,850
iii. Institution Sponsored 175,350 161,210 14,140 218,970 197,960 21,010 59,350 65,390
B Private Sector (i+ii+iii+iv) 2,789,860 2,673,220 116,640 5,216,320 4,804,020 412,300 555,220 1,049,920
i. Indian 833,510 793,410 40,100 1,430,500 1,331,310 99,190 101,800 198,850
ii. Joint Ventures - 715,130 683,330 31,800 1,405,450 1,272,800 132,650 154,590 331,430
Predominately Indian
iii. Joint Ventures - 1,241,220 1,196,480 44,740 2,169,480 2,007,430 162,050 298,830 483,310
Predominately Foreign
iv. Foreign — — — 210,890 192,480 18,410 — 36,330
Grand Total (A+B) 3,146,730 3,012,250 134,480 5,901,900 5,433,810 468,090 794,640a 1,396,160
Source: AMFI Updates.

Note: A Erstwhile UTI has been bifurcated into UTI Mutual Fund and the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust
of India effective February 2003 and hence the data pertaining to the Specified Undertaking of the Unit
Trust of India under the Assets under management for the period April 2002 to March 2003 are not included
in the table presented above.
Table 3-3a: Scheme-wise Resource Mobilisation by Mutual Funds

(Rs. mn.)
Scheme 2002-03 2003-04
Sale Purchase Sale Purchase
Open-ended 3,142,060 3,006,460 5,874,800 5,414,460
Close-ended 4,670 5,190 27,100 19,250
Assured Return — 600 — 100
Total 3,146,730 3,012,250 5,901,900 5,433,810
Source: AMFI Updates
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With the decline in interest rates during past few years, the liquid/money market schemes
have become very popular among investors due to the attractive returns delivered by them.
They have accounted for almost two-thirds of the total resources mobilized. The sale as well as
repurchase has been very high in case of these schemes, resulting in a net inflow of Rs. 245,770
million during the year. However, the balanced schemes and the ELSS schemes have witnessed
outflows to the extent of Rs. 131 million and Rs. 4,661 million, respectively during 2003-04.
The income schemes raised about 29.3% of resources mobilising Rs. 1,729,390 million during
2003-04 (Table 3-3b).
Table 3-3b: Scheme-wise Resource Mobilisation by Mutual Funds

(Rs. mn.)
Scheme 2002-03 2003-04
Sale Purchase Sale Purchase
Income 1,094,230 1,004,080 1,729,390 1,601,440
Growth 46,180 39,170 266,420 189,580
Balanced 3,610 7,560 25,230 25,360
Liquid/Money Market 1,950,470 1,900,420 3,756,460 3,510,690
Gilt 52,020 58,920 123,870 101,550
ELSS 220 2,100 530 5,190
Total 3,146,730 3,012,250 5,901,900 5,433,810
Assets under Management

As on March 31, 2004, the MFs have managed assets of Rs. 1,396,160 million. As shown in
Table 3-2, the share of private sector MFs in total assets managed increased from 69.8% as at
end-March 2003 to 75% as at end-March 2004 (Chart 3-1). During the year the assets under
management of the private sector MFs increased by Rs. 494,700 million amounting to an
aggregate of Rs. 1,049,920 million.
The open ended schemes and the close ended schemes as at end-March 2004 accounted
for 96.35% and 3.65% of total assets under management of MFs, respectively (Table 3-4).
The income schemes accounted for 44.8% of total assets under management of
MFs as at end-March 2004, followed by liquid/money market schemes with 29.9%. The growth
Table 3-4: Assets under Management as at end March, 2004

(Rs. mn.)
Scheme Open Ended Close Ended Assured Returns Total
Income 608,540 16,700 — 625,240
Growth 221,540 14,590 — 236,130
Balanced 32,960 7,840 — 40,800
Liquid/Money Market 417,040 — — 417,040
Gilt 60,260 — — 60,260
ELSS 4,890 11,800 — 16,690
Total 1,345,230 50,930 — 1,396,160
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schemes accounted for 16.9% of assets under management of MFs as at end-March 2004
(Chart 3-1).
Index Funds
Index funds attempt to copy the performance of a stock market index such as Nifty or Sensex
as closely as possible. This is done by investing in all the stocks that comprise the index in
proportions equal to the weightage given to those stocks in the index. Unlike a typical MF,
index funds do not actively trade stocks throughout the year. They may at times hold their
stocks for the full year even if there are changes in the composition of index; this reduces
transaction costs. Index funds are considered, particularly, appropriate for conservative
long-term investors looking at moderate risk, moderate return arising out of a well-diversified
portfolio. Since Index funds are passively managed, the bias of the fund managers in stock
selection is reduced, yet providing returns at par with the index.
Some of the index funds based on S&P CNX Nifty are UTI Nifty Fund, Franklin India
Index Fund and IDBI Principal Index Fund. Templeton launched the ‘Franklin India
Index Tax Fund’ in February 2001, which has been the first tax saving index fund based on
S&P CNX Nifty. There are a total of twelve funds based on S&P Nifty: Franklin India Index
Fund, Franklin India Tax Index Fund, IDBI Principal Index Fund, UTI Nifty Fund, Magnum
Index Fund, IL&FS Index Fund Nifty Plan, Prudential ICICI Index Fund Nifty Plan, HDFC
Index Fund Nifty Plan, Birla Index Fund, LIC Index Fund, ING Vysya Nifty Plus Fund
and Tata Index Fund (Table 3-5). The table shows that the index funds closely track their
benchmark indices.
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Table 3-5: Performance of Index Funds
Index Funds Launch Date Returns* Base Index

3 months 6 months 12 months
Principal Index Fund July 26, 1999 -29.71 -7.75 34.88 S&P CNX Nifty
Franklin India Index Tax Fund February 26, 2001 -6.40 23.21 79.89 S&P CNX Nifty
Franklin India Index Fund August 4, 2001 -6.04 23.58 80.04 S&P CNX Nifty
UTI Nifty Fund March 27, 2000 -6.74 24.04 83.60 S&P CNX Nifty
UTI Master Index June 29, 1998 -4.68 24.78 84.70 BSE Sensex
SBI Magnum Index Fund December 1, 2001 -24.15 0.39 47.77 S&P CNX Nifty
IL&FS Index Fund February 1, 2002 -6.66 -15.14 24.71 S&P CNX Nifty
Prudential ICICI Index Fund February 1, 2002 -6.32 23.97 82.29 S&P CNX Nifty
HDFC Index Fund July 1, 2002 -6.50 24.35 81.86 S&P CNX Nifty
Birla Index Fund September 17, 2002 -19.25 -30.21 2.69 S&P CNX Nifty
LIC Index Fund November 1, 2002 -18.20 8.37 -36.62 S&P CNX Nifty
Tata Index Fund February 1, 2003 -18.64 -25.47 9.20 S&P CNX Nifty
ING Vysya Nifty Plus Fund February 6, 2004 — — — S&P CNX Nifty
S&P CNX Nifty November 3, 1995 -5.74 25.04 81.14 —
BSE Sensex January 2, 1986 -4.25 25.54 83.38 —
* Returns are calculated as on March 31, 2004
Exchange Traded Funds

An Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) is a type of Investment Company whose investment objective
is to achieve similar returns as in case of a particular market index. An ETF is similar to an
index fund, but the ETFs can invest in either all of the securities or a representative sample of
securities included in the index. Importantly, the ETFs offer a one-stop exposure to a diversified
basket of securities that can be traded in real time like an individual stock. ETFs first came into
existence in USA in 1993. Some of the popular ETFs are: SPDRs (Spiders) based on the S&P
500 Index, QQQs (Cubes) based on the Nasdaq-100 Index, iSHARES based on MSCI Indices,
TRAHK (Tracks) based on the Hang Seng Index and DIAMONDs based on Dow Jones
Industrial Average (DJIA).
Like index funds, ETFs are also passively managed funds wherein subscription/redemption
of units implies exchange with underlying securities. These being exchange traded, units can be
bought and sold directly on the exchange, hence, cost of distribution is much lower and the
reach is wider. These savings are passed on to the investors in the form of lower costs. The
structure of ETFs is such that it protects long-term investors from inflows and outflows of
short-term investor. ETFs are highly flexible and can be used as a tool for gaining instant
exposure to the equity markets.
The first ETF in India, based on S&P CNX Nifty, was the Nifty Benchmark
Exchange Traded Scheme (Nifty BeES). This was launched by Benchmark Mutual Fund in
December 2001. It is bought and sold like any other stock on NSE. Over the past three years,
few more ETFs have been introduced, they are: Junior Nifty BeES based on CNX Nifty Junior,
S&P CNX Nifty UTI Depository Receipts Schemes (SUNDER) based on S&P CNX Nifty,
Bank BeES (Banking Index Benchmark Exchange Traded Scheme) tracking the CNX Bank
Index. Further the Benchmark Mutual Fund has launched a money market ETF in India which
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is incidentally the only money market ETF in the world. It is known as the Liquid BeES (Liquid
Benchmark Exchange Traded Scheme). Prudential ICICI Mutual Fund also launched an ETF
based on the BSE Sensex, SPICE (Sensex Prudential ICICI Exchange Traded Fund), trading
for which has started on January 13, 2003.
A comparative view of ETFs vis-à-vis other funds are presented in the table below:
Parameter Open-Ended Fund Close-Ended Fund Exchange Traded Fund

Fund Size Flexible Fixed Flexible
NAV Daily Daily Real time
Liquidity provider Fund itself Stock Market Stock Market/Fund itself
Sale Price At NAV plus load if any Significant Premium/ Very close to actual
Discount to NAV NAV of scheme
Availability Fund itself Through Exchange Through Exchange where
where listed listed/fund itself
Portfolio Disclosures Monthly Monthly Daily/Real time
Uses Equitising Cash — Equitising cash,
hedging, Arbitrage
Intra-day trading Not Possible Expensive Possible at low cost
Collective Investment Schemes

A Collective Investment Scheme (CIS) is any scheme or arrangement made or offered by any
company, which pools the contributions, or payments made by the investors, and deploy the
same. Despite the similarity between the CIS and MF regarding the pooling of savings and
issuing of securities, they differ in their investment objective. While MF invests exclusively in
securities, CIS confine their investment to plantations and real estate. Any entity proposing to
operate as a Collective Investment Management Company (CIMC) has to apply for registration
with SEBI.
Guidelines under CIS Regulations

The SEBI (CIS) Regulations specifically state that, without obtaining a certificate of registration
from SEBI, no entity can sponsor a CIS. The other regulations are as follows:
i. CIS should be floated as a public company registered under the provisions of the
Companies Act, 1956 and the memorandum of association should specify management
of CIS as one of its objectives.
ii. The company at the time of registration as CIMC should have a minimum net worth of
Rs. 5 crore (provided that at the time of making the application, the applicant should
have a minimum net worth of Rs. 3 crore which should be increased to Rs. 5 crore within
three years from the date of grant of registration).
iii. The offer document should disclose adequate information to enable investors to take
informed decisions. The offer document should also indicate the maximum and minimum
amount expected to be raised. No scheme should be kept open for subscription for a
period more than 90 days.
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iv. Each scheme has to obtain a rating from a recognized credit rating agency and the projects
to be undertaken should be appraised by an empanelled appraising committee.
v. CIMC should launch only close ended schemes with a minimum duration of three calendar
years. These schemes are prohibited from guaranteeing or assuring returns.
vi. CIMC should obtain adequate insurance policy for protection of the scheme’s property.
vii. Advertisements for each and every scheme have to conform to the SEBI’s advertisement
code.
viii. The units of every scheme should be listed immediately after the allotment is over, which
is not later than six weeks from the date of closure of the scheme on the stock exchanges.
ix. The CIMC on behalf of the scheme should before the expiry of one month from the
close of each quarter publish its unaudited financial results in one daily newspaper having
nation wide circulation and in the regional newspaper of the region where the head office
of the CIMC is situated.
As on March 31, 2004, there was no CIS entity registered with SEBI. SEBI had initiated
action against 568 CIS entities for their failure to wind up their schemes and make repayments
to investors.
Venture Capital Funds

Venture Capital Fund (VCF) is a fund established in the form of a trust or a company
including a body corporate having a dedicated pool of capital, raised in the specified manner
and invested in Venture Capital Undertakings (VCUs). VCU is a domestic company whose
shares is not listed on a stock exchange and is engaged in a business for providing services,
production, or manufacture of article. A company or body corporate to carry on activities as a
VCF has to obtain a certificate from SEBI and comply with the regulations prescribed in the
SEBI (Venture Capital Regulations) 1996. Unlike MFs and CIS, there is no retail participations
in VCFs.
Regulations for VCFs

The salient features of the SEBI (Venture Capital Regulations), 1996 are as follows:
i. The minimum investment in a VCF by an investor should not be less than Rs. 5 lakh;
the minimum corpus of the fund before it starts activities should be at least
Rs. 5 crore.
ii. A VCF seeking to avail benefit under the relevant provisions of the Income Tax Act will
be required to disinvest its holdings within a period of one year from the listing of the
VCU.
iii. The VCF is eligible to participate in the IPO through book building route as Qualified
Institutional Buyer.
iv. Automatic exemption is granted from open offer requirements in case of transfer of
shares from VCFs in Foreign Venture Capital Investors (FVCIs) to promoters of a venture
capital undertaking.
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Investment Restrictions
i. The VCF have to disclose the investment strategy at the time of application for registration
and should not have invested more than 25% corpus of the fund in any one VCU.
A VCF, also, cannot invest in associated companies. At least 75% of the investible funds
should be invested in unlisted equity shares or equity linked instruments.
ii. Not more than 25% of the investible funds may be invested by way of subscription to
IPO of a VCU whose shares are proposed to be listed subject to lock-in period of
one year and debt or debt instrument of a VCU in which the VCF has already made an
investment by way of equity.
As on March 31, 2004 the total count of VCFs and FVCIs stood at 45 and 9 respectively.
All VCFs are now required to provide information pertaining to their venture capital activity
for every quarter starting from the quarter ending December 2000.
According to a survey conducted under the aegis of Indian Venture Capital Association
(IVCA) by Thomson Venture Economics (Thomson Financial) and Prime Database, India
ranked second as the most active VC market in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan). Indian VC funds
received US $ 241.8 million in new commitments in 2002 and have invested $ 590.21 million in
Indian Companies in the same year. 76 Indian companies received investments; the average
value of each deal is around $ 7.11 million. 53% of companies that raised venture capital were
in the Information Technology sector.
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67 Secondary Market – Trading ISMR
Secondary Market – Trading*
Introduction
After the securities are issued in the primary market, they are traded in the secondary market by
the investors. The stock exchanges along with a host of other intermediaries provide the
necessary platform for trading in secondary market and also for clearing and settlement. The
securities are traded, cleared and settled within the regulatory framework prescribed by the
Exchanges and the SEBI. Till recently, it was mandatory for the companies to list their
securities on the regional stock exchange nearest to their registered office, in order to provide
an opportunity to investors to invest/trade in the securities of local companies. However,
following the withdrawal of this restriction, the companies have an option to choose from
any one of the existing stock exchanges in India to list their securities. Due to the earlier
regulation requiring companies to get listed first at the regional stock exchange, there are in
all 23 exchanges operating today in the country.
With the increased application of information technology, the trading platforms of all
the stock exchanges are accessible from anywhere in the country through their trading terminals.
However, the trading platform of NSE is also accessible through internet and mobile devices.
In a geographically widespread country like India, this has significantly expanded the reach
of the exchanges to the homes of ordinary investors and assuaged the aspirations of people
to have exchanges in their vicinity.
Policy Developments
Over the last decade the Government and the market regulators have taken several policy
measures to improve the operations of the stock exchanges and market intermediaries. The
measures are aimed at improving the market infrastructure and upgradation of risk
containment, so as to protect the interest of the investors. The policy developments during
April 2003 and June 2004 pertaining to trading of securities are enumerated below:
Initiatives from Government

I. Union Budget
The Union Budget for 2004-05 proposed the following measures that have a bearing on the
functioning of the secondary market:
1. An alternate trading platform for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) have been
proposed to be set up. This will help these enterprises in raising equity and debt from
the Capital Market.
*
This Chapter discusses the trading of equity shares while the trading of debt and derivative instruments is discussed in
Chapters 6 and 7 respectively.
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2. The procedure for registration and operation of FIIs is to be made simpler and quicker.
3. The investment ceiling for FIIs in debt funds have been raised to US$ 1.75 billion from
US$ 1 billion.
4. Long-term capital gains tax on securities transaction has been abolished. The short-
term capital gains tax has been proposed to be at a flat rate of 10 percent.
5. Turnover taxes have also been imposed on delivery-based transaction at the rate of
0.15% and for non-delivery transactions at the rate of 0.015% for equities and 0.01% on
trades on the derivatives segment.
II. Pension System/Interim Pension Fund Regulator

The Government has approved the basic features of the new pension system. A pension fund
regulatory and development authority (PFRDA) in the interim is to be set up with the
purpose to regulate and develop the pension market. In this system, there would be three
different choices for investments e.g. Option A, B and C. The option A would imply
predominant investments in fixed income instruments with some investments in equity.
Option B with greater investments in equity and Option C would carry equal investment in
fixed income and equity. The pension fund managers would be free to make investments in
international markets subject to regulatory restrictions.
III. Amendment to Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1957

As per the recommendations of a Committee constituted by the SEBI under the chairmanship
of Shri K. R. Ramamoorthy, the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957 have been
amended. They are called the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2003. It
states that a member is permitted to conduct business in commodity derivatives only by
setting up a separate company. It is required that the company should comply with the
regulatory requirements in terms of net worth, capital adequacy, margins and exposure norms
as maybe specified by the Forward Market Commission.
IV. Revised ECB Guidelines

The Government notified the liberal External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) policy on
January 19, 2004. Listed below are the new policies:
(i) Removal of end-use restrictions: ECBs are allowed for corporate investments in industrial
sector especially infrastructure sector for acquisition of shares under the Governments
disinvestment programme of PSU shares up to US$ 500 million having minimum
average maturity of 5 years under the automatic route. The usual restriction on ECB for
investment in capital market or in the real estate is to continue.
(ii) Eligibility: All corporates, except banks, NBFCs and FIs are eligible to borrow through
the ECB route. However, those banks and FIs, who have participated in the Textile or
Steel sector restructuring package of the Government/RBI, are permitted, but only to
the extent of their investment in the package.
(iii) Interest Rate Spreads: All ECBs are subject to the following revised maximum spreads,
over six month LIBOR or the applicable benchmark(s), as the case may be (a) Average
maturity of 3-5 years -200 basis points and (b) More than 5 years of average maturity -
350 basis points.
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(iv) Guarantee: Banks, FIs, NBFCs are not permitted to provide guarantee/letter of comfort.
(v) Procedure: All ECBs satisfying the above criteria will be under the auto route up to
US$ 20 million for ECBs between 3-5 years of average maturity and up to US$ 500
million for ECBs having average maturity of more than 5 years.
All cases, which fall outside the purview of the auto-route in the new liberalised ECB
policy, should be subject to the approval by the Empowered Committee of the RBI. On
similar lines, guidelines for Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs) have been
liberalized.
V. Companies (Issue of Indian Depository Rules) 2004

Ministry of Finance (MoF) has notified the Companies (Issue of Indian Depository Rules),
2004, applicable to those companies incorporated outside India desiring to raise resources
through Indian securities markets. The issuer company can issue Indian Depository Receipts
(IDRs) only against its underlying equity shares. The rules require that the issuer company’s
pre-issue paid up capital and average turnover should be US$ 100 millions and US$ 500
millions, respectively. The company should also be making profits for at least 5 years preceding
the issue and must have declared dividend of at least 10% during the period and has a pre-
issue debt equity ratio of 2:1. The issuer company has to obtain prior permission from the
SEBI and the necessary approvals/exemptions from the country of its incorporation (where
required) for making the issue. Following the approval, issuer should appoint a number of
intermediaries such as overseas custodian bank, domestic depository, and a merchant banker.
The issuer company should also take in-principle listing approval from one or more stock
exchanges having nation wide trading terminals in India. The IDRs should be denominated
in Indian Rupees and not exceed 15% of the total paid-up capital and free reserves of the
company. Redemptions are to be subject to FEMA and other laws and cannot be made within
one year of their issue. In case of redemption, the underlying equity shares may be released to
the IDR holder or may be sold directly by him.
Initiatives from SEBI

I. SEBI (Listing Authority) Regulations, 2003
To bring about uniformity in scrutinizing listing applications across the stock exchanges and
to strengthen the listing agreement, SEBI has established the Central Listing Authority (CLA)
under the SEBI (Central Listing Authority) Regulations, 2003. The important features of
these regulations are as follows:
(i) The Central Listing Authority (CLA) is to be constituted by SEBI and should consist of
a President and a maximum of ten other members, of which at least four members
should be representatives of the stock exchanges. The SEBI Board shall appoint the
President and the members from amongst persons having integrity and outstanding
ability from judiciary, lawyers, academicians, financial experts etc.
(ii) The authority should discharge the following functions viz., processing the application
made for listing by any body corporate, MF or CIS, issuing the letter of recommendations,
reviewing listing norms and any other functions as may be specified by the Board from
time to time.
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(iii) Prior to applying for listing to any stock exchange, a body corporate, MF or CIS should
obtain a letter of recommendations to list from the CLA.
(iv) Any exchange should not consider any listing application, unless it is accompanied by a
letter of recommendation issued by the CLA.
(v) In case, the CLA refuses to issue letter of recommendation in accordance with the
procedure laid down in the Regulations, the aggrieved party may approach SEBI within
10 days of receipt of the refusal. If the SEBI is not satisfied with the reason, SEBI may
direct the CLA to issue a letter of recommendation within 15 days of receipt of such
representation.
(vi) If the exchange refuses listing to the body corporate, MF or CIS, it may appeal to the
Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) as provided in the Securities Contracts (Regulation)
Act, 1956.
(vii) The CLA should also constitute a ‘Fund’ to be called the Central Listing Authority Fund,
which should be constituted basically from the processing fees charged and received by
the Authority.
II. Amendments to Listing Agreement

SEBI advised the Stock Exchanges to initiate action against the listed companies, who have not
complied with the various requirements of the listing agreements. It has been clarified that
Section 23(2) of the SC(R)A, 1956 prescribes punishment for violation and non-compliance
of the provisions of listing agreement. Further, in order to ensure that listed companies do
not in anyway violate or override or circumscribe the provisions of securities laws or the
stock exchange requirements, SEBI amended the clause 24 of the listing agreement. The
amended clauses are as given below:
(a) The company should file with the stock exchange for approval any scheme/petition
proposed to be filed before any court or tribunal at least a month before it is presented
to the Court/tribunal.
(b) The company should ensure that any scheme of arrangement/amalgamation/merger/
reconstruction/reduction of capital, etc., to be presented to any Court or Tribunal
does not in any way violate, override or circumscribe the provisions of securities laws
or the stock exchange requirements. Securities law here means the SCRA 1956, the
SEBI Act, 1992, the Depositories Act 1996 and the provisions of Companies Act 1956
and the other rules, regulations, guidelines etc. made under these Acts, and the Listing
Agreement.
III. Margin Trading

With a view to improve liquidity in the equity market, SEBI initiated steps to introduce
margin trading w.e.f. April 1, 2004. The securities, eligible for margin trading, should have
an average impact cost of less than or equal to 1 and should be traded on at least 80%
(+/-5%) of the days for the previous eighteen months. Only corporate brokers with net
worth of at least Rs. 3 crore are eligible to offer this facility. They may use their own or
borrowed funds, however, their total indebtedness should not exceed 5 times their net
worth. The initial and maintenance margin is to be paid in cash and have to be a
minimum of 50% and 40%, respectively. While providing the margin trading facility, the
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broker should be prudent and ensure that there is no concentration on any single client. The
arbitration mechanism of the exchange is not available for grievances arising out of this
facility.
IV. Eligibility of a Sub-broker to Trade through the Subsidiary Company

The Stock Exchanges had been allowed to set up subsidiary company to acquire membership
rights of other stock exchanges subject to certain conditions prescribed by SEBI. As per
the conditions stated in the SEBI directive, the subsidiary company could register only the
members of the parent stock exchange as sub-brokers of the subsidiary company. However,
it was noticed that the necessary changes have not been made in the rules, bye-laws and
the regulations of all the stock exchanges which have set up subsidiaries and Memorandum/
Articles of Association of the subsidiary company. Therefore, all the stock exchanges, which
have set up subsidiaries were directed to make the necessary provisions in their rules,
regulations and the bye-laws as well as in the Memoranda/Articles of Associations to this
effect.
V. Listing Fees
It has been decided by SEBI, that the stock exchanges should have the freedom to charge
listing fees without seeking prior approval from the SEBI. Accordingly, the exchanges have
been directed to make necessary amendments to the bye-laws, rules and regulations/listing
agreement.
VI. Mark-up in respect of debentures and bonds traded on the Stock Exchange
Through a circular issued by SEBI on December 09, 1996, it has been stipulated that the
mark-up for the close out should be 20% above the official closing price for equities as well
as debentures and bonds. However, based on the recommendations of the Advisory Committee
on Derivatives and Market Risk Management it has now been decided that in case of debentures
and bonds with a credit rating AAA and above, close out mark-up of 5% should be applied.
In cases where the credit rating is below AAA, then the existing close out mark-up of 20%
should be applicable.
VII. Fair Practices and Code of Conduct

A code of conduct for public representatives/SEBI nominee directors has been notified to
ensure that the affairs of the stock exchanges are conducted on the healthy lines with the
highest standards of professional conduct, business ethics and morality. Also the guidelines
enumerating fair practices have been notified. The public representatives/SEBI nominee
directors should:
! endeavor to attend all the board meetings. They should be liable to vacate their office if
they remain absent for three consecutive meetings of the Board of Directors or do not
attend 75% of the total meetings of the Board in a calendar year.
! not participate in the discussion on subjects, which may involve any conflict of interest
or give rise to. If in case it happens then the same should be disclosed and recorded in
the minutes of the meeting; however, during the meeting the agenda papers should not
be circulated, unless circumstances requires.
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! meet at least once in 6 months separately, if necessary, to exchange views on critical

issues.
! offer their comments on the draft minutes and ensure that the same are incorporated in
the final minutes. It should be ensured that the minutes of the previous meeting are
placed for approval in the subsequent meeting.
! endeavor to have the date of next meeting fixed at each Board Meeting itself in consultation
with other members of the Governing Board. In case, all the items of the agenda of a
meeting are not covered, then next meeting is to be held within 15 days.
! participate in the formulation and execution of various strategies by being pro-active in
decision making in the Board meetings, so that the exchanges benefits from their experience
and expertise.
! endeavour to ensure that the Exchange abides by all the provisions of the SEBI Act,
Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, Rules, Regulations framed thereunder and the
circulars, directions issued by the Government/SEBI.
! endeavour to make the regulatory system foolproof by ensuring compliance at all levels
of hierarchy in the Exchange. They should also ensure that the Exchange honours the
time limit prescribed by SEBI for corrective actions.
! not support any decision of the Board, which may adversely affect the interest of investors.
They should report forthwith any such decision to SEBI.
! make sure that the arbitral award is given within the period stipulated in the Bye-Laws,
Rules or Regulations of the Exchange and in any case, the award is to be delivered within
15 days after the final meeting.
! priorities redressing of investor grievances by encouraging fair trade practice. They should
also make use of every opportunity to enhance and improve their level of knowledge,
so that they are able to resolve various issues arising in the operations of the exchange
with professional competence, fairness, impartiality, efficiency and effectiveness.
! submit the necessary disclosures/statement of holdings/dealings in securities as required
by the Exchange as per their Rules or Articles of Association.
! maintain confidentiality about any information obtained in the discharge of their duty
unless otherwise required by law. Further, they should not use the confidential information
for their personal gains.
! avoid any interest or activity which is in conflict with the conduct of their official duties.
! not engage in any act involving moral turpitude, dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or
misrepresentation or any other act prejudicial to the administration of the exchange.
VIII. Corporate Governance in Listed Companies

Clause 49 of the listing agreement has been amended to include the recommendations as
prescribed by the committee on corporate governance set up under the chairmanship of
Shri N. R. Narayana Murthy:
Composition of Board: The board of directors of a company should have an optimum
combination of executive and non-executive directors. However, the non-executive
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directors should not be less than 50% of the directors. The number of independent
directors should be determined on the basis of the post held by the Chairman; in case of
a non-executive chairman, at least 1/3rd of board should comprise of independent directors
and if he is an executive chairman, then at least half of Board should comprise of
independent directors.
Non-Executive Directors’ Compensation and Disclosures: All the compensation paid to non-
executive directors should be fixed by the Board and should be approved by shareholders
in general meeting. A limit should be placed for the maximum number of stock options
that can be granted to them in any financial year and in aggregate. In its annual report, the
company should publish its compensation philosophy, statement of entitled compensation
in respect of non-executive directors and the details of shares held by non-executive
directors.
Independent Director: Independent Director should periodically review the company’s legal
compliance reports as well as the steps taken by the company. In the event of any legal
proceedings against an independent director in connection with the affairs of the company,
the defence would not be permitted on the ground that he was unaware of his
responsibility.
Board Procedure: The Board should meet at least four times a year, with a maximum
time gap of four months between any two meetings. A director should not be a
member in more than 10 committees or act as Chairman of more than five
committees across all companies in which he is a director. Furthermore, it should
be mandatory for all the directors to inform the company about the positions they
occupy in other companies every year and also notify changes as and when they
take place.
Code of Conduct: It is obligatory for the Board to lay down the code of conduct for
all its members and the senior management of the company, which should be posted
on the company’s website. On an annual basis, all the members of the Board and
senior management personnel should affirm compliance with the code. In addition,
the annual report should contain a declaration to this effect signed by the CEO and
COO.
Term of Office of Non-executive directors: A person would be eligible for the office of
non-executive director so long as his term in the office has not exceeded nine years in
three terms of three years each, running continuously.
Qualified and Independent Audit Committee: A qualified and independent audit committee
with a minimum of three members comprising of a chairman and members shall be set
up. Wherein the chairman should be an independent director and majority of members
should be independent directors. It is required that all the members of audit committee
should be financially literate and at least one of them should have accounting or related
financial management expertise. The Chairman should be present at Annual General
Meeting to answer the queries of the shareholders. The audit committee should invite
executives, as it considers appropriate (and particularly the head of the finance function)
to be present at the meetings, but on occasions it may also meet without the presence of
any executives.
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Audit Committee: The audit committee should meet at least thrice a year, but once every
six months; at least one meeting should be held before finalization of annual accounts.
The quorum for the meeting should be either two members or one third of the total
members; whichever is higher and minimum of two independent directors. The
committee is empowered to (i) investigate any activity within its terms of reference
(ii) seek information from any employee (iii) obtain outside legal or other professional
advice (iv) secure attendance of outsiders with relevant expertise, if it considers necessary.
Role of Audit Committee: The role of the audit committee should be to (a) oversee
the company’s financial reporting process and the disclosure made in the
financial statement and ascertain its accuracy, sufficiency and credibility
(b) recommend the appointment and removal of external auditor, fixation of
audit fee and also approve payment for any other services (c) review the adequacy
of internal audit function, including the structure of the internal audit
department, its staff, officials heading the department, reporting structure coverage
and frequency of internal audit. Further, the committee should discuss with
internal auditors any significant findings and follow them up (d) review the
findings of any internal investigations into matters of a suspected fraud or
irregularity or a failure of internal control systems of a material nature and
reporting the matter to the board. Also, the committee should discuss with
external auditors before the audit commences about nature and scope of audit.
Post-audit the committee should ascertain any area of concern regarding
company’s financial and risk management policies. The Audit Committee should
also compulsorily review information related to (i) financial statements and draft
audit report, including quarterly/half-yearly financial information; (ii) management
discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations;
(iii) reports relating to compliance with laws and to risk management; and
(iv) management letters/letters of internal control weaknesses issued by statutory/
internal auditors.
IX. Listing of Further Issue of Capital
Following the withdrawal of compulsory listing of companies on regional stock exchange, it
has been decided by the SEBI that a company should be listed on any of the stock exchanges,
which have a nationwide trading terminals. If the company is not listed on any stock exchange
having nationwide trading terminals, then it should continue to obtain ‘in-principle’ approval
from all the exchanges where it is listed. The listing agreement states: “The Company agrees
to obtain ‘in-principle’ approval for listing from the exchanges having nationwide trading
terminals where it is listed, before issuing further shares or securities. Where the company is
not listed on any exchange having nationwide trading terminals, it agrees to obtain such
‘in-principle’ approval from all the exchanges in which it is listed before issuing further shares
or securities.”
X. Amendment to SEBI (Depositories and Participants) (Second Amendment)
Regulations 2003
SEBI amended the SEBI (Depositories and Participants) Regulations 1996 to include the
clauses regarding the manner of handling the share registry work, redressal of investor
grievances and maintenance of audit reports. All matters relating to transfer of securities,
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maintenance of records of holders of securities, handling of physical securities should be

handled and maintained at a single point by establishing connectivity with the depositories
i.e. either in-house by the issuer or by a Share Transfer Agent (STA) registered with the
SEBI. Every issuer or its agent or any person who is registered as an intermediary under this
act, should redress the grievances of beneficial owners within thirty days of the receipt of
the complaint. Simultaneously, the depository should also be informed about the number
and nature of grievances redressed by it and number of grievances pending before it. The
issuers should submit the audit report on a quarterly basis, starting from September 30, 2003
to the concerned stock exchanges audited by a qualified Chartered Accountant or a
practicing Company Secretary.
XI. Amendment to SEBI (FII) (Second Amendment) Regulations 2003

The SEBI (Foreign Institutional Investors) Regulations has been amended by the SEBI
to include the new clauses as stated herewith. The FIIs should fully disclose
information concerning the terms of and parties to off-shore derivative instruments
such as Participatory Notes (P-Notes), Equity Linked Notes (ELN) or any other such
instruments listed or proposed to be listed. The code of conduct has also been
specified which states that (a) a FII and its key personnel should observe high
standards of integrity, fairness and professionalism in all their dealings with
intermediaries, regulatory and other government authorities in the Indian securities
market. They should, at all times, render high standards of service, exercise due
diligence and independent professional judgment (b) a FII should ensure and maintain
confidentiality in respect of trades done on its own behalf and/or on behalf of its
sub-accounts/clients. There should be clear segregation of its own money/securities and
sub-accounts’ money/securities; arms length relationship should be maintained between
its business of fund management/investment and its other business (c) a FII should
maintain an appropriate level of knowledge and competency and abide by the
provisions of the Act, regulations made thereunder and the circulars and guidelines
applicable and relevant to them. Every FII should also comply with award of the
Ombudsman and decision of the Board under SEBI (Ombudsman) Regulations, 2003
(d) a FII should not make any untrue statement or suppress any material fact in
any documents, reports or information furnished to the Board (e) they should ensure
that good corporate policies and corporate governance are observed and do not engage
in fraudulent and manipulative transactions in the securities listed in any stock exchange
in India (f) a FII and/or any of its affiliates should not indulge in any insider trading,
should not be a party to or instrumental for creation of false market in securities
listed or proposed to be listed in any stock exchange in India. They should not be
involved in price rigging or manipulation of prices of securities listed or proposed
to be listed in any stock exchange in India.
XII. SEBI (Central Database of Market Participants) Regulations 2003

The SEBI (Central Database of Market Participants) Regulations, 2003 intends to
develop an inventory of Market Participants and Investors and also set up standards
for client code. It places a mandatory obligation on all entities under the jurisdiction
of SEBI and specified investors to obtain unique identification number under MAPIN
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database. The main features of this regulation are as cited: (a) every investor, listed
company, company intending to get its securities listed, intermediary and other entities
should make applications for allotment of unique identification numbers (UINs) for
itself and for its related persons (b) the application made by a specified intermediary
or any other entity should be in a specified form. On receipt of an application, the
designated service provider should allot to the applicant a UIN. In case of any
defect, the designated service provider should give the applicant an opportunity to
rectify it within a period of 15 days from the date of the intimation or within the
period approved by the Board. If the defect is not rectified within the allotted time
period, then the designated service provider should refer the application to the SEBI
board (c) if unique identification number was obtained through fraud or
misrepresentation or was allotted to a person by mistake, the Board may, after
giving him an opportunity of making representations, revoke the UIN allotted to
him or to the related persons. Once the UIN is revoked, the person will be treated
as if no UIN was allotted to him. In case a person issues any security or buys,
sells or deals in any securities in contravention of these regulations, they would be
liable for suspension from trading or may be debarred from dealing in the securities
market, or any other action as may be deemed appropriate by the Board.
XIII. Disclosure of Proprietary Trading by Brokers to Client

To increase the transparency in the dealings between the broker and the client, it has been
decided that every broker should disclose to his client whether he does client based business
or proprietary trading as well. This should be disclosed to all his existing clients and also
to his new clients at the time of entering into the ‘Know Your Client’ agreement. In case
of a broker who at present does not trade on proprietary account, chooses to do so at a
later date, he is required to disclose this to his clients before carrying out any proprietary
trading.
XIV. Trading by Members/Sub-brokers

Since certain members/sub-brokers deal through a large number of other stock brokers/
sub-brokers on the same exchange/other exchanges for their proprietary trades as well as
trades on behalf of their clients, SEBI has prohibited these transactions, except with the
prior permission of the exchange. After the stock exchange considers the reason stated by
the broker-sub-broker for such transactions and carry out due diligence, it should permit
such deals with only one broker/sub-broker registered with it. The stock broker/sub-broker
of an exchange can deal with only one broker/sub-broker of another exchange for
proprietary trading after intimating the names of such stock broker/sub-broker to his
parent stock exchange.
XV. Disclosure of Trade Details of Bulk Deals

SEBI has decided to bring about greater disclosure in the nature of the bulk deals.
All transactions in scrip where total quantity of shares bought/sold is more than 0.5%
of the outstanding equity shares of that company are considered to be bulk deals.
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The brokers should disclose to the stock exchange the name of the scrip, name of
the client, quantity of shares bought/sold and the traded price. Immediately after
executing the trade, the brokers should intimate the exchange and the stock exchange,
in turn, should disseminate the aforesaid information on the same day after the market
hours to the general public.
XVI. Changes in the Name of the Listed Companies

All listed companies, which decide to change their names, are required to comply with certain
provisions: (i) They have to maintain a time period of at least one year before the last name
change (ii) At least 50% of its total revenue in the preceding one year period should have been
accounted for by the new activity suggested by the new name (iii) The new name along
with the old name should be disclosed through web sites of the respective stock
exchange/s where the company is listed and also through EDIFAR web site for a continuous
period of one year from the date of last name change.
XVII. Reduction in Notice Period for Fixing the Book Closure/Record Date
On receiving representations from various quarters and in view of the major structural
changes/developments in the secondary markets, SEBI decided to reduce the notice
period which the listed companies have to give to the stock exchanges before their
book-closure/record date. In the first phase, the said notice period has been reduced to
15 calendar days from 30 days in case of dematerialized scrips and from 42 days to 21 calendar
days in case of physical scrips.
Initiatives from RBI
I. FIs Trading in GOI Securities

With a view to facilitate participation of the financial institutions (FIs) for trading in government
securities on the stock exchanges, the FIs have to follow the procedure mentioned below:
1. FIs should open demat accounts with the Depository Participant (DP) of either
NSDL/CDSL, in addition to their SGL Accounts with RBI.
2. Value free transfer, (i.e. transfer of the GOI securities from the SGL/CSGL account to
the demat account of the same party) of securities between SGL/CSGL and demat
accounts should be enabled subject to operational guidelines.
3. FIs should also ensure: (a) to obtain specific approval from their Board of Directors to
enable them to trade in Government securities on the stock exchanges, (b) they should
put in place necessary infrastructure, risk management systems and appropriate internal
control systems for trading/settlement of Government securities on stock exchanges
(c) their transactions through any single broker should be subjected to the extant
guidelines on dealings through brokers (d) all their trades should be settled either directly
with clearing corporation/clearing house or else through clearing member custodians
(e) at the time of trade, securities should be available with the FIs either in their SGL
account with RBI or in demat account with depositories (f) the purchase transactions
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by the FIs should be subject to availability of clear funds in their settlement accounts
at the time of pay-in, (g) all pay-out of funds should invariably be out of clear funds,
i.e. the pay out must not be contingent upon the outcome of any clearing to be
conducted on that day.
4. Any settlement failure on account of non-delivery of securities/non-availability of clear

funds should be treated as SGL bouncing and the penalties in respect of SGL bouncing
should be applicable.
5. All the details of transaction in Government securities, on aggregate basis, undertaken

on the stock exchanges and particulars of any “closed out” should be reported to the
audit committee of the Board.
In the mid-term review of the monetary and credit policy, RBI has permitted sale of
Government security already contracted for purchase subject to two conditions: (a) the purchase
contract is confined prior to the sale, is guaranteed by CCIL or the security is contracted for
purchase from the RBI; (b) the sale transaction settles either in the same settlement cycle as the
preceding purchase contract so that the delivery obligation under the sale contract is met by
the securities acquired under the purchase contract.
II. De-recognition of Overseas Corporate Bodies as an Investor Class

RBI in consultation with the Government have de-recognised Overseas Corporate Bodies
(OCBs) in India as an eligible ‘class of investor’ under various routes/schemes available under
extant Foreign Exchange Management Regulations. In addition, following measures have also
been initiated (i) an unincorporated entity also should not be allowed to make fresh investments
under the Foreign Direct Investment scheme including the automatic route. However, the
unincorporated entities and OCBs may continue to hold shares and convertible debentures
till they are sold/redeemed (ii) they should also not undertake purchase of Government dated
securities or treasury bills or units of domestic MFs or units of Money Market Mutual Funds
(MMMFs) in India or National Plan/Savings Certificates both on repatriation and non-
repatriation basis. However, they may continue to hold these securities till they are sold/
matured (iii) a person resident outside India including OCBs should not transfer by way of
sale or gift, the shares or convertible debentures held by them to another OCB (iv) OCBs
should not purchase equity or preference shares or convertible debentures offered on right
basis by an Indian company. A person resident in India should also not borrow in foreign
currency from OCBs (v) an Indian company should not borrow in rupees on repatriation
and non-repatriation basis from OCBs by way of investment in Non-Convertible Debentures
(NCDs) (vi) an Indian company, a proprietorship concern or a firm in India should not accept
deposits from OCBs on non-repatriation basis (vii) OCBs should not open and maintain Non-
Resident (External) Rupee Account (NRE), Foreign Currency (Non-Resident) Account (Banks)
[FCNR(B)] Accounts and Non-Resident Ordinary Rupee (NRO) Deposit Account with
Authorised Dealers in India. (viii) no new NRE/FCNR/NRO Accounts in the name of OCBs
should be opened and no renewal of deposits should be made.
As regards with investment on repatriation basis, authorised dealers (ADs) may allow
repatriation as authorised. For investment on non-repatriation basis, ADs should arrange to
obtain requests for disposal of funds from their OCB clients and seek the specific approval for
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each case from the RBI. The ban imposed on OCBs under PIS vide a circular issued earlier
shall continue. However, they are allowed to hold the shares and convertible debentures
purchased under PIS till such time these are sold on Stock Exchange in India.
It has also been clarified that the de-recognition of OCBs as a separate category of
investor meant withdrawal of special facilities made available to them. However, the overseas
entities owned by NRIs remain unaffected of the same.
III. Bank Financing of Equities and Investments in Shares

As per the RBI directive, banks were required to apply a uniform margin of 40% on all
advances against shares/financing of IPOs/issue of guarantees. A minimum cash margin of
20 per cent (within the margin of 40%) is also to be applied in respect of guarantees issued
by the banks. This has been reviewed and it has been raised to a uniform margin of 50%
to all fresh advances/guarantees issued. A minimum cash margin of 25% (within the margin
of 50%) should be maintained in respect of guarantees issued by banks for capital market
operations. The existing advances/guarantees issued may continue at the earlier margins
until they come up for renewal.
Market Design*
At the end of March 2004, there were 23 operative stock exchanges with 9,368 registered
brokers and 12,815 registered sub-broker trading on them (Annexure 4-1).
Stock Exchanges
The stock exchanges need to be recognized under the Securities Contracts (Regulation)
Act, 1956. Of the 23 recognized stock exchanges, only 3 exchanges (Mumbai, Ahmedabad,
Madhya Pradesh) are organized in the form of “Association of Persons”, while the rest
are organized as limited companies. Except NSE, all exchanges are not-for-profit making
organizations.
Realizing the problems of a non-demutualised set up, a committee under the
chairmanship of Chief Justice M. H. Kania was set up (i) to review the present structures
of stock exchanges (ii) to examine the legal, financial and fiscal issues involved to
corporatise and demutualise the stock exchanges, and recommend the specific steps that
need for demutualisation, and (iii) to advise on the consolidation and merger of the
stock exchanges. The committee recommended a uniform model of demutualisation and
corporatisation and advised the stock exchanges to initiate the process of getting
demutualised. As on date only two exchanges viz., NSE and OTCEI are demutualised
and others are in the process of getting demutualised. The NSE model of
demutualisation compares well with the international models of demutualised stock
exchanges, as may be seen from Table 4-1.
*
While an attempt has been made to present market design for the entire Indian securities market, the trading mechanism and
such other exchange-specific elements have been explained based on the model adopted by NSE. The market developments
have been explained, mostly for the two largest stock exchanges, viz. NSE and BSE. Wherever data permits, an all-India picture
has been presented.
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Table 4-1: Comparison of the NSE Model and the International Models of Demutualised Stock Exchanges
Comparators International Model NSE Model

Legal Structure Company Company
For Profit/Not for Profit For Profit Company For Profit Company
Ownership Structure Owned by Shareholders Owned by Shareholders which are
which includes brokers financial institutions which also have
broking firms as subsidiaries.
Listing Several stock exchanges are listed on Not a listed company. No Initial
themselves after Initial Public Offer. Public Offer made.
Ceilings on shareholding Mostly 5% of voting rights for No ceiling
a single shareholder
Segregation of ownership, These are segregated. To become These are segregated. The trading
trading rights and a member of the demutualised stock rights and ownership are segregated.
management exchange, it is not necessary to own The broking firms are not
a share in the company. Thus, members shareholders.
may or may not be shareholders and
members who own shares may sell off
their trading rights and all shareholders
are not necessarily members.
Board Structure The Governing Board comprises of The Board comprises of
directors who are elected by representats of shareholders,
shareholders. Some of the directors are academics, chartered accountants,
brokers but majority do not have stock legal experts etc. Of these,
broking background. 3 directors are nominated by SEBI
and 3 directors are public
representatives approved by SEBI.
Fiscal benefits As mutual entities, stock exchanges NSE was set up as a demutualised
enjoyed fiscal benefits prior to for profit company and is taxed.
demutualisation, but when converted So the question of fiscal benefit
into for profit companies these are prior to demutualisation does not arise.
taxed.
Transfer of assets Assets were transferred from the mutual The question of transfer of assets did
entity to the for-profit demutualised not arise because NSE was set up by
company and shares were given to the the institutions as a demutualised
members in lieu of the ownership in company itself.
the old entity. There was no cash
consideration paid. Since an Initial
Public Offer (IPO) was also made in
many cases, the valuation of the shares
were done by the market and no separate
valuation exercise was required as for
example in the case of LSE where
a bonus issue was made.
Enactment of legislation to In several countries a separate legislation Not applicable as NSE was set up as
give effect to demutualisation was necessary as in the case of Australia, a demutualised company.
Hong Kong, Toronto and Singapore.
In several others no legislation was
necessary as in the case of UK.
Source: Report of the SEBI Group on Corporatisation and Demutualisation of Stock Exchanges.
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Membership
The trading platform of a stock exchange is accessible only to brokers. They play a significant
role in the secondary market by bringing together the buyers and sellers. The brokers input
buy/sell orders either on his own account or on behalf of clients. The clients may place their
orders either with them directly or through a sub-broker indirectly. Thus, as these buy and sell
order matches, the trades are executed. The exchange can admit a broker as its member only
on the basis of the terms specified in the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956, the SEBI
Act 1992, the rules, circulars, notifications, guidelines, and the byelaws, rules and regulations
of the concerned exchange. No stock broker or sub-broker is allowed to buy, sell or deal in
securities, unless he or she holds a certificate of registration from the SEBI.
The stock exchanges, however, are free to stipulate stricter requirements than those
stipulated by the SEBI. The minimum standards stipulated by NSE are in excess of those laid
down by the SEBI. The NSE admits members based on factors, such as, corporate structure,
capital adequacy, track record, education, and experience (Table 4-2). This reflects a conscious
decision of NSE to ensure quality broking services.
Table 4-2: Eligibility Criteria for Trading Membership on CM Segment of NSE
(Amount in Rs. lakh)
Particulars CM and F&O CM and WDM CM, WDM and
Segment Segment F&O Segment
Constitution Individuals/Firms/Corporates Corporates Corporates
Paid-up capital 30 30 30
(in case of corporates)
Net Worth 100 200 200
Interest Free Security 125 250 275
Deposit (IFSD)
Collateral Security 25 25 25
Deposit (CSD)
Annual Subscription 1 2 2
Education Individual trading member/two At least two directors At least two directors should
partners/two directors should be should be graduates. be graduates. Dealers should
graduates. Dealers should also also have passed SEBI
have passed SEBI approved approved certification test for
certification test for Derivatives Derivatives and Capital
and Capital Market (Basic or Dealers) Market (Basic or Dealers)
Module of NCFM. Module of NCFM.
Experience —— Two year’s experience in securities market ——
Track Record The Applicant/Partners/Directors should not be defaulters on any stock exchange. They
must not be debarred by SEBI for being associated with capital market as intermediaries.
They must be engaged solely in the business of securities and must not be engaged in any
fund-based activity.
Note: Clearing Membership requires higher networth, IFSD and CSD.
The authorities have been encouraging corporatisation of the broking industry. As a

result, a number of brokers-proprietor firms and partnership firms have converted themselves
into corporates. As at end-March 2004, there were brokers 9,368 (including multiple registrations)
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registered with SEBI as compared to 9,519 brokers as at end-March 2003. As of end-March

2004, 3,787 brokers, accounting for nearly 40% of total have become corporate entities. Amongst
those registered with NSE around 88.97% of them were corporatised, followed by OTCEI
with 77.85% corporate brokers.
As at end-March 2004, there were 12,815 sub-brokers registered with SEBI, as compared
with 13,291 sub-brokers as at end of previous year. There were a total of 141 additions of
members during the year 2003-04, whereas 292 were membership cases of reconciliation/
cancellation/surrender. NSE and BSE together constituted 88.29% of the total sub-brokers.
Listing of Securities
Listing means formal admission of a security to the trading platform of a stock exchange.
Listing of securities on the domestic stock exchanges is governed by the provisions in the
Companies Act, 1956, the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (SC(R)A), the Securities
Contracts (Regulation) Rules (SC(R)R), 1957, the circulars/guidelines issued by Central
Government and SEBI. In addition, they are also governed by the rules, bye-laws and regulations
of the concerned stock exchange and by the listing agreement entered into by the issuer and
the stock exchange. Some of the key provisions are enumerated below:
1. The Companies Act, 1956 requires a company intending to issue securities to the public
should seek a permission from one or more recognised stock exchanges for its listing. If
the permission is not granted by all the stock exchanges before the expiry of 10 weeks
from the closure of the issue, then the allotment of securities would be void. Also, a
company may prefer to appeal against refusal of a stock exchange to list its securities to
the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT). The prospectus should state the names of the
stock exchanges, where the securities are proposed to be listed.
2. The bye-laws of the exchanges stipulates norms for the listing of securities. All listed
companies are under obligation to comply with the conditions of listing agreement with
the stock exchange where their securities are listed. If they fail to comply with them, then
they are punishable with a fine up to Rs. 1,000.
3. The SC(R)R prescribe requirements with respect to the listing of securities on a recognised
stock exchange and empowers SEBI to waive or relax the strict enforcement of any or all
of them.
4. The listing agreement states that the issuer should agree to adhere to the agreement of
listing, except for a written permission from the SEBI. As a precondition for the security
to remain listed, an issuer should comply with the conditions as may be prescribed by the
Exchange. Further, the securities are listed on the Exchange at its discretion, as the
Exchange has the right to suspend or remove from the list the said securities at any time
and for any reason, which it considers appropriate.
5. A SEBI circular asserts that the basic norms of listing on the stock exchanges should be
uniform across the exchanges. However, the stock exchanges can prescribe additional
norms over and above the minimum, which should be part of their bye-laws. SEBI has
been issuing guidelines/circulars prescribing certain norms to be included in the listing
agreement and to be complied by the companies. The listing requirements for companies
in the CM segment of NSE are presented in Table 4-3.
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Table 4-3: Listing Criteria for Companies on CM Segment of NSE

Criteria Initial Public Offerings IPOs by Knowledge Companies listed on
(IPOs) Based Companies other exchanges
Paid-up Equity Capital PUEC > Rs. 10 cr. and PUEC > Rs. 5 cr. and PUEC > Rs. 10 cr. and
(PUEC)/Market MC > Rs. 25 cr. MC > Rs. 50 cr. MC > Rs. 25 cr. OR
Capitalisation (MC) PUEC > Rs. 25 cr. OR
MC > Rs. 50 cr.
Company/Promoter’s 3 years of existence of 3 years of existence of 3 years of existence

Track Record applicant/promoting applicant/promoting of applicant/
company. company. promoting company.
Dividend Record or — — Dividend paid for at least

Net worth 2 out of the last 3 years OR
Net worth Rs. 50 cr.
Project Appraisal/ Project appraisal by Project appraisal by Listed on any other stock
Listing specified agencies specified agencies exchange for at least
last three years OR
Project appraisal by
specified agencies
Other Requirements (a) No disciplinary action (a) No disciplinary action (a) Same as for IPOs.
by other stock by other stock
exchanges/regulatory exchanges/regulatory
authority in past 3 years. authority in past 3 years.
(b) Satisfactory redressal (b) Satisfactory redressal (b) No negative net worth,
mechanism for investor mechanism for investor No winding-up petition,
grievances, distribution grievances, distribution and No reference to
of shareholding and of shareholding and BIFR.
litigation record of the litigation record of the
promoting company, promoting company,
if any. if any.
Note:
1. The criteria for IPOs shall also be applicable to companies which have come out with IPOs, but are not listed
on NSE, provided they make an application for listing within 6 months of the date of closure of public issue.
2. Knowledge-based companies are companies in the field of information technology, internet commerce,
telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, etc. and the revenue from knowledge-based activity is more than 75%
of income for last 2 years.
3. Dividend track record/net worth/project appraisal/listing are not applicable to Government Companies, PSUs,
FIs, Nationalised Banks, Statutory Corporations, Banking Companies etc. who are otherwise governed by a
regulatory framework.
Explanations:
1. Paid-up Equity Capital means post issue paid-up equity capital.
2. In case of IPOs, market capitalisation is the product of the issue price and the post-issue number of equity
shares. In case of listed companies it is the product of post issue number of equity shares and average of the
weekly high and low of the closing prices during last 12 months is used to calculate market capitalisation.
3. Net worth means paid-up equity capital + reserves excluding revaluation reserve - miscellaneous expenses not
written off - negative balance in profit and loss account to the extent not set off.
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6. The stock exchanges levy listing fees on the companies, whose securities are listed with
them. The listing fee has two components-initial fee and annual fee. While, initial fee is a
fixed amount, the annual fee varies depending upon the size of the company. NSE charges
Rs. 7,500 as initial fees. For companies with a paid-up share and/or debenture capital of
less than or equal to Rs. 1 crore annual listing fees is Rs. 4,200. For companies with a
paid-up share and/or debenture capital of more than Rs. 50 crore, the annual listing fees
is Rs. 70,000 plus Rs. 1,400 for every additional Rs. 5 crore or part thereof.
A number of requirements, under the SC(R)R, the bye-laws, the listing agreement have to be
continuously complied with by the issuers to ensure continuous listing of its securities. The
listing agreement also stipulates the disclosures that have to be made by the companies. In
addition, the corporate governance practices enumerated in the agreement have to be followed.
The Exchange is required to monitor the compliance with requirements. In case a company
fails to comply with the requirements, then trading of its security would be suspended for a
specified period, or withdrawal/delisting, in addition to penalty as prescribed in the SC(R)A.
Trading Mechanism
NSE was the first stock exchange in the country to provide nation-wide, anonymous, order-
driven, screen-based trading system, known as the National Exchange for Automated Trading
(NEAT) system. The member inputs, in the NEAT system, the details of his order such as the
quantities and prices of securities at which he desires to transact. The transaction is executed
as soon as it finds a matching sale or buy order from a counter party. All the orders are
electronically matched on a price/time priority basis. This has resulted in a considerable
reduction in time spent, cost and risk of error, as well as frauds, resulting in improved
operational efficiency. It allows for faster incorporation of price sensitive information into
prevailing prices, as the market participants can see the full market on real time basis. This
increases informational efficiency and makes the market more transparent. Further, the system
allows a large number of participants, irrespective of their geographical locations, to trade
with one another simultaneously, improving the depth and liquidity of the market. A single
consolidated order book for each stock displays, on a real time basis, buy and sell orders
originating from all over the country. The book stores only limit orders, which are orders to
buy or sell shares at a stated quantity and stated price, are executed only if the price quantity
conditions match. Thus, the NEAT system provides an Open Electronic Consolidated Limit
Order Book (OECLOB), which ensures full anonymity by accepting orders, big or small,
from members without revealing their identity. Thus, provides equal access to all the investors.
A perfect audit trail, which helps to resolve disputes by logging in the trade execution process
in entirety, is also provided.
The trading platform of the CM segment of NSE is accessed not only from the computer
terminals, but also from the personal computers of the investors through the Internet and
from the hand-held devices through WAP.
SEBI has allowed the use of internet as an order routing system for communicating
investors’ orders to the exchanges through the registered brokers. These brokers should obtain
the permission from their respective stock exchanges. In February 2000, NSE became the first
exchange in the country to provide web-based access to investors to trade directly on the
Exchange followed by BSE in March 2001. The orders originating from the PCs of investors
are routed through the internet to the trading terminals of the designated brokers with whom
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they have relations and further to the exchange. After these orders are matched, the transaction
is executed and the investors get the confirmation directly on their PCs.
SEBI has also allowed trading through wireless medium or Wireless Application Protocol
(WAP) platform. NSE is the only exchange to provide access to its order book through the
hand held devices, which use WAP technology. This particularly helps those retail investors,
who are mobile and want to trade from any place.
Technology
With the developments in communication and network technologies, there has been a paradigm
shifts in the operations of the securities market across the globe. Technology has enabled
organisations to build new sources of competitive advantage, bring about innovations in products
and services, and provide new business opportunities. Stock exchanges all over the world have
realised the potential of IT and have moved over to electronic trading systems, which have
wider reach and provide a better mechanism for trade and post trade execution.
Given the importance of technology in shaping the securities industry, NSE has been
emphasizing on innovations and sustained investments in technology. NSE is the first exchange
in the world to use satellite communication technology for trading and also has the largest
VSAT-based trading network in the world and largest VSAT network for any purpose in the
Asia Pacific region. It uses satellite communication technology to energize participation
from more than 2,800 VSATs from approximately 365 cities spread all over the country. It has
been continuously undertaking capacity enhancement measures so as to effectively meet the
requirements of increased users and associated trading loads. NSE’s trading system called the
National Exchange for Automated Trading (NEAT), is a state of-the-art client server based
application. At the server’s end all the trading information is stored in an in-memory database
to achieve a minimum response time and maximum systems availability for users. It has
uptime records of 99.7%. The system also ensures data integrity with past record of single
error in 10 million bits. For all trades entered into the NEAT system, there is uniform response
time of less than 1.5 seconds. NSE has also put in place NIBIS (NSE’s internet Based
Information System) for on-line real-time dissemination of trading information through its
website.
As part of its business continuity plan, NSE has established a disaster back-up site at
Chennai along with its entire infrastructure, including the satellite earth station. This site at
Chennai is a mirror replica of the complete production environment at Mumbai. The link
between the two is through a high-speed optical fiber and the transaction data is backed up
on near real time basis from the main site to the disaster back-up site to keep both the sites
synchronized with each other all the time.
Trading Rules
Insider Trading
Insider trading is considered an offence and is hence prohibited. The SEBI (Prohibition of
Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992 prohibits an insider from dealing (on his own behalf or on
behalf of others) in listed securities on the basis of ‘unpublished price sensitive information’.
It also prohibits communicating, counseling or procuring such information from any other
person to deal in securities of any company on the basis of such information. Price sensitive
information for a security is any information, which if published, is likely to affect its price.
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It includes information regarding the financial results of the company, intended declaration of
dividends, issue of securities or buy back of securities, amalgamation, mergers, takeovers, and
any major policy changes. SEBI, on the basis of any complaint or otherwise, is empowered to
investigate/inspect these allegation of insider trading. If a person is found prima facie guilty of
insider trading, then SEBI may prosecute persons in an appropriate court or pass such orders
as it may deem fit.
In order to strengthen insider trading regulations, SEBI has mandated a code of conduct
for listed companies, its employees, analysts, market intermediaries and professional firms.
The insider trading regulations require initial and continuous disclosure of shareholding by
directors, officers and major shareholders (holding more than 5% shares/voting rights). The
companies are also mandated to adopt a code of disclosure with regards to price sensitive
information, market rumours, reporting of shareholding/ownership, etc.
Unfair Trade Practices

The SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices in relation to the Securities
Market) Regulations, 1995 empowers SEBI to investigate into cases of market manipulation,
fraudulent and unfair trade practices. The regulations define frauds as acts committed by a
party of the contract or by his agent, with intent to deceive another party or his agent or to
induce him to enter into the contract. The regulations specifically prohibit market
manipulation, misleading statements to induce sale or purchase of securities, and unfair
trade practices relating to securities. Under these regulations, SEBI can investigate into violations
committed by any person, including an investor, issuer or an intermediary, suo moto or upon
information received by it. Based on the report of the investigating officer, SEBI can initiate
action for suspension or cancellation of registration of an intermediary.
Takeovers
The restructuring of companies through takeover is governed by the SEBI (Substantial
Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997. The Regulations were formulated so
that the process of acquisitions and takeovers is carried out in a well-defined and orderly
manner following the principles of fairness and transparency. As per the regulations, the
mandatory public offer is triggered on:
• crossing the threshold limit of 15%,
• crossing the creeping acquisition limit of 15% or more but less than 75% of shares or
voting rights of a target company,
• Attempts by persons having 75% or more to acquire more shares.
The regulations give enough scope for existing shareholders to consolidate and also
cover the scenario of indirect acquisition of control. The applications for takeovers are
scrutinised by the Takeover Panel constituted by the SEBI.
Buy Back
Buy back is done by the company with the purpose to improve liquidity in its shares and
enhance the shareholders’ wealth. Under the SEBI (Buy Back of Securities) Regulations, 1998,
a company is permitted to buy back its shares from:
(a) existing shareholders on a proportionate basis through the offer document;
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(b) open market through stock exchanges using book building process; and
(c) shareholders holding odd lot shares.
The company has to disclose the pre and post-buy back holdings of the promoters.
To ensure completion of the buy back process speedily, the regulations have stipulated
time limit for each step. For example, in the cases of purchases through stock exchanges,
an offer for buy back should not remain open for more than 30 days. The verification
of shares received in buy back has to be completed within 15 days of the closure of
the offer. The payments for accepted securities has to be made within 7 days of the
completion of verification and bought back shares have to be extinguished and physically
destroyed within 7 days of the date of the payment. Further, the company making an
offer for buy back will have to open an escrow account on the same lines as provided
in takeover regulations.
Circuit Breakers
Volatility in stock prices is a cause of concern for both the policy makers and the investors.
To curb excessive volatility, SEBI has prescribed a system of circuit breakers. The circuit
breakers bring about a nation-wide coordinated halt in trading on all the equity and equity
derivatives markets. An index based market-wide circuit breaker system applies at three stages
of the index movement either way at 10%, 15% and 20%. The breakers are triggered by
movement of either S&P CNX Nifty or Sensex, whichever is breached earlier (discussed in
details in chapter 5).
Further, the NSE views entries of non-genuine orders with utmost seriousness as this
has market-wide repercussion. It may suo-moto cancel the orders in the absence of any
immediate confirmation from the members that these orders are genuine or for any other
reason as it may deem fit. As an additional measure of safety, individual scrip-wise price
bands has been fixed as below:
• Daily price bands of 2% (either way) on a set of specified securities,
• Daily price bands of 5% (either way) on a set of specified securities,
• Daily price bands of 10% (either way) on another set of specified securities,
• Price bands of 20% (either way) on all remaining securities (including debentures,
warrants, preference shares etc. which are traded on CM segment of NSE),
• No price bands are applicable on scrips on which derivative products are available or on
scrips included in indices on which derivatives products are available.
For auction market the price bands of 20% are applicable. In order to prevent members
from entering orders at non-genuine prices in these securities, the Exchange has fixed operating
range of 20% for such securities.
Demat Trading
A depository holds securities in dematerialised form. It maintains ownership records of
securities in a book entry form, and also effects transfer of ownership through book entry.
Though, the investors have a right to hold securities in either physical or demat form, SEBI
has made it compulsory that trading in securities should be only in dematerialised form. This
was initially introduced for institutional investors and was later extended to all investors. The
companies, which fail to establish connectivity with both the depositories on the scheduled
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date as announced by SEBI, their securities are traded on the ‘trade for trade’ settlement window
of the exchanges.
At the end of March 2004, the number of companies connected to NSDL and CDSL
were 5,212 and 4,720, respectively. The number of dematerialised securities have increased
from 76.9 billion at the end of March 2003 to 97.7 billion at the end of March 2004. During
the same period the value of dematerialised securities has increased from Rs. 5,875 billion
to Rs. 10,701 billion. Since the introduction of the depository system, dematerialisation has
progressed at a fast pace and has gained acceptance amongst the market participants.
All actively traded scrips are held, traded and settled in demat form. The details of progress
in dematerialisation in two depositories, viz. NSDL and CDSL, are presented in
Table 4-4a.
Table 4-4a: Progress of Dematerialisation: NSDL & CDSL

Parameters of Progress NSDL CDSL
March-03 March-04 March-03 March-04
Companies — Agreement signed 4,803 5,216 4,628 4,810
Companies — Available for Demat 4,761 5,212 4,628 4,720
Market Cap. of Companies available (Rs. Bn.) 6,005 11,071 362 1,064
Number of Depository Participants 213 214 189 211
Number of DP Locations 1,718 1,719 414 441
Number of Stock Exchanges Connected 9 9 17 17
No. of Investor Accounts 3,795,604 5,203,393 247,369 629,159
Demat Quantity (Mn.) 68,757 83,690 8,210 14,010
Demat Value (Rs. Bn.) 5,513 9,662 362 1,039
Source: NSDL & CDSL.
Charges for Services

As per SEBI Regulations, every stockbroker, on the basis of his total turnover, is required to
pay annual turnover charges, which are to be collected by the stock exchanges. In order to
share the benefits of efficiency, NSE has been reducing the transaction charges over a period
of time. At present a trading member is required to pay the exchange transaction charges
@0.004% (Rs. 4 per Rs.1 lakh) of the turnover.
The maximum brokerage chargeable by a broker is fixed at 2.5% of the contract price,
exclusive of statutory levies like, SEBI turnover fee, service tax, and stamp duty. This is
inclusive of the brokerage charged by the sub-broker, which should not exceed 1.5% of contract
price. However, the brokerage charged varies from clients to clients. There are instances
wherein brokerage as low as 0.15% has been charged.
Stamp duties are payable as per the rates prescribed by the relevant states. In Maharashtra,
it is charged @ Re. 1 for every Rs. 10,000 or part thereof (i.e. 0.01%) of the value of security
at the time of its purchase/sale as the case may be. However, if the securities are not delivered,
it is levied @ 20 paise for every Rs. 10,000 or part there of (0.002%).
The depositories provide depository services to investors through depository participants
(DPs). They do not charge the investors directly, but charge their DPs who are free to have
their own free structure for their clients. The depositories, however, have been reducing their
charges from DPs over a period of time. The charges levied on DPs by NSDL and CDSL are
presented in Table 4-4b.
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Table 4-4b: Service Charges levied by the Depositories (March 2004)
Depositories Services NSDL CDSL

Dematerialisation Nil Nil
Rematerialisation Rs. 10 per certificate Rs. 10 per certificate
Custody Rs. 6 per ISIN per annum Nil
Settlement Rs. 8 per debit instruction 0.01% of the transaction value subject to a
minimum of Rs. 5 and a maximum of
Rs. 12 per debit instruction
Nil for credit instruction Nil for credit instruction
Pledge Creation Rs. 25 per instruction Rs. 12 per instruction
Pledge Closure Nil Rs. 12 per instruction
Pledge Invocation Nil Nil
Securities Borrowing Rs. 25 per instruction Not available
Source: NSDL & CDSL.
Institutional Trades
Trades by Mutual Funds and Foreign Institutional Investors are termed as Institutional trades,
Transactions by MFs in the secondary market are governed by SEBI (Mutual Funds)
Regulations, 1996. A MF under all its schemes is not allowed to own more than 10% of any
company’s paid-up capital. They are allowed to do only ‘delivery-based’ transactions. A MF
cannot invest more than 10% of the NAV of a particular scheme in the equity shares or equity
related instruments of a single company.
The investments by FIIs are governed by the rules and regulations of the RBI and the
SEBI. As per the RBI guidelines, each FII can invest up to 10% of the paid-up capital of a
company, however, the total FII investment should not exceed 24%. This can, however, be
increased up to the sectoral cap/statutory ceiling, as applicable, provided the Indian company’s
board of directors and also its general body approve it. As per the SEBI guidelines, all FII
transactions are to be routed through a registered member of a recognised stock exchange in
India. FIIs have to necessarily give and take delivery of securities sold and bought.
Index Services
A stock index consists of a set of stocks that are representative of either the whole market, or
a specified sector. It helps to measure the change in overall behaviour of the markets or sector
over a period of time. NSE and CRISIL, in technical partnership with Standard & Poor’s,
have jointly promoted the India Index Services & Products Limited (IISL). The IISL provides
stock index services by developing and maintaining an array of indices for stock prices. IISL
is the only specialized organization of this type in the country. IISL maintains a number of
equity indices comprising broad-based benchmark indices, sectoral indices and customised
indices. The most popular index is the S&P CNX Nifty, followed by the CNX Nifty Junior,
S&P CNX Defty, S&P CNX 500, CNX Midcap 200, S&P CNX Industry indices (for
73 industries) and CNX IT Index. These indices are monitored and updated dynamically and
are reviewed regularly. These are maintained professionally to ensure that it continues to be a
consistent benchmark of the equity markets, which involves inclusion and exclusion of stocks
in the index, day-to-day tracking and giving effect to corporate actions on individual stocks.
S&P CNX Nifty is a well diversified 50 stock index accounting for 24 sectors of the
economy. It accounted for 56.97% of total market capitalisation of CM segment of NSE as at
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end-March 2004. The total traded value of all Nifty stocks is approximately 77% of the traded
value of all the stocks on the NSE. CNX Nifty Junior accounts for 11.6% of the market
capitalization in NSE.
After carrying out a number of iterations, it was felt that Indian stock market had
comfortable liquidity at around 50 stocks. Beyond 50, the liquidity levels became increasingly
lower. Hence the index set size of 50 stocks was chosen. The stocks included in the Nifty
index are selected on the basis of their impact cost, liquidity and market capitalisation.
The composition of Nifty is reviewed at every quarter. The index is calculated afresh every
time a trade takes place in any of the index stock. It is calculated on-line and disseminated
over trading terminals across the country. Annexures 4-2 to 4-5 present the market
capitalisation, weightage, beta and monthly returns of the S&P CNX Nifty stocks for the
period April 2003-March 2004.
S&P CNX Nifty was introduced considering the fact that it would not only be used for
reflecting the stock market behavior accurately, but also for modern applications such as
index funds and index derivatives. It has become the most popular and widely used stock
market indicator in the country.
Index futures and options have been launched based on S&P CNX Nifty index and on
CNX IT Index. Futures contracts based on S&P CNX Nifty have also been launched at the
derivative exchange at Singapore. It is the only Indian index-based derivative product traded
on a foreign exchange.
Market Outcome
Turnover – Growth and Distribution
Trading volumes in the equity segments of the stock exchanges have witnessed phenomenal
growth over the last few years.
While it has increased from Rs. 10,233,820 million in 1998-99 to Rs. 28,809,900 million
in 2000-01, it witnessed a slump during 2001-02 registering volumes of only Rs. 8,958,180
million. The traits of recovery in the market are visibly seen for the last two years. The
volumes have risen to Rs. 9,689,093 million in 2002-03 and further to Rs. 16,204,977 million in
2003-04. In percentage terms there has been a growth of 67.29% in 2003-04 over the previous
year’s volume (Table 4-5).
The monthly trading value of the CM segment on NSE increased from
Rs. 489,713 million in April 2003 to Rs. 1,048,765 million in March 2004 (Table 4-6). The daily
turnover on NSE averaged around Rs. 43,289 million in this year.
Most of the exchanges saw large scale declines in their trading volumes in the year
2003-04 with nine exchanges viz., Calcutta, Uttar Pradesh, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Pune, ICSE,
Hyderabad, Vadodara and Magadh observing the highest decline. Five exchanges viz., NSE,
BSE, Bangalore, Madras and OTCEI were the only ones showing growth trends in this period.
NSE consolidated its position further as the market leader by contributing about 67.8% of the
total turnover. Since its inception in 1994, NSE has emerged as the favoured exchange among
trading members. The consistent increase in popularity of NSE is clearly evident from Annexure
4-6, which presents business growth of CM segment of NSE. NSE now reports higher turnover
from its trading terminals in most of the cities than their corresponding regional exchanges.
The comparative picture of turnover of regional stock exchanges and turnover of NSE terminals
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Table 4-5: Turnover on Stock Exchanges in India*
Stock Exchanges Turnover (Rs. Mn.) Share in Turnover (%)

2002 -03 2003 -04 2002 -03 2003 -04
1 NSE 6,179,887 10,995,339 63.78 67.85
2 Mumbai 3,140,732 5,030,532 32.42 31.04
3 Calcutta 65,399 19,275 0.67 0.12
4 Uttar Pradesh 147,634 117,510 1.52 0.73
5 Ahmedabad 154,586 45,445 1.60 0.28
6 Delhi 111 34 0.00 0.00
7 Pune 18.1 0.0 0.00 0.00
8 Ludhiana 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00
9 Bangalore 0.0 0.5 0.00 0.00
10 ICSE 648 0.5 0.01 0.00
11 Hyderabad 46.0 19.6 0.00 0.00
12 SKSE 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00
13 Madras 0.0 1,008.9 0.00 0.01
14 Madhya Pradesh 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00
15 Vadodara 25 1.4 0.00 0.00
16 OTCEI 1.0 157.6 0.00 0.00
17 Guwahati 0.5 0.0 0.00 0.00
18 Cochin 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00
19 Magadh 5.1 0.7 0.00 0.00
20 Bhubaneshwar 0 0 0.00 0.00
21 Coimbatore 0 0 0.00 0.00
22 Jaipur 0 0 0.00 0.00
23 Mangalore 0 0 0.00 0.00
Total 9,689,093 16,204,977 100.00 100.00

* Excludes turnover in WDM and derivatives segments of Exchanges.
Source: SEBI Annual Report 2003 - 04
Table 4-6: Stock Market Indicators - Monthly Trends on NSE and BSE
(Rs. Mn.)
Month Turnover Average Daily Turnover Market Capitalisation

(end of period)
NSE BSE NSE BSE NSE BSE

Apr-03 489,713 208,226 24,486 10,411 5,306,304 5,725,255
May-03 546,902 225,104 26,043 10,719 6,120,303 6,609,816
Jun-03 615,857 249,329 29,327 11,873 6,785,500 7,343,889
Jul-03 788,776 329,757 34,295 14,337 7,191,449 7,759,958
Aug-03 853,466 363,343 42,673 18,167 8,366,505 9,051,925
Sep-03 1,033,456 446,978 46,975 20,317 8,634,805 9,330,868
Oct-03 1,155,953 530,654 50,259 23,072 9,267,479 10,004,941
Nov-03 928,858 450,292 46,443 22,515 9,795,410 10,658,531
Dec-03 1,103,726 548,155 50,169 24,916 11,670,287 12,733,610
Jan-04 1,342,687 656,203 63,937 31,248 11,161,500 12,068,544
Feb-04 1,087,181 514,635 57,220 27,086 11,109,543 11,962,215
Mar-04 1,048,765 507,856 47,671 23,084 11,209,760 12,012,068
2003-04 10,995,339 5,030,532 43,289 19,805 11,209,760 12,012,068
Source: NSE & Monthly SEBI Bulletins.
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at different cities is presented in Table 4-7. Not only in the national arena, but also in the
international markets, NSE has been successful in creating a niche for itself. According to
reports of FIBV, in the calendar year 2003, in terms of trading intensity NSE ranked 3 rd next
only to NASDAQ and NYSE.
Table 4-7: Turnover on NSE Terminals vs. Turnover on other Exchanges in the City
(Rs. Mn.)
Stock Exchange/Exchange City 2002 -03 2003 -04
NSE Exchange NSE Exchange
1 Mumbai (BSE) 2,472,423 3,140,732 4,845,908 5,030,532

2 Mumbai (OTCEI) 2,472,423 1 4,845,908 158
3 Mumbai (ICSE) 2,472,423 648 4,845,908 1
4 Calcutta 743,670 65,399 1,446,259 19,275
5 Delhi 1,135,646 111 1,800,806 34
6 Ahmedabad 141,059 154,586 329,020 45,445
7 Uttar Pradesh (Kanpur) 46,221 147,634 54,503 117,510
8 Ludhiana 27,102 0 47,357 0
9 Pune 65,340 18 106,217 0
10 Bangalore 155,440 0 193,970 1
11 Hyderabad 197,777 46 265,204 20
12 Cochin 54,160 0 77,865 0
13 Chennai (Madras) 221,703 0 316,430 1,009
14 Madhya Pradesh (Indore) 52,620 0 111,302 0
15 Magadh (Patna) 7,125 5 10,167 1
16 Vadodara 42,240 26 77,505 1
17 Coimbatore 34,070 0 49,387 0
18 Bhubaneshwar 3,077 0 2,720 0
19 Jaipur 82,078 0 147,566 0
20 Guwahati 2,792 5 295 0
21 Mangalore 7,570 0 11,057 0
22 Rajkot 16,897 0 26,975 0
Note: The NSE figures relate to its volumes in the CM segment (not WDM and Derivatives segments) only from the
concerned city, while all other figures represent all India turnover of the concerned exchange.
Source: SEBI & NSE.
The sectoral distribution of turnover has undergone significant change over last few
years. Table 4-8 presents the share of top ‘50’ companies at NSE, classified according to
different sectors, in turnover and market capitalisation. The share of manufacturing companies
in trading volume of top ‘50’ companies, which was nearly more than 23% in 1998-99, witnessed
a sharp decline to 2.03% 2002 -03. Further, in 2003 -04, their share has risen sharply to 37.66%.
The share of information technology (IT) companies in trading volume has fallen from 74.71%
in 2002 - 03 to only 31.04% in 2003 - 04.
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Table 4-8: Distribution of Turnover and Market Capitalisation of Top ‘50’ Companies listed at NSE
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Companies Turnover
Amount (Rs. mn.) % to Total
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1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04
(Nov.-Mar) (Nov.-Mar)
Manufacturing 499,094 1,311,094 1,326,775 882,241 1,397,421 1,247,790 284,260 111,930 3,289,182 79.29 45.88 37.43 23.13 18.78 9.85 6.05 2.03 37.66
Financial Services 108,587 1,000,375 540,709 265,005 343,082 175,590 49,170 142,040 1,164,357 17.25 35.01 15.25 6.95 4.61 1.39 1.05 2.57 13.33
F.M.C.G. 7,039 438,181 1,551,480 942,404 380,109 324,380 132,580 44,630 194,259 1.12 15.33 43.77 24.71 5.11 2.56 2.82 0.81 2.22
I.T. 0 1,591 25,793 1,381,476 3,693,152 9,571,590 3,128,510 4,127,810 2,711,187 0.00 0.06 0.73 36.22 49.63 75.56 66.58 74.71 31.04
Pharmaceuticals 1,576 4,085 19,762 90,295 482,304 210,850 225,380 95,600 229,623 0.25 0.14 0.56 2.37 6.48 1.66 4.80 1.73 2.63
Others 13,130 102,294 80,484 252,850 1,144,814 1,138,030 878,840 1,002,930 1,146,357 2.09 3.58 2.27 6.63 15.39 8.98 18.70 18.15 13.12
Total 629,426 2,857,618 3,545,003 3,814,271 7,440,881 12,668,230 4,698,740 5,524,940 8,734,966 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
Companies Market Capitalisation

Amount (Rs. mn.) % to Total
1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04
(Nov.-Mar) (Nov.-Mar)
Secondary Market – Trading

Manufacturing 1,395,458 1,621,883 1,773,710 1,065,715 1,516,922 967,180 561,090 333,830 2,621,234 62.05 62.18 54.95 34.39 20.53 20.79 12.41 8.03 31.13
Financial Services 256,555 290,827 340,613 183,338 362,092 364,600 424,850 452,830 1,045,514 11.41 11.15 10.55 5.92 4.90 7.84 9.39 10.89 12.41
F.M.C.G. 226,476 298,883 591,987 907,729 795,220 804,970 565,070 378,260 598,188 10.07 11.46 18.34 29.29 10.76 17.30 12.49 9.09 7.10
I.T. 0 0 84,343 457,416 3,064,181 1,060,950 801,450 760,170 811,075 0.00 0.00 2.61 14.76 41.48 22.80 17.72 18.28 9.63
Pharmaceuticals 41,683 47,279 81,758 242,208 193,237 210,350 323,140 275,740 425,007 1.85 1.81 2.53 7.82 2.62 4.52 7.14 6.63 5.05
Others 328,801 349,338 355,454 242,718 1,456,091 1,245,020 1,847,200 1,958,270 2,920,559 14.62 13.39 11.01 7.83 19.71 26.76 40.84 47.08 34.68
Total 2,248,972 2,608,210 3,227,864 3,099,124 7,387,742 4,653,070 4,522,800 4,159,100 8,421,576 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
ISMR
F.M.C.G. Fast Moving Consumer Goods
I.T. Information Technology

The share of top ‘5’ securities in turnover has been on a declining trend since the
past few years from 52.2% in 2000-01 to 31.04% in 2003-04 (Table 4-9). Trading in top
‘100’ securities also has witnessed a decline from 97.5% to 91.03% over the same period.
Member-wise distribution of turnover indicates increasing diffusion of trades among a
larger number of trading members over the years. During 2003-04, top ‘5’ members
accounted for only 11.6% of turnover, while top ‘100’ members accounted for 61.4% of
total turnover.
Table 4- 9: Percentage Share of Top ‘N’ Securities/Members in Turnover of NSE
No. of Securities/Members
5 10 25 50 100
Securities
1994-95 (Nov.-Mar.) 48.77 55.92 68.98 81.14 91.07
1995-96 82.98 86.60 90.89 93.54 95.87
1996-97 84.55 91.96 95.70 97.03 98.19
1997-98 72.98 85.17 92.41 95.76 97.90
1998-99 52.56 67.11 84.71 92.03 95.98
1999-00 39.56 59.22 82.31 88.69 93.66
2000-01 52.15 72.90 88.93 94.57 97.46
2001-02 44.43 62.92 82.24 91.56 95.91
2002-03 40.58 55.41 77.8 89.16 95.38
2003-04 31.04 44.87 64.32 79.44 91.03
Members
1994-95 (Nov.-Mar.) 18.19 26.60 44.37 61.71 81.12
1995-96 10.65 16.56 28.61 41.93 58.59
1996-97 5.94 10.08 19.67 30.57 45.95
1997-98 6.29 10.59 18.81 29.21 44.24
1998-99 7.73 11.96 20.77 31.66 47.02
1999-00 7.86 12.99 22.78 34.41 49.96
2000-01 7.78 12.76 23.00 33.86 48.79
2001-02 7.14 12.29 23.63 36.32 53.40
2002-03 10.26 16.41 29.07 42.49 59.15
2003-04 11.58 17.36 30.34 44.05 61.37
Source: NSE.
Turnover in India seems to be more concentrated in comparison to that in other

comparable markets (international) as may be seen from Table 4 -10. Ten most active index
securities accounted for 44.2% of turnover in India and top ten index securities in
terms of equity base accounted for 36.5% of market capitalisation at the end of
December 2003.
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Table 4-10: Market Concentration in Emerging Asian Markets: End December 2003
(In per cent)
Market Index Stock’s Share of Share of 10 Largest Share of 10 Most

Index Stock Active Index
Market Turnover in Market Stocks in
Capitalisation Capitalisation Turnover
China 60.3 46.5 27.1 12.7

Thailand 70.1 56.2 42.0 25.5
Taiwan 72.5 58.9 34.0 20.7
Korea 84.5 58.6 43.8 24.0
Malaysia 67.2 39.7 31.2 16.5
India 75.0 74.2 36.5 44.2
Source: S&P Emerging Stock Markets Factbook 2004
At the end of March 2004, NSE has permitted 70 members on its CM segment
the web based access to its trading system. These members in turn have registered 413,454
clients for web based access. About 235 lakh trades for Rs. 379,451 million constituting
3.45% of the total trading volume, were routed and executed through the internet.
NEATiXS a product of the NSE.IT helps brokerage firms to conduct internet trading,
which can be accessed easily using standard browsers. It provides real time
on-line market information including stock quotes and order screens, allowing investors
to place orders from their personal computers. The success of internet trading in India,
however, will depend on expansion of internet bandwidth, which is necessary for faster
execution of trades.
Market Capitalisation
The market capitalisation for securities available for trading on the equity segment of NSE and
BSE witnessed enormous growth over the previous years (Table 4-6). The market capitalisation
of NSE and BSE as at end March 2004 amounted to Rs. 11,209,760 million and Rs. 12,012,068
million respectively.
A sharp change in the shares of different sectors in market capitalisation is
observed over the years (Table 4 -8). Sectors like manufacturing, which used to
dominate in terms of market capitalization with more than 35% in the year 1998-99,
have shown declines in 2001-02 and 2002-03. However, they witnessed a turnaround
in 2003-04 having registered 31.13% share in market capitalization of the top
50 companies.
Prices
The year 2003-04 proved to be good for all the major indices in the world. The S&P CNX
Nifty index, which remained subdued for the early part of 2003, rose sharply from
August 2003 onwards to reach a peak of 2014.65 in January 2004. The index rose by 81.14% in
2003-04 as compared to its previous years close (Table 4-11). Similarly BSE also gave returns
to the tune of 83.38% in the said period.
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Table 4-11: Movement of Select Indices on Indian/Foreign Markets
Index 31.03.2002 31.03.2003 31.03.2004 Change Change

during during
2002-03 (%) 2003-04 (%)
S&P CNX Nifty 1129.55 978.20 1771.90 -13.40 81.14

BSE Sensex 3469.35 3048.72 5590.60 -12.12 83.38
Hang Seng 11032.92 8634.45 12681.67 -21.74 46.87
Dow Jones 10403.94 7992.13 10381.70 -23.18 29.90
Nasdaq 1845.35 1341.17 2000.63 -27.32 49.17
Nikkei 11024.94 7972.71 11715.39 -27.68 46.94
FTSE 5271.80 3613.30 4417.50 -31.46 22.26
Source: NSE, BSE & Bloomberg.
Of late, the market participants, analysts and investors have related the developments in
domestic equity markets with the NASDAQ. NASDAQ index has come to symbolise the new
economy or technology stocks. Chart 4-1 plots the daily movement in S&P CNX Nifty, Sensex
and NASDAQ index. During most part of the year, the stock prices in India are synchronized
with that in Nasdaq.
Volatility
The stock markets witnessed maximum volatility in January 2004 due to the fear of possible
ban on the use of Participatory Notes (P-Notes), wherein it was 2.18% and 2.05% on Nifty
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and Sensex, respectively (Table 4-12). However, in May 2003 lowest volatility was witnessed at
0.74% and 0.72% for S&P CNX Nifty and Sensex respectively. Chart 4-2 presents the volatility
of S&P CNX Nifty, Sensex and NASDAQ.
Table 4-12: Stock Market Index, Volatility and P/E Ratio: April 2003 to March 2004
Month/Year S&P CNX Nifty Sensex

Index Volatility P/E Ratio* Index Volatility P/E Ratio*
(%)** (%)**
Apr-03 934.05 1.38 13.14 2,959.79 1.21 12.88

May-03 1006.80 0.74 11.65 3,180.75 0.72 13.94
Jun-03 1134.15 0.94 12.95 3,607.13 1.02 14.70
Jul-03 1185.85 1.04 12.84 3,792.61 1.04 15.11
Aug-03 1356.55 1.52 14.95 4,244.73 1.36 15.55
Sep-03 1417.10 1.81 15.43 4,453.24 1.69 16.23
Oct-03 1555.90 1.52 17.15 4,906.87 1.44 17.55
Nov-03 1615.25 1.30 17.81 5,044.82 1.31 16.01
Dec-03 1879.75 0.96 20.73 5,838.96 0.91 18.86
Jan-04 1809.75 2.18 19.96 5,695.67 2.05 18.36
Feb-04 1800.30 1.69 19.74 5,667.51 1.50 18.24
Mar-04 1771.90 1.48 20.70 5,590.60 1.45 18.57
* As on the last trading day of the month.
** Volatility is calculated as standard deviation of the natural log of returns in indices for the respective period.
Source: SEBI & NSE.
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The volatility across different sectoral indices varied widely (Table 4 -13). For the month
of April 2003, while the Nifty volatility was 1.38%, the volatility of CNX IT Index was
5.20%.
Table 4-13: Performance of Sectoral Indices
Month/Year Monthly Closing Prices Average Daily Volatility (%)
S&P CNX CNX IT CNX S&P CNX S&P CNX S&P CNX CNX CNX IT CNX S&P CNX S&P CNX
CNX FMGG Finance Petro- Pharma- Nifty FMGG Finance Petro- Pharma-
Nifty chemicals ceutical chemicals ceutical
Apr-03 934.05 1952.08 11351.13 299.91 1228.08 1386.13 1.38 1.35 5.20 1.16 1.76 0.99
May-03 1006.80 2083.43 10993.40 336.38 1341.90 1477.98 0.92 0.85 2.27 1.30 1.38 0.80
Jun-03 1134.15 2303.28 13002.42 371.54 1465.64 1719.37 0.94 1.10 1.68 1.01 1.96 1.38
Jul-03 1185.85 2243.25 13675.94 433.54 1604.18 1862.79 1.05 1.37 2.99 1.94 1.44 1.31
Aug-03 1356.55 2490.61 15056.30 465.01 1818.26 2175.33 1.51 1.52 2.37 2.71 1.40 1.55
Sep-03 1417.10 2432.13 17315.55 491.29 2016.94 2165.53 1.81 1.92 2.87 1.84 2.23 1.81
Oct-03 1555.90 2417.39 18550.60 568.17 2202.26 2323.96 1.53 1.34 2.50 2.28 1.93 1.39
Nov-03 1615.25 2457.27 20644.80 623.54 2234.44 2459.00 1.30 1.06 1.85 1.95 1.68 1.33
Dec-03 1879.75 2863.38 23542.27 721.31 2627.16 2785.15 0.97 1.14 1.65 1.76 1.61 1.24
Jan-04 1809.75 2751.38 21370.45 717.53 2527.41 2619.23 2.18 1.70 2.34 2.86 2.39 1.61
Feb-04 1800.30 2694.83 20599.20 687.20 2508.53 2624.23 1.69 1.25 1.96 1.69 1.97 1.25
Mar-04 1771.90 2464.11 19372.90 670.46 2441.24 2508.65 1.48 1.15 1.93 1.38 1.89 0.96
Source: IISL.
Returns in Indian Market

The performance of S&P CNX Nifty and various other indices over different periods of
last one month to 12 months is presented in Table 4-14. It reveals that the indices have
performed with varying degrees over varying periods. A common phenomenon observed
was that some of the indices provided substantial gains in the longer period of 6 months
and one year, but did not give encouraging returns for the shorter periods of 1 month,
3 months. The investments made in S&P CNX Nifty securities in February 2004 did not
yield having positive returns, however the investments in the same a year back (March 2003)
gave out positive returns of 81.14%. CNX Midcap 200 and CNX IT index proved to follow
the same trend as of Nifty.
Table 4-14: Performance of Select Indices as at end March 2004

(In per cent)
1 month 3 months 6 months 1 year
S&P CNX Nifty -1.58 -5.74 25.04 81.14

S&P CNX 500 1.02 -4.82 28.01 107.81
S&P CNX Defty 1.13 -2.47 30.12 95.98
CNX Nifty Junior 1.85 -0.40 38.06 169.31
CNX Midcap 200 -2.41 -10.67 29.02 139.72
CNX IT Index -5.95 -17.71 11.88 29.44
CNX Bank Index 8.35 9.98 43.94 134.56
Source: IISL
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The comparative performance of five major sectoral indices, viz. S&P CNX Petrochemicals
Index, S&P CNX Finance Index, CNX FMCG Index, S&P CNX Pharma Index, and CNX IT
Index, with that of S&P CNX Nifty Index for the year 2003-04 is presented in Chart 4-3. It is
observed that during the entire period, CNX Finance Index, S&P CNX Petrochemicals Index
and the S&P CNX Pharma Index out-performed the Nifty. The CNX IT Index, was the worst
performer during the whole year. CNX FMCG Index though mirrored the movement of
Nifty during the first half of the year. However, it under performed the benchmark index
‘Nifty’ during the later half. The monthly closing prices of these sectoral indices are presented
in Table 4 -13.
Exchange Traded Funds

The first ETF in India, the “Nifty BeES (Nifty Benchmark Exchange Traded Scheme) is based
on S&P CNX Nifty. It was launched in December 2001 by Benchmark Mutual Fund. It is
bought and sold like any other stock on NSE and has all characteristics of an index fund. As on
March end 2003, there were five ETFs launched on Nifty, Junior Nifty, CNX Bank Index
namely, the Nifty BeES, Junior Nifty BeES, Bank BeES, Liquid BeES and SUNDER (S&P
CNX Nifty UTI Notional Depository Receipts Scheme). Prudential ICICI launched an ETF
based on BSE Sensex, namely SPICE (Sensex Prudential ICICI Exchange Traded Fund).
During the month of March 2004, 637 trades involving 0.13 million Nifty BeES
were transacted. The trading value was Rs. 22.42 million. Details about ETFs are available in
Chapter 3.
Liquidity
Many listed securities on stock exchanges are not traded actively. The percentage of companies
traded on BSE was quite low at 35.93% as compared with 97.71% on NSE in March 2004
(Table 4-15). Only 75.10% of companies traded on BSE were traded for more than 100 days
during 2003-04, while that on NSE, it has been 92.16% (Table 4-16). Trading took place for
less than 100 days in case of 24.9% of companies traded at BSE during the year, and for less
than 10 days in case of 5.6% of companies traded.
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Table 4-15: Trading Frequency on NSE & BSE
Month/Year NSE BSE

Companies Companies % of Traded Listed Traded % of Traded
Available Traded to Available Securities Securities to Listed
for Trading* for Trading Securities
Apr-03 771 749 97.15 7,338 2,094 28.54

May-03 769 743 96.62 7,335 2,173 29.63
Jun-03 769 744 96.75 7,349 2,245 30.55
Jul-03 774 755 97.55 7,360 2,312 31.41
Aug-03 775 752 97.03 7,347 2,363 32.16
Sep-03 774 761 98.32 7,354 2,357 32.05
Oct-03 776 728 93.81 7,343 1,692 23.04
Nov-03 777 738 94.98 7,353 1,697 23.08
Dec-03 779 754 96.79 7,368 2,230 30.27
Jan-04 786 761 96.82 7,305 2,118 28.99
Feb-04 788 763 96.83 7,332 2,075 28.30
Mar-04 787 769 97.71 7,264 2,610 35.93
Source: SEBI and NSE.

* At the end of the month. Includes listed/permitted to trade companies but excludes suspended companies.
Table 4-16: Frequency Distribution of Companies Traded at NSE and BSE
No. of Days Traded No. of Companies No. of Companies

Traded at NSE Traded at BSE
2003-04 % to Total 2003-04 % to Total
Above 100 days 741 92.16 1,960 75.10

91-100 days 7 0.87 65 2.49
81-90 days 8 1.00 54 2.07
71-80 days 3 0.37 49 1.88
61-70 days 2 0.25 46 1.76
51-60 days 11 1.37 58 2.22
41-50 days 8 1.00 61 2.34
31-40 days 2 0.25 56 2.15
21-30 days 7 0.87 52 1.99
11-20 days 8 1.00 63 2.41
1-10 days 7 0.87 146 5.59
Total 804 100.00 2,610 100.00
Source: SEBI & NSE.
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Institutional Transactions
Though the volume of trades done by FIIs is not very high as compared to other market
participants, they are the driving force in determination of market sentiments and price
trends. This is so because, they do only delivery-based trades and they are perceived to be
infallible in their assessment of the market. During 2003-04, the investments made by FIIs
were a total turnaround compared to its performances in the earlier years. The strong risk
adjusted returns of the Indian market have led FIIs to make more allocations to India. The
FIIs registered a net investment of Rs. 457,645 million. The FIIs net investment was highest
during the month of October 2003, when they made net purchases for a peak of Rs. 67,228
million (Table 4-17). The cumulative net FIIs investment touched US$ 25.75 billion by end-
March 2004. As on end March 2004, the total number of FIIs registered with SEBI amounted
to 540 against 502 in March 2003.
Table 4-17: Trends in FIIs Investment
Period Purchases Sales Net Invest- Cumulative Net Invest- Cumulative

(Rs. Mn.) (Rs. Mn.) ment Net Invest- ment Net Invest-
(Rs. Mn.) ment (US$ Mn.) ment
(Rs. Mn.) (US$ Mn.)
1994-95 76,311 28,348 47,963 47,963 1,528 3,167

1995-96 96,935 27,516 69,420 117,384 2,036 5,202
1996-97 155,539 69,794 85,745 203,129 2,432 7,634
1997-98 186,947 127,372 59,574 262,703 1,650 9,284
1998-99 161,150 176,994 -15,845 246,857 -386 8,898
1999-00 568,555 467,335 101,219 348,077 2,339 11,237
2000-01 740,506 641,164 99,342 447,419 2,159 13,396
2001-02 499,199 411,650 87,552 534,972 1,846 15,242
2002-03 470,601 443,710 26,889 561,861 562 15,804
2003-04 1,448,575 990,940 457,645 1,019,506 9,949 25,754
Apr-03 58,782 48,855 9,925 571,786 208 16,012
May-03 73,855 43,253 30,605 602,391 645 16,449
Jun-03 78,353 43,729 34,617 637,008 734 16,746
Jul-03 85,501 63,892 21,609 658,617 462 17,854
Aug-03 88,475 66,205 22,275 680,892 480 18,335
Sep-03 122,705 80,952 41,755 722,647 907 19,242
Oct-03 152,122 84,895 67,228 789,875 1,466 20,708
Nov-03 111,240 75,300 35,941 825,816 788 21,496
Dec-03 149,161 85,343 63,819 889,635 1,404 22,900
Jan-04 176,520 137,827 38,693 928,328 850 23,749
Feb-04 159,618 132,887 26,735 955,063 587 24,336
Mar-04 192,243 127,802 64,443 1,019,506 1,418 25,754
Source: SEBI.
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During 2003-04, the MFs have invested more funds in the debt instruments than
equity instruments (Table 4-18). In the equity market, MFs were net buyers to the tune
of Rs. 13,157 million during 2003-04. The months of April 2003, June 2003, September
2003, October 2003 and February 2004 witnessed the MFs in a selling spree in the
equity, whereas in the debt instruments only February 2004 witnessed the MFs in selling
mode.
Table 4-18: Trends in Transactions by Mutual Funds

(Rs. Mn.)
Month/Year Equity Debt Total

Net
Gross Gross Net Gross Gross Net Purchases/
Purchase Sales Purchases/ Purchase Sales Purchases/ Sales
Sales Sales
Apr-03 13,328 15,110 -1,772 40,190 22,676 17,514 15,743

May-03 22,182 21,420 762 54,950 28,409 26,541 27,303
Jun-03 19,975 21,931 -1,956 50,510 28,095 22,415 20,458
Jul-03 26,422 25,712 711 64,854 33,468 31,386 32,097
Aug-03 31,485 27,451 4,034 65,599 38,840 26,759 30,793
Sep-03 28,126 31,027 -2,901 58,968 42,170 16,798 13,897
Oct-03 33,623 35,572 -1,948 48,447 33,660 14,787 12,838
Nov-03 29,173 27,268 1,905 43,759 23,381 20,378 22,283
Dec-03 46,474 37,954 8,521 54,041 36,735 17,306 25,828
Jan-04 50,983 41,604 9,379 55,653 38,322 17,331 26,710
Feb-04 26,062 31,399 -5,337 31,841 35,128 -3,287 -8,624
Mar-04 39,878 38,106 1,760 62,887 43,808 19,079 20,839
2003-04 367,711 354,554 13,157 631,699 404,692 227,007 240,164
Source: SEBI.
ADR/GDR Prices
A comparison of the price of ADR/GDR of a company with the domestic price of
its share gives an idea about the extent to which domestic price of the security is at
premium/discount to the international price. The extent of divergence between the
prices of ADRs/GDRs and the domestic prices of the companies constituting the
Instanex Skindia index is presented in Table 4-19. RBI permitted two-way fungibility
for ADRs/GDRs, which meant that the investors (foreign institutional or domestic)
in any company that has issued ADRs/GDRs could freely convert the ADRs/GDRs
into underlying domestic shares. They could also reconvert the domestic shares into
ADRs/GDRs, depending on the direction of price change in the stock.
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Table 4-19: Divergence between ADR/GDR Prices and Local Prices

(In per cent)
Company Weight Premium/Discount

(%) to Local
Instanex Skindia 100.00 15.75

Bajaj Auto (G) 1.63 -4.21
Dr. Reddy’s (A) 4.19 2.10
HDFC Bank (A) 6.28 16.30
Hindalco (G) 5.63 -0.59
ICICI Bank (A) 16.71 5.84
Infosys Tech (A) 18.54 48.54
ITC (G) 4.25 -1.87
L&T (G) 2.90 -1.42
MTNL (A) 3.55 24.08
Ranbaxy Labs (G) 5.43 -1.79
Reliance (G) 10.55 3.14
Satyam Computers (A) 5.94 35.40
State Bank of India (G) 7.95 10.47
VSNL (A) 3.96 0.75
Wipro (A) 2.49 33.24
Source: The Economic Times, August 31, 2004
Takeovers
In 2003-04, there were 65 takeovers under open category involving Rs. 15,948 million
as against Rs. 63,891 million during the preceding year (Table 4-20). However, there were
171 takeovers under exempted category involving Rs. 14,357 million as against Rs. 24,284
million in the previous year.
Table 4-20: Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers
(Value in Rs. Mn.)
Year Open Offers Automatic Exemption
Objectives Total Number Value of

Change in Control Consolidation of Substantial Shares
of Management Holdings Acquisition Acquired
Number Value Number Value Number Value Number Value

1994-95 0 0 1 1,140 1 42 2 1,182 — —
1995-96 4 301 4 255 0 0 8 556 — —
1996-97 11 118 7 783 1 23 19 924 — —
1997 -98 18 1,429 10 3,398 13 956 41 5,784 93 35,022
1998 -99 29 997 24 4,163 12 3,271 65 8,430 201 18,881
1999 -00 42 2,588 9 711 23 1,300 74 4,599 252 46,774
2000 -01 70 11,404 5 1,890 2 425 77 13,719 248 48,732
2001 -02 54 17,562 26 18,152 1 390 81 36,104 276 25,390
2002 -03 46 38,144 40 25,733 2 14 88 63,891 238 24,284
2003 -04 38 3,952 16 1,966 11 10,030 65 15,948 171 14,357
Total 312 76,496 142 58,191 66 16,451 520 151,138 1,479 213,440
Source: SEBI.
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Performance of Brokers
As mentioned earlier, there were 9,368 trading members at the end of March 2004, however,
the details of their performance are not readily available. A brief detail with respect to
799 members of NSE is presented in Table 4-21. It is observed that about 57% of the members
had deployed a capital of less than Rs. 20 million at the end of March 2003, while 5% have
deployed more than Rs. 100 million. Similarly about 52% of members had a turnover of less
than Rs. 10,000 million during 2003-04, while about 6% had turnover of more than Rs. 10,000
crore.
Table 4-21: Distribution of Trading Members according to Capital/Turnover
Turnover (Rs. Mn.) <10000 >10000- >20000- >30000- >40000- >50000- >100000 Total
(2003-04) 20000 30000 40000 50000 100000
Capital
(Rs. Mn.) as on
March 31, 2003
< 20 287 84 25 22 9 18 11 456

> 20 - 40 80 33 27 7 10 19 8 184
> 40 - 60 26 20 8 9 2 11 11 87
> 60 - 80 7 3 4 2 0 5 1 22
> 80 - 100 7 1 0 1 0 1 3 13
> 100 6 4 1 3 2 8 13 37
Total 413 145 65 44 23 62 47 799

Note: Turnover considered for the above computation is Capital Market Turnover only.
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Box Item 4-1
Commodities Market
An important area wherein many new developments have taken place in the year
2003-04 has been the commodities futures market. The Government vide its
notification on April 1, 2003 rescinded all its previous notifications which prohibited
futures trading in a large number of commodities in the country. This was followed
by a notification in May 2003 revoking the prohibition on non-transferable specific
delivery forward contracts (i.e. merchandising contracts). These developments have
set the stage for a prominent role for commodity futures trading which was in
hibernation for four decades in the country. Based on the recommendation of the
Forward Markets Commission (FMC) three exchanges were granted recognition
viz., National Multi Commodity Exchange (NMCE), Multi Commodity Exchange
(MCX) and National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX).
An inter-ministerial task force, under the chairmanship of Wajahat
Habibullah, was set up to look into the convergence of securities and commodity
derivative markets. Even though there are some differences in commodity and
financial derivatives markets, they have a close resemblance as far as trade practices
and operations are concerned. The task force considered strengthening and
restructuring the Forward Markets Commission or to institutionalise some form
of coordination or convergence with the Securities Regulator, whose functions
collide with the functions of the commodities derivatives regulator. Some of the
observations made by the committee with regards to the gains from convergence
are as given below1.
(a) Opportunity to speed up the development of the commodity market: If derivatives in
commodities resemble securities, then the challenge of obtaining sound
institutions for trading commodity derivatives can be eased by using the
stable and mature institutions that are in existence in the securities markets.
Efforts can be speeded up if the institutions of the securities markets are
used, which are available off the shelf. As a result, the modern market
institutions would become available to farmers in record time. This in turn
may help accelerate the growth of the agricultural sector.
(b) Commodity derivatives resemble securities: There are strong commonalities between
commodity and securities derivatives. A commodity futures contract is
tradable and fungible. If the commodity futures markets are used for purely
financial purposes, then the knowledge and procedures for trading in securities
is directly pertinent to trading in commodity futures. Thus, almost all
commodity futures contracts are akin to securities; however there are certain
differences with regard to delivery and settlement.
1
Report of the inter-ministerial task force on convergence of securities and commodity derivative markets.
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(c) Economies of scale: The securities infrastructure could be obtained for trading
in commodity derivatives at a small incremental cost. Conversely, the viability
of the new multi-commodity exchanges would be enhanced if they could
trade derivatives on all the underlyings. This would serve to save capital,
which would otherwise be required to create the desired institutional structure
for the commodities sector. It is, however, quite possible that convergence
would provide economies of scale to some of the leading stock/commodity
exchanges, particularly, BSE and NSE.
(d) Economies of scope: In the risk management system, for each market, there is
different clearing corporation. And a trader operating in different markets
have to maintain separate collaterals across the markets. Hence, if a clearing
corporation holds a single settlement fund, then it will benefit from
diversification, as the collateral required in order to obtain a given level of
safety will be lower. Existing SEBI and RBI rules prohibit such integration
of the settlement guarantee fund. However, the basic opportunity to reduce
the capital requirements of the clearing corporation in this fashion exists,
and will be extended, if commodity markets are also brought alongside equities
and debt.
(e) Possibility of strengthening the commodity spot market: If the commodity futures
markets has surfeit of liquidity and price discovery in a transparent,
anonymous, order matching environment, then this is likely to have a
considerable impact upon the underlying spot market. To the extent that
convergence helps speed up the migration of commodity futures markets
into screen-based, anonymous order matching, this would thus indirectly
assist in strengthening of agricultural spot markets.
(f) Impact upon informal market: Presently, a major problem faced with commodity
futures trading is a substantial informal market, which is illegal under Indian
law. There have been persistent problems in fully eliminating illegal trading
given the limitations of the enforcement mechanism. The convergence
approach offers the possibility of a market-based mechanism through which
informal trading can be curbed. As the users would realize that sophisticated,
liquid, low-cost platforms of the legal markets are better places to trade
safely and at better prices, the incentive to trade in informal market would be
reduced. Liquidity has a natural monopoly character, and once exchanges
achieves a certain minimal ‘critical mass’ of liquidity, there are strong incentives
for each user of the market to seek the liquidity of exchanges.
(g) Consequences for Government: Integration of commodity futures markets with
the securities markets would not hinder Governments policies for the
agriculture, instead they would provide Government with an early warning
system. If shortages or gluts are expected to take place at a future date, this
would be revealed in the futures price well ahead of time. This could be used
by the Government to devise the policy measures in advance. """
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Box Item 4-2
The New Pension System

A new pension system has been introduced for the central Government employees
(excluding the armed forces) joining service with effect from January 1, 2004. The
new system is based on a defined contribution wherein both employer and
employees would make contributions. Every person who joins this system will be
given an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) to which all such contributions
would flow. This account will have two tiers: tier I and tier II. While no withdrawals
should be allowed under tier I, no such restrictions would be imposed on the
accumulations in tier II. It is tier I that should serve the real purpose of retirement,
while tier II should be just like a savings account with investment options.
The new system proposes to attract the best global fund managers and adopt
the best global regulatory practices. Currently, MF managers are allowed to invest
abroad within certain overall limits. They are allowed to invest in foreign companies
that have certain minimum investment in an Indian subsidiary. However, the
ceiling on the funds that a pension fund manager can invest abroad is expected to
be determined on the basis of best global practice.
There are four important key actors, namely, the regulator, fund
manager, central record-keeping agency and the network of agents, called points
of presence for collecting funds, involved in the system. A brief of them is as given
herewith:
1. A new regulatory agency, the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development
Authority (PFRDA) has been created in order to perform regulatory and
developmental functions. As with SEBI and IRDA, PFRDA has been created
by an administrative order. PFRDA’s activities include contracting for the
CRA, choosing fund managers, setting up regulatory requirements for fund
management, reaching out into the unorganized sector, and establishing
links between the CRA and Government.
2. The Central record-keeping agency (CRA) as the name suggests should be
responsible for keeping records of all transactions and maintenance of
individual retirement accounts. The PFRDA has to ensure that there is no
abuse of this power. The CRA needs to ensure that people wanting to switch
from one pension fund manager to another, as also between investment
plans are able to do so promptly and cost-effectively.
3. There will be a number of pension fund managers each of whom has to
offer three options: safe, balanced and risky. PF managers will be guided by
investor’s preferences. If an investor does not specify any investment option,
safe option will be considered the default option. To give psychological
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satisfaction to the account holders, it is also proposed that one of the fund
managers should be from the Government, who will be on the same footing
as private fund managers. However, in such a case, there is a possibility of
potentials conflict of interest between the fund manager and the regulater.
4. Points of presence will be the agencies/organisations one can approach to
open an account and make deposits. POPs will collect money and speedily
transfer the money and the information to the CRA. The underlying logic
of allowing banks and post offices that already have well-developed network
of branches is to minimize the transactions costs so that such costs do not
destroy the accumulation mechanism.
This new pension system envisages harnessing many of the strengths of the
India’s financial system. It is expected that existing bank branches (regulated by
RBI) and post offices would offer access to these services, so as to avoid the cost
of building up a new branch network. The pension fund managers would be
prominent users of the existing asset markets in the country, including the markets
for government bonds, corporate bonds, equity and the currency spot and
derivatives. PFRDA is expected to play a synergetic role coordinating with SEBI,
RBI and IRDA in effecting a new leap for India’s pension sector. The new system
for pensions is also expected to create a new class of large institutional investors
who would participate on all the asset markets.
Reference:
The Economic Survey 2003-04.
Economic and Political Weekly, June 12, 2004 edition.
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Annexure 4-1: Exchange-wise Brokers and Sub-brokers in India
Participants at the end March

Exchanges Registered Brokers Registered Sub-Brokers
2003 2004 2003 2004
Ahmedabad 323 323 141 124

Bangalore 245 242 159 156
Bhubaneshwar 233 229 17 17
Calcutta 987 980 142 92
Cochin 464 468 43 42
Coimbatore 182 177 26 24
Delhi 374 373 460 363
Guwahati 175 172 4 4
Hyderabad 306 305 201 199
ICSEIL 630 633 2 3
Jaipur 555 532 34 34
Ludhiana 302 297 34 38
Madhya Pradesh 188 179 124 115
Madras 186 182 3 3
Magadh 199 195 3 1
Mangalore 116 105 5 5
Mumbai 665 673 6,890 6,600
NSEIL 1,036 970 4,703 4,717
OTCEI 883 867 32 25
Pune 197 197 161 161
SKSE 436 437 0 0
Uttar Pradesh 518 514 25 19
Vadodara 319 318 82 73
Total 9,519 9,368 13,291 12,815
Source: SEBI Annual Report
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Annexure 4-2: Market Capitalisation of S&P CNX Nifty Securities: April 2003 to March 2004 (end of period)
(Rs. mn.)
Sl. Security Apr-03 May-03 Jun-03 Jul-03 Aug-03 Sep-03 Oct-03 Nov-03 Dec-03 Jan-04 Feb-04 Mar-04
No.
1 ABB 13,064 14,520 15,721 16,084 20,152 20,150 22,473 22,481 28,390 28,500 29,512 33,785
2 ACC 22,357 24,878 28,580 33,209 36,321 34,773 36,442 38,716 41,870 43,657 44,298 43,622
3 BAJAJAUTO 48,862 51,882 57,988 64,611 73,818 79,970 92,886 99,347 114,980 101,087 91,627 92,163
4 BHARTI — — — — — — — — — — — *288,755
5 BHEL 56,589 62,916 66,000 64,825 86,131 98,748 118,195 108,845 123,640 125,696 142,450 147,921
6 BPCL 69,315 80,220 85,275 79,170 100,020 110,235 103,080 107,445 135,120 139,365 138,045 143,775
7 BRITANNIA 13,334 13,514 13,256 13,842 14,284 13,856 14,286 13,350 17,210 16,494 16,637 15,844
8 CIPLA 37,939 41,060 45,375 49,138 60,485 61,763 77,925 72,126 78,990 72,111 71,766 70,399
9 COLGATE 17,645 18,019 18,719 19,909 19,930 19,223 18,726 18,917 21,720 20,297 19,481 17,747
10 DABUR 10,573 12,773 13,645 16,273 18,517 17,502 18,488 19,402 25,230 24,159 23,158 22,914
11 DIGITALEQP 17,338 16,375 14,753 15,206 16,670 17,721 18,217 21,689 24,550 27,910 28,136 28,380
12 DRREDDY 66,775 68,195 83,670 87,871 88,135 80,946 91,463 97,229 109,350 106,988 94,945 74,553
13 GAIL — *86,891 93,360 101,986 112,894 124,649 137,292 148,243 219,910 186,635 170,948 180,293
14 GLAXO 24,070 26,867 26,517 30,967 32,587 33,633 35,566 36,582 42,700 45,698 44,812 45,188
15 GRASIM 33,079 35,380 46,202 50,093 56,831 61,079 78,345 82,434 92,030 102,042 98,036 97,903
16 GUJAMBCEM 25,847 27,496 31,905 35,243 35,864 35,684 39,148 43,536 47,150 44,988 48,760 47,999
17 HCLTECH 38,923 35,608 44,549 47,131 53,375 49,770 64,115 79,600 90,270 89,714 85,474 73,278
18 HDFC 83,116 90,727 99,880 100,955 117,954 121,890 127,310 135,712 158,190 159,280 149,708 158,196
19 HDFCBANK 69,939 69,401 73,067 75,222 78,156 77,957 89,594 85,907 103,650 98,239 106,697 107,865
20 HEROHONDA 40,616 42,643 50,681 53,297 58,768 61,634 70,510 74,793 89,540 90,279 98,356 97,967
21 HINDALCO 56,993 63,184 69,102 75,649 84,356 85,082 101,579 114,591 130,210 107,396 115,229 112,857
22 HINDLEVER 317,089 346,476 391,601 375,422 408,551 404,479 383,787 392,372 450,040 413,614 382,906 339,872
23 HINDPETRO 94,554 102,953 118,613 109,994 146,302 122,888 111,674 124,449 148,440 151,256 154,005 172,091
24 ICICIBANK 74,269 84,568 92,047 97,565 110,163 125,388 151,531 153,574 181,710 181,713 166,946 182,641
25 INDHOTEL 7,730 8,615 11,279 11,687 11,642 11,861 15,903 17,098 20,260 19,891 19,309 18,991
26 INFOSYSTCH 184,487 177,046 216,855 238,621 260,085 299,980 313,936 326,341 368,660 345,852 336,430 328,173
27 IPCL 20,516 23,817 26,957 28,769 37,680 43,092 46,927 52,959 55,990 44,395 46,666 45,177
28 ITC 169,038 171,810 189,941 177,590 205,992 198,239 214,539 212,237 243,500 253,751 272,468 258,316
29 L&T 49,757 55,291 61,035 72,635 72,088 80,344 101,096 99,691 131,100 124,720 139,913 142,823
30 MARUTI — — — — — — — — — — — *143,718
31 M&M 12,889 15,029 17,152 23,237 23,313 27,506 39,542 40,922 45,100 47,477 53,915 53,898
32 MTNL 57,740 58,811 71,474 72,450 77,963 75,600 68,261 75,821 86,720 83,507 86,090 80,798
33 NATIONALUM — *64,012 72,066 71,035 86,434 76,125 88,399 98,869 125,770 96,002 114,494 119,552
34 ORIENTBANK 16,607 26,089 30,816 32,934 33,463 39,981 49,059 44,698 49,330 44,708 54,421 58,022
35 RANBAXY 125,356 126,216 145,775 150,235 185,578 179,028 182,571 189,663 203,220 184,328 174,214 174,437
36 REL — — — — — — — — — — — *116,758
37 RELIANCE 383,236 416,958 453,683 499,764 559,528 619,712 679,268 680,106 799,920 782,739 774,571 751,321
38 SAIL — — — — *169,140 156,542 184,835 173,890 211,060 185,248 172,651 133,205
39 SATYAMCOMP 47,810 52,686 60,691 64,780 71,527 80,067 96,344 103,752 115,150 100,135 97,590 92,851
40 SBIN 146,653 185,441 202,336 222,493 231,940 237,334 254,808 247,518 282,910 314,753 307,622 318,858
41 SCI 18,928 22,161 21,144 19,309 28,033 30,305 33,721 47,257 51,070 42,769 40,976 35,909
42 SUNPHARMA 25,981 27,599 32,488 37,195 46,837 45,640 49,773 55,570 55,250 56,651 60,328 60,430
43 TATACHEM 12,175 12,609 13,458 14,298 16,745 16,836 22,526 22,977 27,720 22,219 20,855 22,932
44 TATAPOWER 23,698 25,816 31,307 28,547 38,382 36,562 46,654 53,086 62,010 74,261 68,661 74,637
45 TATATEA 11,252 12,748 12,692 11,713 13,597 13,737 14,811 14,564 19,270 19,719 20,037 18,640
46 TATAMOTORS — — — — — — — — *147,000 171,745 176,471 168,495
47 TISCO 48,601 58,108 62,487 76,766 93,481 100,123 132,040 133,165 163,570 149,880 157,684 141,559
48 VSNL 21,589 25,707 35,782 32,960 34,485 34,756 34,656 38,532 41,970 47,752 53,552 58,454
49 WIPRO 201,563 187,483 220,427 220,380 248,579 292,045 312,162 357,677 403,780 362,587 338,386 316,774
50 ZEETELE 31,619 35,269 36,383 50,057 42,488 50,924 56,575 53,564 61,880 62,515 55,028 55,255
Total 2,849,511 3,205,865 3,606,732 3,771,117 4,419,264 4,605,359 5,041,036 5,231,295 6,247,100 6,014,722 5,964,263 6,385,988
* Denotes the month in which the particular security was included in S&P CNX Nifty Index.
Source: IISL
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Annexure 4-3: Weightage of S&P CNX Nifty Securities: April 2003 - March 2004
(In per cent)
No.
1 ABB 0.43 0.43 0.42 0.41 0.44 0.42 0.43 0.41 0.45 0.47 0.48 0.53
2 ACC 0.74 0.74 0.76 0.84 0.79 0.73 0.69 0.71 0.66 0.71 0.73 0.68
3 BAJAJAUTO 1.62 1.55 1.53 1.63 1.61 1.67 1.77 1.82 1.81 1.65 1.50 1.44
4 BHARTI — — — — — — — — — — — *4.52
5 BHEL 1.87 1.87 1.74 1.64 1.88 2.07 2.25 2.00 1.95 2.05 2.34 2.32
6 BPCL 2.29 2.39 2.25 2.00 2.19 2.31 1.96 1.97 2.13 2.28 2.26 2.25
7 BRITANNIA 0.44 0.40 0.35 0.35 0.31 0.29 0.27 0.25 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.25
8 CIPLA 1.25 1.22 1.20 1.24 1.32 1.29 1.49 1.32 1.25 1.18 1.18 1.10
9 COLGATE 0.58 0.54 0.49 0.50 0.44 0.40 0.36 0.35 0.34 0.33 0.32 0.28
10 DABUR 0.35 0.38 0.36 0.41 0.40 0.37 0.35 0.36 0.40 0.39 0.38 0.36
11 DIGITALEQP 0.57 0.49 0.39 0.38 0.36 0.37 0.35 0.40 0.39 0.46 0.46 0.44
12 DRREDDY 2.21 2.03 2.21 2.22 1.93 1.69 1.74 1.78 1.72 1.75 1.56 1.17
13 GAIL — *2.59 2.47 2.58 2.47 2.61 2.62 2.72 3.47 3.05 2.80 2.82
14 GLAXO 0.80 0.80 0.70 0.78 0.71 0.70 0.68 0.67 0.67 0.75 0.73 0.71
15 GRASIM 1.09 1.05 1.22 1.27 1.24 1.28 1.49 1.51 1.45 1.67 1.61 1.53
16 GUJAMBCEM 0.85 0.82 0.84 0.89 0.78 0.75 0.75 0.80 0.74 0.74 0.80 0.75
17 HCLTECH 1.29 1.06 1.18 1.19 1.17 1.04 1.22 1.46 1.42 1.47 1.40 1.15
18 HDFC 2.75 2.70 2.64 2.55 2.58 2.55 2.43 2.49 2.49 2.60 2.46 2.48
19 HDFCBANK 2.31 2.07 1.93 1.90 1.71 1.63 1.71 1.58 1.63 1.61 1.75 1.69
20 HEROHONDA 1.34 1.27 1.34 1.35 1.29 1.29 1.34 1.37 1.41 1.48 1.61 1.53
21 HINDALCO 1.88 1.88 1.83 1.91 1.84 1.78 1.94 2.10 2.05 1.76 1.89 1.77
22 HINDLEVER 10.48 10.32 10.35 9.49 8.93 8.47 7.31 7.20 7.10 6.76 6.28 5.32
23 HINDPETRO 3.13 3.07 3.14 2.78 3.20 2.57 2.13 2.28 2.34 2.47 2.53 2.69
24 ICICIBANK 2.46 2.52 2.43 2.47 2.41 2.62 2.89 2.82 2.86 2.97 2.74 2.86
25 INDHOTEL 0.26 0.26 0.30 0.30 0.25 0.25 0.30 0.31 0.32 0.33 0.32 0.30
26 INFOSYSTCH 6.10 5.27 5.73 6.03 5.69 6.28 5.98 5.99 5.81 5.65 5.52 5.14
27 IPCL 0.68 0.71 0.71 0.73 0.82 0.90 0.89 0.97 0.88 0.73 0.77 0.71
28 ITC 5.59 5.12 5.02 4.49 4.50 4.15 4.09 3.90 3.84 4.15 4.47 4.05
29 L&T 1.65 1.65 1.61 1.84 1.58 1.68 1.93 1.83 2.07 2.04 2.29 2.24
30 MARUTI — — — — — — — — — — — *2.25
31 M&M 0.43 0.45 0.45 0.59 0.51 0.58 0.75 0.75 0.71 0.78 0.88 0.84
32 MTNL 1.91 1.75 1.89 1.83 1.70 1.58 1.30 1.39 1.37 1.36 1.41 1.27
33 NATIONALUM — 1.91 1.91 1.80 1.89 1.59 1.68 1.81 1.98 1.57 1.88 1.87
34 ORIENTBANK 0.55 0.78 0.81 0.83 0.73 0.84 0.93 0.82 0.78 0.73 0.89 0.91
35 RANBAXY 4.14 3.76 3.85 3.80 4.06 3.75 3.48 3.48 3.20 3.01 2.86 2.73
36 REL — — — — — — — — — — — *1.83
37 RELIANCE 12.67 12.42 11.99 12.64 12.24 12.97 12.95 12.48 12.61 12.79 12.70 11.77
38 SAIL — — — — *3.70 3.28 3.52 3.19 3.33 3.03 2.83 2.09
39 SATYAMCOMP 1.58 1.57 1.60 1.64 1.56 1.68 1.84 1.90 1.82 1.64 1.60 1.45
40 SBIN 4.85 5.52 5.35 5.63 5.07 4.97 4.86 4.54 4.46 5.14 5.05 4.99
41 SCI 0.63 0.66 0.56 0.49 0.61 0.63 0.64 0.87 0.81 0.70 0.67 0.56
42 SUNPHARMA 0.86 0.82 0.86 0.94 1.02 0.96 0.95 1.02 0.87 0.93 0.99 0.95
43 TATACHEM 0.40 0.38 0.36 0.36 0.37 0.35 0.43 0.42 0.44 0.36 0.34 0.36
44 TATAPOWER 0.78 0.77 0.83 0.72 0.84 0.77 0.89 0.97 0.98 1.21 1.13 1.17
45 TATATEA 0.37 0.38 0.34 0.30 0.30 0.29 0.28 0.27 0.30 0.32 0.33 0.29
46 TATAMOTORS — — — — — — — — *2.32 2.81 2.89 2.64
47 TISCO 1.61 1.73 1.65 1.94 2.04 2.10 2.52 2.44 2.58 2.45 2.59 2.22
48 VSNL 0.71 0.77 0.95 0.83 0.75 0.73 0.66 0.71 0.66 0.78 0.88 0.92
49 WIPRO 6.66 5.58 5.83 5.57 5.44 6.11 5.95 6.57 6.37 5.93 5.55 4.96
50 ZEETELE 1.05 1.05 0.96 1.27 0.93 1.07 1.08 0.98 0.98 1.02 0.90 0.87
Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
Source: IISL
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Annexure 4-4: Beta of S&P CNX Nifty Securities: April 2003 to March 2004
(In per cent)
Sl . Security Apr-03 May-03 Jun-03 Jul-03 Aug-03 Sep-03 Oct-03 Nov-03 Dec-03 Jan-04 Feb-04 Mar-04
No.
1 ABB 0.40 0.41 0.38 0.38 0.57 0.56 0.45 0.46 0.51 0.53 0.48 0.42
2 ACC 0.85 0.89 1.00 1.08 1.10 1.11 1.10 1.12 1.13 1.19 1.21 1.25
3 BAJAJAUTO 0.74 0.62 0.52 0.38 0.44 0.44 0.41 0.40 0.43 0.52 0.57 0.60
4 BHARTI — — — — — — — — — — — *0.72
5 BHEL 0.64 0.56 0.48 0.50 0.70 0.69 0.75 0.78 0.84 1.03 1.00 1.05
6 BPCL 0.91 0.85 0.87 0.85 0.91 0.81 0.84 0.84 0.77 0.81 0.85 0.91
7 BRITANNIA 0.09 0.11 0.08 0.10 0.14 0.22 0.20 0.19 0.18 0.23 0.24 0.24
8 CIPLA 0.25 0.23 0.25 0.35 0.40 0.47 0.47 0.45 0.48 0.52 0.51 0.49
9 COLGATE 0.15 0.16 0.18 0.16 0.25 0.29 0.31 0.28 0.28 0.34 0.34 0.35
10 DABUR 0.51 0.58 0.59 0.55 0.67 0.77 0.70 0.70 0.77 0.82 0.79 0.79
11 DIGITALEQP 1.92 1.85 1.76 1.79 1.64 1.61 1.61 1.55 1.52 1.16 1.00 0.88
12 DRREDDY 0.72 0.65 0.75 0.60 0.56 0.54 0.50 0.57 0.60 0.57 0.56 0.45
13 GAIL — *0.49 0.54 0.58 0.74 0.87 0.99 1.07 1.11 1.32 1.39 1.39
14 GLAXO 0.18 0.26 0.17 0.17 0.21 0.19 0.18 0.22 0.25 0.31 0.33 0.30
15 GRASIM 0.44 0.33 0.45 0.38 0.51 0.63 0.80 0.88 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.98
16 GUJAMBCEM 0.52 0.50 0.59 0.58 0.65 0.73 0.73 0.79 0.81 0.88 0.95 1.02
17 HCLTECH 1.90 1.92 1.97 1.90 1.71 1.73 1.61 1.60 1.59 1.49 1.45 1.39
18 HDFC 0.28 0.29 0.26 0.29 0.28 0.42 0.42 0.43 0.43 0.42 0.40 0.41
19 HDFCBANK 0.26 0.32 0.37 0.45 0.42 0.45 0.48 0.47 0.53 0.45 0.47 0.49
20 HEROHONDA 0.67 0.64 0.66 0.51 0.57 0.67 0.80 0.80 0.86 0.94 0.94 0.95
21 HINDALCO 0.14 0.17 0.22 0.20 0.27 0.41 0.52 0.60 0.63 0.74 0.75 0.73
22 HINDLEVER 0.97 0.95 0.95 1.00 0.97 0.97 0.93 0.92 0.88 0.85 0.82 0.75
23 HINDPETRO 1.20 1.12 1.08 1.04 1.06 0.89 0.83 0.83 0.69 0.69 0.74 0.78
24 ICICIBANK 0.67 0.67 0.59 0.63 0.72 0.72 0.73 0.75 0.78 0.80 0.81 0.82
25 INDHOTEL 0.55 0.53 0.69 0.64 0.71 0.66 0.64 0.64 0.66 0.71 0.70 0.69
26 INFOSYSTCH 1.92 2.05 2.00 2.03 1.85 1.61 1.55 1.51 1.50 1.35 1.28 1.24
27 IPCL 0.45 0.57 0.64 0.82 0.96 1.00 0.94 1.01 1.00 1.25 1.26 1.28
28 ITC 0.50 0.37 0.41 0.42 0.50 0.55 0.59 0.56 0.56 0.54 0.52 0.54
29 L&T 0.58 0.57 0.61 0.53 0.60 0.68 0.72 0.79 0.84 0.94 0.93 0.94
30 MARUTI — — — — — — — — — — — *1.23
31 M&M 1.25 1.16 1.03 0.97 1.01 1.08 1.19 1.23 1.21 1.26 1.25 1.27
32 MTNL 0.72 0.63 0.60 0.65 0.66 0.73 0.64 0.66 0.67 0.76 0.81 0.84
33 NATIONALUM — *1.19 1.14 1.05 1.19 1.19 1.15 1.23 1.09 1.23 1.31 1.28
34 ORIENTBANK 0.75 0.86 0.89 0.94 1.01 1.11 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.35 1.34 1.42
35 RANBAXY 0.46 0.27 0.28 0.24 0.30 0.42 0.48 0.52 0.55 0.61 0.61 0.62
36 REL — — — — — — — — — — — *1.08
37 RELIANCE 1.22 1.16 1.21 1.19 1.06 1.09 1.01 1.01 1.01 0.97 0.98 0.98
38 SAIL — — — — *2.15 1.91 1.86 1.82 1.80 1.76 1.75 1.73
39 SATYAMCOMP 2.32 2.33 2.27 2.40 2.17 2.02 2.00 1.93 1.92 1.76 1.75 1.66
40 SBIN 0.68 0.77 0.73 0.80 0.81 0.90 0.92 0.91 0.90 1.00 1.04 1.07
41 SCI 1.33 1.23 1.20 1.18 1.36 1.29 1.35 1.34 1.24 1.29 1.26 1.29
42 SUNPHARMA 0.16 0.19 0.31 0.40 0.41 0.54 0.57 0.58 0.60 0.55 0.51 0.51
43 TATACHEM 1.16 1.15 0.96 0.74 0.84 0.83 0.94 0.91 0.89 0.94 1.02 1.11
44 TATAPOWER 0.89 0.85 0.74 0.73 0.84 0.95 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.13 1.18 1.23
45 TATATEA 0.82 0.72 0.61 0.59 0.65 0.73 0.82 0.80 0.78 0.99 0.98 1.09
46 TATAMOTORS — — — — — — — — *1.13 1.24 1.27 1.32
47 TISCO 1.21 1.15 1.07 1.10 1.14 1.14 1.21 1.22 1.25 1.29 1.32 1.35
48 VSNL 0.76 0.88 0.97 1.00 0.83 0.73 0.71 0.68 0.69 0.67 0.63 0.61
49 WIPRO 1.82 1.99 2.04 2.03 1.82 1.78 1.79 1.77 1.75 1.55 1.50 1.44
50 ZEETELE 1.96 1.91 1.75 1.70 1.44 1.23 1.14 1.16 1.11 1.12 1.27 1.19
# Beta is calculated for the 12 months ending on the last trading day of the respective month.
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Annexure 4-5: Monthly Returns of S&P CNX Nifty Securities: April 2003 - March 2004
(In per cent)
No.
1 ABB 7.69 11.14 8.27 2.30 25.30 (0.01) 11.53 0.04 26.26 0.40 3.55 14.48
2 ACC (5.56) 11.28 14.87 16.18 9.37 (4.26) 4.79 6.24 8.15 4.27 1.47 (1.72)
3 BAJAJAUTO 0.60 6.18 11.77 11.42 14.25 8.33 16.15 6.96 15.73 (12.08) (9.36) 0.59
4 BHARTI — — — — — — — — — — — *9.41
5 BHEL 3.61 11.18 4.90 (1.78) 32.87 14.65 19.69 (7.91) 13.59 1.66 13.33 3.84
6 BPCL 4.10 15.73 6.30 (7.16) 26.34 10.21 (6.49) 4.23 25.76 3.14 (0.95) 4.15
7 BRITANNIA 3.53 2.98 (1.91) 4.42 3.20 (1.53) 3.11 (6.56) 28.88 (4.14) 0.87 (4.76)
8 CIPLA (11.38) 8.23 10.51 8.29 23.09 2.11 26.17 (7.44) 9.51 (8.71) (0.48) (1.91)
9 COLGATE 6.57 2.12 3.89 6.36 0.10 (3.55) (2.58) 1.02 14.81 (6.54) (4.02) (8.90)
10 DABUR 3.79 20.81 6.82 19.27 13.78 (5.48) 5.63 4.95 29.82 (4.25) (4.15) (1.05)
11 DIGITALEQP (12.73) (5.58) (9.93) 3.06 9.63 6.31 2.66 18.98 13.03 12.79 0.13 0.42
12 DRREDDY (4.76) 2.13 22.69 5.02 0.30 (8.16) 12.99 6.30 12.47 (2.16) (11.26) (21.48)
13 GAIL — *29.33 7.45 9.24 10.70 10.41 10.14 7.98 48.35 (15.13) (8.41) 5.47
14 GLAXO 10.61 11.62 (1.30) 16.78 5.23 3.21 5.75 2.86 16.73 7.01 (1.94) 0.84
15 GRASIM 9.22 6.96 30.59 8.42 13.45 7.48 28.27 5.22 11.64 10.88 (3.93) (0.14)
16 GUJAMBCEM 4.09 6.36 16.00 10.46 1.76 (0.54) 9.71 11.21 8.29 (4.66) 6.43 (4.06)
17 HCLTECH (10.66) (8.52) 25.11 5.79 13.25 (6.75) 25.73 24.15 13.40 (0.64) (4.74) (14.32)
18 HDFC 2.70 9.08 10.09 1.08 16.84 3.34 4.27 6.57 16.49 0.58 (6.10) 5.50
19 HDFCBANK 5.31 (0.77) 5.28 2.83 3.90 (0.25) 14.93 (4.26) 20.65 (5.52) 8.61 1.09
20 HEROHONDA 8.08 4.99 18.85 5.16 10.27 4.88 14.40 6.07 19.72 0.83 8.95 (0.40)
21 HINDALCO 15.28 10.86 9.37 9.47 11.51 0.86 19.39 12.81 13.63 (17.52) 7.29 (2.06)
22 HINDLEVER (2.90) 9.27 13.02 (4.13) 8.82 (1.00) (5.12) 2.24 14.70 (8.09) (7.42) (11.24)
23 HINDPETRO (5.48) 8.88 15.21 (7.27) 33.01 (16.00) (9.13) 11.44 19.28 1.90 1.82 11.74
24 ICICIBANK (9.42) 13.87 8.84 5.99 12.91 13.80 20.78 1.26 18.13 (0.14) (8.17) 9.36
25 INDHOTEL (6.03) 11.44 30.92 3.62 (0.39) 1.88 34.08 7.52 18.47 (1.80) (2.93) (1.65)
26 INFOSYSTCH (31.24) (4.03) 22.43 10.02 8.98 15.34 4.65 3.95 12.97 (6.32) (2.88) (2.45)
27 IPCL (1.37) 16.09 13.18 6.72 30.97 14.36 8.90 12.85 5.72 (20.70) 5.12 (3.19)
28 ITC 8.71 1.64 10.55 (6.50) 15.99 (3.77) 8.22 (1.07) 14.70 4.21 7.38 (5.22)
29 L&T 8.43 11.12 10.39 19.01 (0.75) 11.45 25.83 (1.39) 31.50 (4.87) 12.18 2.08
30 MARUTI — — — — — — — — — — — *(0.52)
31 M&M 11.88 16.61 14.13 35.48 0.32 17.99 43.76 3.49 10.22 5.26 13.56 (0.03)
32 MTNL (4.48) 1.85 21.53 1.37 7.61 (3.03) (9.71) 11.08 14.37 (3.71) 3.09 (6.15)
33 NATIONALUM — 19.34 12.58 (1.43) 21.68 (11.93) 16.12 11.84 27.21 (23.67) 19.26 4.42
34 ORIENTBANK 34.56 57.10 18.12 6.87 1.61 19.48 22.71 (8.89) 10.36 (9.37) 21.73 6.62
35 RANBAXY 8.39 0.68 15.50 3.06 23.52 (3.54) 1.98 3.86 7.15 (9.29) (5.53) 0.13
36 REL — — — — — — — — — — — *2.83
37 RELIANCE (1.31) 8.80 8.81 10.16 11.96 10.76 9.61 0.12 17.62 (2.15) (1.04) (3.00)
38 SAIL — — — — *78.04 (7.45) 18.07 (5.92) 21.38 (12.23) (6.80) (22.85)
39 SATYAMCOMP (14.27) 10.20 15.19 6.74 10.42 11.94 20.33 7.69 10.99 (13.04) (2.94) (4.97)
40 SBIN 3.20 26.45 9.11 9.96 4.25 2.33 7.36 (2.86) 14.30 11.25 (2.27) 3.65
41 SCI 32.51 17.08 (4.59) (8.68) 45.18 8.11 11.27 40.14 8.06 (16.25) (4.19) (12.37)
42 SUNPHARMA 2.69 6.23 18.31 14.49 25.92 (2.55) 9.05 11.65 (0.58) 2.54 6.49 0.17
43 TATACHEM 10.13 3.56 6.73 6.24 17.12 0.54 33.80 2.00 20.64 (19.84) (6.14) 9.96
44 TATAPOWER 5.83 8.94 21.27 (8.82) 34.45 (4.74) 27.60 13.79 16.81 19.75 (7.54) 8.70
45 TATATEA 5.82 13.29 (0.44) (7.71) 16.08 1.03 7.82 (1.67) 32.33 2.32 1.61 (6.97)
46 TATAMOTORS — — — — — — — — *10.65 15.12 (2.22) (4.52)
47 TISCO (1.16) 19.56 7.18 22.85 21.77 7.10 31.88 0.85 22.83 (8.37) 5.21 (10.23)
48 VSNL 3.55 19.08 39.19 (7.89) 4.63 0.79 (0.29) 11.18 8.91 13.79 12.15 9.15
49 WIPRO (29.73) (6.99) 17.57 (0.02) 12.80 17.49 6.89 14.58 12.88 (10.21) (6.69) (6.42)
50 ZEETELE 23.03 11.55 3.16 37.59 (15.12) 19.85 11.10 (5.32) 15.52 1.03 (11.98) 0.41
All Securities (4.51) 7.79 12.65 4.56 14.39 4.46 9.79 3.81 16.38 (3.72) (0.52) (1.58)
# Returns are calculated for the respective months.
Source: IISL
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Annexure 4-6: Business Growth of CM Segment of NSE
Month/Year No. of No. of No. of Traded Turnover Average Turnover Demat Demat Demat Market
Trading Companies Trades Quantity (Rs. mn.) Daily Ratio Securities Turnover Turnover Capitalisa-
Days Traded (mn.) (mn.) Turnover (%) Traded (Rs. mn.) as a % of tion
(Rs. mn.) (mn.) Total (Rs. mn.)*
Turnover
Nov 94-Mar 95 102 — 0.3 139 18,050 177 — — — 0 3,633,500

1995-96 246 — 7 3,991 672,870 2,735 — — — 0 4,014,590
1996-97 250 — 26 13,556 2,954,030 11,816 — — — 0 4,193,670
1997-98 244 — 38 13,569 3,701,930 15,172 — — — 0 4,815,030
1998-99 251 — 55 16,533 4,144,740 16,513 — 854 238,180 5.75 4,911,751
1999-00 254 — 98 24,270 8,390,515 33,034 — 15,377 7,117,057 84.82 10,204,257
2000-01 251 1201 168 32,954 13,395,102 53,367 — 30,722 12,643,372 94.39 6,578,470
Apr-01 19 951 11 2,078 356,160 18,745 5.45 2,073 356,051 99.97 6,537,200
May-01 22 954 14 2,572 483,290 21,968 8.16 2,571 483,290 99.98 5,924,370
Jun-01 21 963 13 2,234 427,830 20,373 7.51 2,193 426,254 99.63 5,697,965
Jul-01 22 924 10 1,314 272,278 12,376 4.74 1,314 272,266 99.98 5,742,599
Aug-01 21 931 11 1,594 294,172 14,008 5.11 1,593 294,150 99.99 5,752,425
Sep-01 20 917 14 1,734 353,230 17,662 6.94 1,734 353,227 10,099.91 5,091,050
Oct-01 21 917 14 1,980 353,260 16,822 6.59 1,980 353,240 99.99 5,358,460
Nov-01 20 920 15 2,535 421,320 21,066 7.25 2,530 421,210 99.97 5,813,860
Dec-01 19 895 18 3,178 544,680 28,667 9.85 3,178 544,646 99.99 5,529,080
Jan-02 23 896 21 3,438 687,190 29,878 12.19 3,422 686,063 99.84 5,636,830
Feb-02 20 840 18 2,855 495,640 24,782 7.97 2,855 495,640 100.00 6,215,230
Mar-02 19 840 16 2,329 442,625 23,296 6.95 2,329 442,624 100.00 6,368,610
2001-02 247 1,019 175 27,841 5,131,674 20,776 — 27,772 5,128,661 99.94 6,368,610
Apr-02 22 843 20 2,880 533,200 24,236 8.21 2,878 533,159 99.99 6,495,510
May-02 22 821 22 3,530 549,791 24,990 8.70 3,530 549,791 100.00 6,316,092
Jun-02 20 825 19 3,852 442,411 22,121 6.70 3,852 442,411 100.00 6,599,910
Jul-02 23 820 21 3,682 513,984 22,347 8.44 3,682 513,984 100.00 6,086,430
Aug-02 21 806 19 2,600 461,131 21,959 7.29 2,600 461,131 100.00 6,326,180
Sep-02 20 806 18 2,558 464,986 23,249 7.75 2,558 464,986 100.00 5,996,032
Oct-02 21 770 20 2,646 519,022 24,715 8.55 2,646 519,022 100.00 6,067,880
Nov-02 19 767 17 2,363 513,515 27,027 7.96 2,363 513,515 100.00 6,453,880
Dec-02 21 762 22 3,302 619,733 29,511 9.21 3,302 619,733 100.00 6,728,620
Jan-03 23 763 24 3,634 647,622 28,157 11.32 3,634 647,622 100.00 5,722,766
Feb-03 19 760 19 2,868 482,892 25,415 8.30 2,868 482,892 100.00 5,819,850
Mar-03 20 762 18 2,492 431,599 21,580 8.04 2,492 431,599 100.00 5,371,332
2002-03 251 899 240 36,407 6,179,886 24,621 — 36,405 6,179,845 100.00 5,371,332
Apr-03 20 749 21 3,145 489,713 24,486 9.23 3,145 489,713 100.00 5,306,304
May-03 21 743 25 4,400 546,902 26,043 8.94 4,400 546,902 100.00 6,120,303
Jun-03 21 744 27 5,190 615,857 29,327 9.08 5,190 615,857 100.00 6,785,500
Jul-03 23 755 32 6,491 788,776 34,295 10.97 6,491 788,776 100.00 7,191,449
Aug-03 20 752 32 8,455 853,466 42,673 10.20 8,455 853,466 100.00 8,366,505
Sep-03 22 761 35 7,185 1,033,456 46,975 11.97 7,185 1,033,456 100.00 8,634,805
Oct-03 23 728 36 7,177 1,155,953 50,259 12.47 7,177 1,155,953 100.00 9,267,479
Nov-03 20 738 31 5,672 928,858 46,443 9.48 5,672 928,858 100.00 9,795,410
Dec-03 22 754 38 7,175 1,103,726 50,169 9.46 7,175 1,103,726 100.00 11,670,287
Jan-04 21 761 40 7,334 1,342,687 63,937 12.03 7,334 1,342,687 100.00 11,161,500
Feb-04 19 763 31 4,648 1,087,181 57,220 9.79 4,648 1,087,181 100.00 11,109,543
Mar-04 22 769 32 4,459 1,048,765 47,671 9.36 4,459 1,048,765 100.00 11,209,760
2003-04 254 804 379 71,330 10,995,339 43,289 — 71,330 10,995,339 100.00 11,209,760
* At the end of the period.

Source: NSE
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115 Secondary Market - Clearing and Settlement ISMR
Secondary Market – Clearing and Settlement
“Systems for clearing and settlement of securities transaction should be subject to regulatory oversight and
designed to ensure that they are fair, effective and efficient and that they reduce systemic risk” is one of the 30
principles of securities regulation enunciated by IOSCO.
Safe and stable securities settlement systems (SSSs) are important to preserve the health
of the domestic and global financial markets. This is because they help in reducing the
systemic risks. It is for this reason that the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems
(CPSS) and the Technical Committee of IOSCO (International Organization of Securities
Commissions) established the Task Force on Securities Settlement Systems in December 1999
to recommend measure aimed at improving safety and efficiency of SSSs.
In November 2001, the CPSS and the Technical Committee of IOSCO published the
Recommendations for Securities Settlement Systems. It sets out and discusses 19 recommendations,
which identifies minimum standards that securities settlement systems should meet to enhance
safety and efficiency. The recommendations are designed to cover systems for all types of
securities and markets across countries as well as cross-border trades. These recommendations
have been included in the Key Standards for Sound Financial Systems highlighted by the
Financial Stability Forum. National authorities responsible for the regulation and oversight
of SSSs are encouraged to assess whether markets in their jurisdiction have implemented the
recommendations and to develop action plans wherever necessary. The committee further
put a report in November 2002 to develop a clear and comprehensive methodology for
assessing whether the recommendations have been implemented. The methodology is intended
primarily for use in self-assessments by national authorities or in peer reviews of such self
assessments. It also is intended to serve as guidance for Financial Sector Assessment Program
(FSAP) assessments and for other forms of technical assistance, possibly including financing
of reform efforts by the World Bank.
The SSS in the corporate securities market in India have witnessed several innovations
during the last one-decade in tune with the global developments. These include use of the
state-of-art information technology, compression of settlement cycle, dematerialization,
electronic transfer of securities, securities lending and borrowing, professionalisation of trading
members, fine-tuned risk management system, introduction of straight through processing,
emergence of clearing corporation (CC) to perform the role of central counter party etc.,
though many of these are yet to permeate to the entire market. However, in this chapter we
restrict our discussion to only the settlement systems adopted by the National Securities
Clearing Corporation Limited (NSCCL), the Clearing Corporation of NSE.
Policy Developments
SEBI has prescribed elaborate margining and capital adequacy norms to contain and manage
risk in the market. It continuously reviews the working of clearing and settlement systems as
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well as the risk management practices being followed by stock exchanges and their clearing
corporations. The year 2003-04 witnessed major improvements in the market practices e.g.
introduction of Straight Through Processing (STP), reduction of settlement cycle to T+2 etc.
The major policy developments during the period April 2003 to June 2004 is presented below:
I. Introduction of T+2 Rolling settlement in Equity Market

From April 1, 2003, the settlement cycle has been shortened from the T+3 rolling settlement
to T+2 by SEBI to facilitate still easier flow of funds and securities. The activity schedule for
which is presented below:
Sr. No. Day Time Description of Activity
1. T Trade Day
2. By 11.00 am Custodians conform the trades. However, there is a facility for late
confirmations.
T+1
By 1.30 pm Process and download obligation files to brokers/custodians
3. By 11.00 am Pay-in of securities and funds
T+2
By 1.30 pm Pay-out of securities and funds
On the advice of SEBI, the stock exchanges have put in place the following systems for effecting
the settlement on T+2 basis:
(a) A facility for late confirmation of trades by the custodians. However, the time limit for
late confirmation should be fixed in a manner that the download of the final obligation
files to brokers is not delayed,
(b) Stock exchanges should levy an additional charge to discourage late confirmations by
the custodians,
(c) The stock exchanges should provide a system for handling shortages of funds and
securities in an expeditious manner to adhere to the schedule for pay-out,
(d) The stock exchanges should also amend their bye laws to mandate the pay-out of funds
and securities to the clients by the broker within 24 hours of the payout,
(e) The stock exchanges should design an alternative clearing and settlement system in
respect of companies whose shares have not been dematerialized,
(f) The stock exchanges should not normally permit changes in the client ID and should
keep a strict vigil on cases of client code modification. The exchange should be put in
place a monetary penalty structure that, which should be an increasing function of the
number of such incidences,
(g) Stock exchanges should encourage members to adopt automatic downloading of pay-in
files for securities and funds. The members should also be encouraged to adopt direct
transfer of securities/funds to clients account on pay-out.
The stock brokers are required to adhere to the following schedule in T+2 rolling settlement.
S. No. Day Time Description of activity

1. T Trade Day
2. Until 10.30 am Accept pay-in instructions from investors into pool account
T+2
By 10.30 am Submit final pay-in files to the depository and the clearing bank.
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With the above schedule of activities, the stock exchanges have to provide facilities such
as online confirmation of trades by custodians, a system for capturing details of the client’s
depository account and bank account, online transmitting the client wise pay-in obligation
to depository. In addition a system wherein pay-out files will be sent to the clearing banks
with a request to online credit to the bank accounts of the clients should be set up.
II. Composition of Capital and Margins
The SEBI, on recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Derivatives and Market Risk
Management, decided to revise the compositions of additional capital, margins and the
eligibility criteria for securities.
(a) The minimum cash component of the additional capital and margins should be increased
from the existing level of 30% to 50%. The cash component may be in the form of cash
or cash equivalents. Cash equivalents should include FDRs, bank guarantees, government
securities and units of the schemes of liquid MFs or government securities MFs. However,
the bank guarantees should be considered as cash equivalent only if the guarantees have
been provided by the banks whose net worth is more than Rs. 500 crore. The exchanges
should lay down exposure limits either in rupee terms or as percentage of the Trade
Guarantee Fund (TGF)/Settlement Guarantee Fund (SGF) that can be exposed to a
single bank directly or indirectly. In any case the exposure of the TGF/SGF to any single
bank should not be more than 15% of the total liquid assets forming part of TGF/SGF
of the exchange. The exposure as mentioned above would include guarantees provided
by the bank for itself or for others as well as debt or equity securities of the bank which
have been deposited by members for additional capital or margins.
(b) Equity shares classified in Group I at the stock exchange in accordance with the parameters
of volatility and liquidity as prescribed by SEBI 1 would be eligible as security for the
non-cash component of the additional capital and margin. This shall be subjected to a
haircut equivalent to the respective VaR of the equity shares. Units of all MFs would
also be eligible security for the purpose of non-cash component of additional capital
and margin subject to a haircut plus any exit load charged by the mutual fund.
(c) The eligible shares for the purpose of the securities portion of the base minimum
capital should only be those which are classified as Group I in terms of the parameters
of volatility and liquidity as per SEBI circular, subject to a standard haircut of 15%.
However, the smaller stock exchanges should accept the shares that are in the Group I
of the BSE or the NSE for the purpose of base minimum capital. The valuation for
these shares should be done at least once a week.
III. Refund of Base Minimum Capital
In view of the insignificant volumes at some of the exchanges, they have requested to SEBI
for refund/withdrawal of the base minimum capital (BMC). Therefore the SEBI has reviewed
its earlier prescription for capital requirement. The exchanges having average daily turnover
of less than Rs. 1 crore for the past three consecutive months may maintain the BMC at
Rs. 1 lakh. The excess of the BMC over Rs. 1 lakh may be refunded to the member subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The member has been inactive at the stock exchange for the past 12 months;
1 SEBI circular no. SMD/POLICY/CIR-9/2003 dated March 11, 2003.
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(ii) There are no investor complaints pending;

(iii) There are no arbitration cases pending;
(iv) The exchange should retain/deduct/debit from the BMC to be refunded, the amount of
any complaints/claims of the investors against the member and for dues crystallized
and contingent to the exchange/SEBI arising out of pending arbitration cases, appealed
arbitration awards, administrative expenses, SEBI turnover fees, etc.
(v) The exchange should ensure that the member has paid the SEBI turnover fees and has
obtained a No-Objection Certificate from SEBI in this regard.
IV. Risk Disclosure Document

NSE in coordination with SEBI designed a Risk Disclosure Document. This includes the
risks involved in trading on a stock exchange e.g. risk of higher volatility, risk of lower
liquidity, risk of wider spreads, risk-reducing orders, risk of new announcements, risk of
rumours, systemic risk, and also the rights and obligations of the investors. Based on it, the
other stock exchanges were directed to prepare their own Risk Disclosure Document. The
exchanges were given the liberty to prescribe any additional clauses as may be considered
necessary by them. The risk disclosure document should contain important information on
trading in the equities segment and should be competent enough for any person to understand
the basic risks involved in trading. A separate section of investors’ rights and obligations
should also be included in the disclosure document.
V. Electronic Contract Notes

SEBI advised the stock exchanges to prescribe a standard format for the electronic contract
note in its bye laws, rules and regulations. This will streamline the issuance of electronic
contract notes as a legal document like the physical contract note. The modification/
amendment should be with respect to signing of the electronic contract note with a digital
signature so as to make the modified format a valid legal document. The mechanism of
record keeping of electronic notes in a soft non-tamperable form should be prescribed in
conformity with the IT Act 2000.
VI. Securities Lending and Borrowing

SEBI has permitted the Clearing Corporation/Clearing House (CC/CH) to get registered as
an approved intermediary under the Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLB) scheme.
Thereafter, the CC/CH may borrow securities on behalf of their members for the purpose of
meeting short falls subject to the following conditions: (a) the CC/CH should borrow the
required securities to meet the short fall on the day of settlement for a maximum period of
7 trading days, excluding the day of borrowing; (b) the defaulter selling broker may make the
delivery within 3 trading days from the due date i.e. settlement date; (c) in the event of the
defaulted selling broker failing to make the delivery within the aforesaid 3 trading days, the
CC/CH should buy the securities from the open market and return the same to the lender
within 7 trading days (d) cost, if any, incurred by the CC/CH in this regard should be
recovered from the defaulted selling broker (e) the return of the borrowed securities by the
CC/CH should be independent of the normal settlement.
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VII. Straight Through Processing

The Straight Through Processing (STP) allows electronic capturing and processing of
transactions in one pass from the point of order origination to the final settlement. STP thus
streamlines the process of trade execution and settlement by avoiding manual entry and re-
entry of the same details by different market intermediaries and participants. STP was launched
in India in November 2002, but was used on a voluntary basis by market participants. To
facilitate this, SEBI had issued various circulars permitting issue of electronic contract notes
with digital signature obtained from a valid Certifying Authority provided under the IT Act,
2000. The exchanges were also directed to amend their bye-laws, rules and regulations for the
equity and the debt segment to streamline the issuance of electronic contract notes as a legal
document. While several STP Service Providers had been providing STP service to the market
participants, there was no inter-operability between them. To resolve this issue, it was decided
in consultation with the stock exchanges and the STP Service Providers, that a STP Centralised
Hub would be setup. Currently this STP Centralised Hub has been setup and made operational
by NSE. For this, NSE has obtained the necessary approvals from Department of
Telecommunications (DoT) as an Internet Service Provider (ISP). In view of the aforesaid
developments, it was decided that all the institutional trades executed on the stock exchanges
would mandatorily be processed through the STP System w.e.f. July 01, 2004. SEBI also prescribed
the framework for the system flow of the STP, which should be as follows:
(a) A STP user intending to send an instruction should send the message to his STP service
provider after digitally signing the same.
(b) The STP service provider after verification of the signature should forward it to the
(i) recipient user, if the recipient is availing services of the same STP service provider; or
the (ii) STP centralized hub if the recipient is not with the same STP service provider. In
such a case the STP service provider should be required to prepare a message as per the
STP centralized hub prescribed message format, enclose the user’s message, digitally
sign it and then send it to the STP centralized hub.
(c) On receipt of the message by the STP centralized hub, it should (a) verify the signature
of the sending STP service provider only (b) send an acknowledgment to the sending
STP service provider.
(d) The STP centralized hub would then forward the message to the recipient STP service
provider after digitally signing on the message.
(e) The recipient STP service provider on receipt of the message from the STP centralized
hub, has to verify the signature of the STP centralized hub, verify if the recipient STP
user is associated with itself and send an appropriate acknowledgment with digital
signature to the STP centralized hub. The STP centralized hub would in turn forward
the acknowledgment (received from the recipient STP service provider) duly signed to
the sending STP service provider.
(f) The recipient STP service provider should forward the message to the recipient STP
user. The recipient STP user should receive the message and verify the signature of the
recipient STP service provider and sending STP user.
To enable inter-operations, the STP centralized hub should provide utility/client software to
the STP service provider as a point of interface between them. The PKI (Public key
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infrastructure) system for the interface will be implemented at a later stage. To this effect, SEBI
has also issued the SEBI (STP centralized hub and STP service providers) Guidelines, 2004,
which prescribe the eligibility criteria, conditions of approval, obligations and responsibilities
of the STP centralized hub and the STP service providers. Also, a code of conduct for them
has been included in the guidelines.
VIII. Settlement of Transactions in Case of Holidays
The Advisory Committee on Derivatives and Risk Management, issued guidelines to facilitate
the smooth completion of settlement process in cases where bank holidays are not in conformity
with the stock exchanges holidays. The guidelines have set certain limits as enumerated herewith:
1. The stock exchanges should clear and settle the trades on a sequential basis i.e. the pay-
in and the pay-out of the first settlement should be completed before the commencement
of the next pay-in and pay-out. The cash/securities pay-out from the first settlement
should be made available to the member for meeting his pay-in obligations for the
subsequent settlements.
2. Further, in-order to meet his pay-in obligations for the subsequent settlement, the member
may need to move securities from one depository to another. The depositories should,
therefore facilitate the inter-depository transfers within one hour and before pay-in for
the subsequent settlement begins.
The stock exchanges/depositories are also required to follow a strict time schedule, ensuring
that the settlements are completed on the same day.
Clearing and Settlement Processes

The transactions in secondary market pass through three distinct phases, viz., trading, clearing
and settlement. While the stock exchanges provide the platform for trading, the clearing
corporation determines the funds and securities obligations of the trading members and
ensures that the trade is settled through exchange of obligations. The clearing banks and the
depositories provide the necessary interface between the custodians/clearing members for
settlement of funds and securities obligations of trading members. The clearing process involves
determination of what counter-parties owe, and which counter-parties are due to receive on
the settlement date, thereafter the obligations are discharged by settlement. The clearing and
settlement process for transaction in securities on NSE is presented in Chart 5-1.
Several entities, like the clearing corporation, clearing members, custodians, clearing banks,
depositories are involved in the process of clearing. The role of each of these entities is
explained below:
■ Clearing Corporation: The clearing corporation is responsible for post-trade activities such
as the risk management and the clearing and settlement of trades executed on a stock
exchange.
■ Clearing Members: Clearing Members are responsible for settling their obligations as
determined by the NSCCL. They do so by making available funds and/or securities in
the designated accounts with clearing bank/depositories on the date of settlement.
■ Custodians: Custodians are clearing members but not trading members. They settle trades
on behalf of trading members, when a particular trade is assigned to them for settlement.
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Chart 5-1: Clearing and Settlement Process at NSE
NSE
DEPOSITORIES NSCCL CLEARING BANK
CUSTODIANS/
CMs
1. Trade details from Exchange to NSCCL (real-time and end of day trade file).
2. NSCCL notifies the consummated trade details to clearing members/custodians who affirm back. Based
on the affirmation, NSCCL applies multilateral netting and determines obligations.
3. Download of obligation and pay-in advice of funds/securities.
4. Instructions to clearing banks to make funds available by pay-in time.
5. Instructions to depositories to make securities available by pay-in time.
6. Pay-in of securities (NSCCL advises depository to debit pool account of custodians/CMs and credit its
account and depository does it).
7. Pay-in of funds (NSCCL advises Clearing Banks to debit account of custodians/CMs and credit its
account and clearing bank does it).
8. Pay-out of securities (NSCCL advises depository to credit pool account of custodians/CMs and debit its
account and depository does it).
9. Pay-out of funds (NSCCL advises Clearing Banks to credit account of custodians/CMs and debit its
account and clearing bank does it).
10. Depository informs custodians/CMs through DPs.
11. Clearing Banks inform custodians/CMs.
The custodian is required to confirm whether he is going to settle that trade or not. If he
confirms to settle that trade, then clearing corporation assigns that particular obligation
to him. As on date, there are 11 custodians empanelled with NSCCL.
■ Clearing Banks: Clearing banks are a key link between the clearing members and Clearing
Corporation to effect settlement of funds. Every clearing member is required to open a
dedicated clearing account with one of the designated clearing banks. Based on the
clearing member’s obligation as determined through clearing, the clearing member makes
funds available in the clearing account for the pay-in and receives funds in case of a
pay-out.
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■ Depositories: Depository holds securities in dematerialized form for the investors in their
beneficiary accounts. Each clearing member is required to maintain a clearing pool
account with the depositories. He is required to make available the required securities in
the designated account on settlement day. The depository runs an electronic file to
transfer the securities from accounts of the custodians/clearing member to that of
NSCCL and visa-versa as per the schedule of allocation of securities.
■ Professional Clearing Member : NSCCL admits special category of members known as
professional clearing members (PCMs). PCMs may clear and settle trades executed for
their clients (individuals, institutions etc.). In such cases, the functions and responsibilities
of the PCM are similar to that of the custodians. PCMs also undertake clearing and
settlement responsibilities of the trading members. The PCM in this case has no trading
rights, but has clearing rights i.e. he clears the trades of his associate trading members
and institutional clients.
Settlement Cycle
NSCCL clears and settles trades as per the well-defined settlement cycles (Table 5-1). Since the
beginning of the financial year 2003, all securities are being traded and settled under T+2
rolling settlement. The NSCCL notifies the relevant trade details to clearing members/custodians
on the trade day (T), which are affirmed on T+1 to NSCCL. Based on it, NSCCL nets the
positions of counterparties to determine their obligations. A clearing member has to pay-in/
pay-out funds and/or securities. The obligations are netted for a member across all securities
to determine his fund obligations and he has to either pay or receive funds. Members’ pay-in/
pay-out obligations are determined latest by T+1 and are forwarded to them on the same day,
so that they can settle their obligations on T+2. The securities/funds are paid-in/paid-out on
T+2 day to the members’ clients’ and the settlement is complete in 2 days from the end of the
trading day. (The activity schedule for the T+2 rolling settlement has already been discussed
in the policy development section).
Table 5-1: Settlement Cycle in CM Segment
Activity T+2 Rolling Settlement

(From April 1, 2003)
Trading T
Custodial Confirmation T+1
Determination of Obligation T+1
Securities/Funds Pay-in T+2
Securities/Funds Pay-out T+2
Valuation Debit T+2
Auction T+3
Bad Delivery Reporting T+4
Auction Pay-in/Pay-out T+5
Close Out T+5
Rectified Bad Delivery Pay-in/Pay-out T+6
Re-bad Delivery Reporting T+8
Close Out of Re-bad Delivery T+9
T+1 means one working day after the trade day. Other T+ terms have similar meanings.
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Risk Management
A sound risk management system is integral to an efficient clearing and settlement system. The
clearing corporation ensures that trading members’ obligations are commensurate with their
net worth. It has put in place a comprehensive risk management system, which is constantly
monitored and upgraded to prevent market failures. It monitors the track record and performance
of members in terms of their net worth, positions and exposure with the market, collects
margins. If the prescribed limits on positions and exposures are breached, then automatically
the members are disabled. To safeguard the interest of the investors, NSE administers an
effective market surveillance system to detect excessive volatility and prevents price manipulation
by setting up price bands. Further, the exchange maintains strict surveillance over market activities
in illiquid and volatile securities. The robustness of the risk management system has been
amply proved by the timely and default free settlement even on extreme volatile days like
May 14th and 17th , 2004.
Risk Containment Measures

The risk containment measures have been repeatedly reviewed and revised to be up to date
with the market realities. This section however discusses the measures prevailing as in
June 2004.
Capital Adequacy Requirements

The capital adequacy requirements stipulated by the NSE are substantially in excess of the
minimum statutory requirements as also to those stipulated by other stock exchanges. A
person/entity seeking membership in the CM segment is required to have a net worth of
Rs. 1 crore and keep an interest free security deposit of Rs. 1.25 crore and collateral security
deposit of Rs. 0.25 crore with the Exchange/NSCCL. The deposits kept with the Exchange as
part of the membership requirement are taken as base capital to determine the member’s
intra-day trading limit and/or gross exposure limit. Additional base capital is required to be
deposited by the member for taking additional exposure. The capital adequacy norms to be
followed by members are presented in Table 5-2.
Table 5-2: Capital Adequacy Norms for Membership on NSE

(All values in Rs. Lakh)
Requirement Professional Clearing
Members of Members of
CM and F&O CM and WDM CM, WDM and CM CM and
Segment Segment F&O Segment Segment F&O Segment
Net Worth 100 200 200 300 300
Interest Free 125 250 275 25 34
Security Deposit (IFSD)
Collateral Security 25 25 25 25 50
Deposit (CSD)
Note: A professional clearing member (PCM) is required to bring in IFSD of Rs. 6 lakh and CSD of Rs. 17.5 lakh (Rs. 9 lakh and
Rs. 25 lakh respectively for corporate members) per trading member in the CM segment.
Source: NSE.
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Trading and Exposure Limits

NSCCL imposes limits on turnover and exposure in relation to the base capital of a member.
Gross intra-day turnover of a member should not exceed 25 times of the base capital. Similarly,
gross exposure (aggregate of net cumulative outstanding positions in each security) of a
member at any point of time should not exceed 8.5 times the total base capital (not utilized
towards margin) up to Rs. 1 crore. If a member has free capital in excess of Rs. 1 crore, his
exposure should not exceed Rs. 8.5 crore plus 10 times of the capital in excess of Rs. 1 crore.
Members violating the intra-day gross turnover limit at any time on any trading day are
automatically and instantaneously disabled by the trading system. Members trading facility is
restored from the next trading day with a reduced intra-day turnover limit of 20 times the
base capital till deposits in the form of additional base capital is deposited with NSCCL. A
penalty of Rs. 5,000 is levied for each violation of gross exposure limit and intra-day turnover
limit. In case of second and subsequent violation, the penalty in multiples of Rs. 5,000 for
each such instance is charged. Non-payment of penalty on time attracts penal interest of 15
basis points per day till the date of payment.
Gross Exposure Limits
The gross exposure of a member is computed across all securities and across all open settlements.
Open settlements are all those settlements for which trading has commenced and for which
pay-in is yet to be completed. It is arrived at by adding up the absolute values of all the
securities and the specified adjustment factor in which a member has an open position. For
this purpose, scrips have been classified in to three groups on the basis of market capitalisation,
impact cost and number of trades. Groups I, II and III have been assigned adjustment factors
of 1.25, 2 and 8.5 respectively.
Members exceeding the gross exposure limit are not permitted to trade with immediate
effect until their cumulative gross exposure is reduced to below the gross exposure limits
(as defined by the guidelines) or they increase their limit by providing additional base capital.
Early pay-in of funds/securities
If members meet funds/securities obligations prior to the funds pay-in day, after satisfying the
applicable conditions, then the margin payable by the member is re-computed. The value of
the advance pay-in made is reduced from the cumulative net outstanding position of the member
for the purpose of calculating gross exposure.
On-line Monitoring
NSCCL has put in place an on-line monitoring and surveillance system, whereby exposure of
the members is monitored on a real time basis. A system of alerts has been built in so that both
the member and the NSCCL are alerted as per pre-set levels (reaching 70%, 85%, 95% and
100%) as and when the members approach these limits. The system enables NSCCL to further
check the micro-details of members’ positions, if required and take pro-active action.
The on-line surveillance mechanism also generates alerts/reports on any price/volume
movement of securities not in line with past trends/patterns. Open positions of securities are
also analyzed. For this purpose the exchange maintains various databases to generate alerts.
These alerts are scrutinized and if necessary taken up for follow up action. Besides this, rumors
in the print media are tracked and where they are found to be price sensitive, companies are
approached to verify the same. This is then informed to the members and the public.
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Inspection and Investigation

There is a regulatory requirement that a minimum of 10% of the active trading members
should be inspected every year to verify their level of compliance with various rules,
byelaws and regulations of the Exchange. Usually, inspection of more members than the
regulatory requirement is undertaken every year. The inspection randomly verifies if the
investor interests are being compromised in the conduct of business by the members. On
the basis of various alerts further analysis is carried out. If it suggests any possible
irregularity such as deviations from the past trends/patterns, concentration of trading at
NSE at the member level, then a more detailed investigation is undertaken. If the detailed
investigation establishes any irregular activity, then a disciplinary action is initiated against
the member. If the investigation suggests suspicions of possible irregular activity across
the stock exchanges and/or possible involvement of clients, the same is informed to
SEBI.
Margin Requirements
NSCCL imposes stringent margin requirements as part of its risk containment measures. The
categorisation of stocks for imposition of margins is as given below:
■ The stocks, which have traded at least 80% of the days during the previous 18 months,
should constitute as the Group I and Group II.
■ Out of the scrips identified above, those having mean impact cost of less than or equal
to 1% should be under Group I and the scrips where the impact cost is more than 1,
should be under Group II.
■ The remaining stocks should be under Group III.
■ The impact cost should be calculated on the 15th of each month on a rolling basis
considering the order book snapshots of the previous six months. On the basis of the
calculated impact cost, the scrip should move from one group to another group from
the 1st of the next month. The impact cost is required to be calculated for an order value
of Rs. 1 lakh.
The daily margin is the sum of Mark to Market Margin (MTM margin) and Value at Risk-
based Margin (VaR-based margin). VaR margin is applicable for all securities in rolling
settlement.
VaR Based Margins

All securities are classified into three groups for the purpose of calculating VaR margin. For
the securities listed in Group I, scrip wise daily volatility is calculated using the exponentially
weighted moving average should be 3.5 times the volatility. For the securities listed in Group
II the VaR margin should be higher of scrip VaR (3.5 δ) or three times the index VaR, and it
should be scaled up by root 3. For the securities listed in Group III, the VaR margin would be
equal to five times the index VaR and scaled up by square root of 3. VaR margin rate for a
security constitute the following:
1. VaR margin calculated as shown above. The index VaR would be the higher of the daily
Index VaR based on S&P CNX NIFTY or BSE SENSEX. The index VaR would be
subject to a minimum of 5%.
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2. Additional VaR Margin of 6% as specified by SEBI.

3. NSCCL may stipulate security specific margins for the securities from time to time.
The VaR based margin would be rounded off to the next higher integer (For e.g., if the VaR
based Margin rate is 10.01, it would be rounded off to 11.00) and capped at 100%.
The VaR margin rate computed as mentioned above will be charged on the net outstanding
position (buy value minus sell value) of the respective clients on their securities across all open
settlements. The net position at a client level for a member are arrived, thereafter it is grossed
across all the clients of a member to compute gross exposure for margin calculation for him.
Mark-to-Market Margin
Mark to market margin is computed on the basis of mark to market loss of a member. Mark
to market loss is the notional loss, which the member would incur in case the cumulative
net outstanding position in all securities at the closing price of the securities as announced
at the end of the day by the NSE. Mark to market margin is calculated by marking each
transaction in scrip to the closing price of the scrip at the end of trading. In case the security
has not been traded on a particular day, the latest available closing price at the NSE is
considered as the closing price. In the event of the net outstanding position of a member
in any security being nil, the difference between the buy and sell values would be considered
as notional loss for the purpose of calculating the mark to market margin payable.
MTM profit/loss across different securities within the same settlement is set off to determine
the MTM loss for a settlement. The MTM losses for settlements are computed at client
level.
Non-payment of the margin attracts penal charge @ 0.07% per day of the amount not
paid throughout the period of non-payment. Trades done by trading members on behalf of
institutions are, however, exempt from margin and exposure requirements.
Index-based Market-wide Circuit Breakers

An index based market-wide circuit breaker system applies at three stages of the index
movement either way at 10%, 15% and 20%. These circuit breakers bring about a coordinated
trading halt in trading on all equity and equity derivatives markets across the country. The
breakers are triggered by movements in either S&P CNX Nifty or Sensex, whichever is
breached earlier.
● In case of a 10% movement in either of these indices, there would be a one-hour market
halt if the movement takes place before 1:00 p.m. In case the movement takes place at
or after 1:00 p.m. but before 2:30 p.m. there would be trading halt for ½ hour. In case
movement takes place at or after 2:30 p.m. there will be no trading halt at the 10% level
and market would continue trading.
● In case of a 15% movement of either index, there should be a two-hour halt if the
movement takes place before 1 p.m. If the 15% trigger is reached on or after 1:00 p.m.
but before 2:00 p.m., there should be a one-hour halt. If the 15% trigger is reached on or
after 2:00 p.m. the trading should halt for remainder of the day.
● In case of a 20% movement of the index, trading should be halted for the remainder of
the day.
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Settlement Process
The settlement process begins as soon as members’ obligations are determined through the
clearing process. The settlement process is carried out by the Clearing Corporation with the
help of clearing banks and depositories. The Clearing Corporation provides a major link
between the clearing banks and the depositories. This link ensures actual movement of funds
as well as securities on the prescribed pay-in and pay-out day.
This requires members to bring in their funds/securities to the Clearing Corporation.
The CMs make the securities available in designated accounts with the two depositories
(CM pool account in the case of NSDL and designated settlement accounts in the case
of CSDL). The depositories move the securities available in the pool accounts to the pool
account of the Clearing Corporation. Likewise CMs with funds obligations make funds
available in the designated accounts with clearing banks. The Clearing Corporation sends
electronic instructions to the clearing banks to debit designated CMs’ accounts to the
extent of payment obligations. The banks process these instructions, debit accounts of
CMs and credit accounts of the Clearing Corporation. This constitutes pay-in of funds
and of securities.
After processing for shortages of funds/securities and arranging for movement of
funds from surplus banks to deficit banks through RBI clearing, the Clearing
Corporation sends electronic instructions to the depositories/clearing banks to release
pay-out of securities/funds. The depositories and clearing banks debit accounts of the
Clearing Corporation and credit accounts of CMs. This constitutes pay-out of funds
and securities.
Settlement is deemed to be complete upon declaration and release of pay-out of funds
and securities. The settlement cycle for the CM segment are presented in Table 5-1.
Dematerialised Settlement
NSE along with leading financial institutions established the National Securities
Depository Ltd. (NSDL), the first depository in the country, with the objective to reduce
the menace of fake/forged and stolen securities and thereby enhance the efficiency of
the settlement systems. This has ushered in an era of dematerialised trading and
settlement. SEBI, too, has been progressively promoting dematerialisation by mandating
settlement only through dematerialized form for more and more securities. The share
of demats delivery in total delivery at NSE touched almost 99.99% in terms of value
during 2003-04.
Settlement Guarantee
The Settlement Guarantee Fund provides a cushion for any residual risk and operates like a
self-insurance mechanism wherein members themselves contribute to the Fund. In the event
of a trading member failing to meet his settlement obligation, then the fund is utilized to the
extent required for successful completion of the settlement. This has eliminated counter-
party risk of trading on the Exchange.
As in case of NSCCL, other stock exchanges also have been allowed by the SEBI to use
trade guarantee funds (TGFs) maintained by them for meeting the shortages arising out of
non-fulfillment/partial fulfillment of funds obligations by members in a settlement before
declaring the concerned member a defaulter, subject to the condition that: (a) in cases where
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the shortage was in excess of the BMC, the trading facility of the member was withdrawn and
the securities pay out due to the member was withheld, (b) in cases where the shortage exceeded
20% of the BMC and was less than the BMC on six occasions within a period of three months,
the trading facility of the member was withdrawn and the securities pay-out to the member was
withheld. On recovery of the complete shortages, the member would be permitted to trade
with a reduced exposure.
Settlement Statistics
The details of settlement of trades on CM segment of NSE are provided in Annexure 5-1.
There has been a substantial reduction in short and bad deliveries. Short deliveries averaged
around 0.6% of total delivery in 2003-04. The ratio of bad deliveries to net deliveries progressively
declined to almost negligible in 2003-04.
During 2003-04, taking all stock exchanges together, 28.72% of securities accounting for
21.60% turnover were settled by delivery and the balance were squared up/netted out
(Table 5-3). In the preceding year, 24.42% of shares accounting for 21.60% of turnover were
settled by delivery. This indicates preference for non-delivery-based trades.
Table 5-3: Delivery Pattern in Stock Exchanges
(In per cent)
Exchange 2002-03 2003-04
Quantity Value Quantity Value
NSEIL 22.62 14.23 24.47 20.04
Mumbai 32.13 16.02 37.18 25.73
Calcutta 13.23 6.13 27.98 13.79
Delhi 65.40 18.92 100.00 4.12
Ahmedabad 1.59 0.64 4.57 0.00
Uttar Pradesh 2.53 1.56 1.10 0.65
Bangalore 0.00 1.56 100.00 –
Ludhiana 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Pune 5.88 0.00 0.00 0.00
OTCEI 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Hyderabad 37.13 34.78 97.31 97.89
ICSEIL 0.33 0.19 66.67 60.00
Chennai 0.00 0.00 1.12 0.19
Vadodara 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Bhubaneshwar 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Coimbatore 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Madhya Pradesh 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Magadh 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Jaipur 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mangalore 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Gauhati 23.81 210.00 0.00 0.00
SKSE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cochin 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total 24.42 14.35 28.72 21.60
* Delivery ratio represents percentage of delivery to turnover of a Stock Exchange

Source: SEBI.
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Settlement Efficiency
During the past couple of years, the clearing and settlement mechanism in India has
improved considerably and this has been corroborated in the Standards and Poor’s
Factbook. The benchmarks of settlement efficiency are expressed as a score out of 100
(Table 5-4).
Table 5-4: Benchmarks of Settlement Efficiency

(Score out of 100)
Benchmark 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Settlement 8.3 –16.8 –0.7 –1.2 10.0 41.9 59.6 75.8 89.3 93.6
Safekeeping 71.8 75.0 76.6 76.8 69.7 78.1 81.9 86.7 89.7 88.1
Operational Risk 28.0 0.0 16.8 23.5 47.3 43.6 51.4 59.1 65.2 66.0
Source: S&P Fact Book 2004
It provides an indication of the aggregate level of post-trade operational efficiency in

securities markets. The Settlement Benchmark provides a means of tracking the evolution
of settlement performance over a period of time. The Settlement Benchmark for India
has improved from 8.30 in 1994 to 93.6 in 2003. The Safekeeping Benchmark provides
the efficiency of a market in terms of collection of dividends and interest, reclamation
of excess withheld taxes, and protection of rights in the event of a corporate action.
India’s score for it has improved from 71.80 in 1994 to 88.1 in 2003. The Operational
Risk Benchmark takes into consideration the settlement and safekeeping benchmarks
and takes into accounts other operational factors such as the level of compliance with
the G30 recommendation, the complexity and effectiveness of the regulatory and
legal structure of the market, and counterparty risk. India scored 66.0 out of 100 in
it in 2003 as compared to 28.00 in 1994. The status of Implementation of G30
recommendations on the Corporate Securities market in India are presented in
Table 5-5.
Table 5-5: Status of Implementation of G30 Recommendations
Recommendations Corporate Securities Market
1a. All comparisons of trades between direct It is no more relevant as trades are matched on the screen
market participants (i.e. brokers broker/ and matched trade details are linked to settlement system
dealers and other exchange member) should of the Clearing Corporation electronically. Hence trade
be accomplished by T+0. comparison and confirmation are instantaneous.
1b. Matched trade details should be linked to the
settlement system.
2 Indirect market participants (such as The contract notes indicating execution of trades are issued
institutional investors and other indirect by brokers to clients within 24 hours. The clients can also
trading counterparties) should achieve browse websites of the exchange to verify their trade details
positive affirmation of trade details as soon as trades are executed. Institutional clients are issued
by T+1. electronic contract notes.
Contd.
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Table 5-5: Status of Implementation of G30 Recommendations – Contd.

3a. Each country should have in place an effective There are in place two fully developed depositories which
and fully developed central securities maintain and transfer ownership records in electronic form
depository, organised and managed to for the entire range of securities. They encourage broadest
encourage the broadest possible direct and direct and indirect industry participation. A large variety
indirect industry participation. of instruments including all securities and money market
3b. The range of depository eligible instruments instruments are held in depositories. These are held in
should be as wide as possible. dematerialised form. The systems are in place for smooth
3c. Immobilisation or dematerialisation of inter-depositor y transfer of securities. Today about
financial instruments should be achieved to 100% of securities settlement takes place through
the utmost extent possible. depositories. The depositories operate under the Depositories
3d. If several CSDs exist in the same market, they Act, 1996 and the systems are in place for smooth inter-
should operate under compatible rules and depository transfer of securities. Securities held in
practices, with the aim of reducing settlement depositories are freely transferable and also are preferred
risk and enabling efficient use of funds and collateral in the market.
available cross-collateral.
4a. Each market is encouraged to reduce RBI launched the RTGS system in March 2004. This
settlement risk by introducing either Real system seeks to settle inter-bank transactions on transaction
Time Gross Settlement or by transaction basis online at real time mode. The present
4b. a trade netting system that fully meets the capital market settlement system of the clearing coproration
“Lamfalussy-recommendations” relies on multilateral netting the obligations to determine
obligations of members who have security-wise net
obligations to receive/deliver and a fund obligation to
pay or receive.
5 Delivery based payment (DvP) should be The CSA provides counter party guarantee for all trades
employed as the method of settling all executed on stock exchanges on the strength of the SGF/
securities transactions. DvP means TGF and a comprehensive risk management system.
simultaneous, final, irrevocable and The settlement obligations (both securities and funds) for
immediately available exchange of securities any settlement constitute about one-third of the funds
and cash on a continuous basis through out available in SGF/TGF. The members pay-in funds/securities
the day. to the CSA which in turn pays-out funds/securities to the
receiving members. The clearing corporation has full control
over receipts and payments and does not make pay-out to
receiving trading members unless the concerned trading
members have fulfilled their respective pay-in obligations.
This is akin to DvP in the sense that there is no principal
risk, that is, a member making pay-in is guaranteed of pay-
out by the clearing corporation.
6a. Payments associated with the settlement The pay-in and pay-outs for both funds and securities take
of securities transactions should be made place on the same day.
consistent across all instruments and
markets by adopting the “same day” funds
convention.
6b. Payments associated with the servicing
of securities portfolios should be made
consistent across all instruments and
markets by adopting the “same day” funds
convention.
Contd.
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Table 5-5: Status of Implementation of G30 Recommendations – Contd.

7a. A rolling settlement system should be adopted Rolling settlement was introduced for all listed securities
by all markets. from December 31, 2001 while settlement of funds and
7b. Final settlement for all trades should occur no securities on T+2 basis have been introduced from April
later than T+3. 1, 2003.
8a. Securities lending and borrowing should be SEBI has framed securities lending and borrowing
encouraged as a method of expediting the scheme under which approved intermediaries can lend
settlement of securities transactions. securities.
8b. Existing regulatory and taxation barriers that These have been removed. It has been clarified that the
inhibit the practice of lending and borrowing lending of securities would not be treated as ‘transfer’ so
of securities should be removed. as to attract the provisions relating to capital gains under
the Income Tax Act, 1961.
9a. Each country should adopt the standard The depositories and clearing corporations use message
for securities message developed by the structure based on SWIFT standards.
International Organisation of Standardisation ISINs have been issued by SEBI. ISIN numbering system
(ISO Standard 7775). For Straight through is being used by exchanges and depositories for settlement
processing, the common messaging standards of securities in demat form.
is ISO 15022.
9b. In particular, countries should adopt the ISIN
numbering system for securities issued as
defined in the ISO Standard 6166.
ISSA Recommendations 2000

The international standards have been instrumental in improving safety and efficiency of the
SSS. Table 5-6 attempts to assess Indian SSS for corporate securities in terms of ISSA
recommendations, which have become universal benchmarks. The Indian SSS seems to have
met most of the recommendations in spirit, if not in letter. For example, the SSS may have
dominant shareholders or their boards may not be accountable to users directly, but there are
systems in place in the form of Executive Committee or Committee on Settlement Issues to
receive input from users. The key areas where substantial improvements are required to fully
comply with ISSA standards are governance of SSS, messaging standards, and risk management.
However it is important to note that the SSS model, as implemented by the clearing corporation
of NSE (NSCCL), needs to be replicated for the whole market.
Table 5-6: Indian Securities Settlement System vis-à-vis ISSA Recommendations 2000
I. Governance: The SSS (Depositories/CC) have a primar y responsibility to their users and other stakeholders. They must
provide effective low cost processing. Services should be priced equitably.
Are the boards that gover n the SSS The boards are not explicitly answerable to its users, but to their
answerable to its users? promoters and the regulators.
Does any single organisation, or a sector There are dominant shareholders in the depositories/CC.
have a large voting position at the board
of the SSS?
Contd.
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Is there cross subsidisation of products The SSS do not render any international service and hence there is
(e.g. international services subsidised by no cross-subsidisation between international service and domestic
local ones or transaction costs subsidised service. They, however, have international clients. They do not charge
by asset servicing charges)? such international clients and domestic clients differently. The
depositories do not charge the investors and clearing members directly
but charge its participants uniformly, who are free to have their own
charge structure for their clients. However, the charges levied by
depositories from participants and by participants of the same
depository from clients vary widely.
The CC does not levy any fee directly from members, but shares the
transaction fee levied by the exchanges.
These charges have reduced drastically over time with increase in
volumes.
What process is in place at the SSS to The SSS, being companies, set up under the Companies Act, 1956 are
ensure that it meets the needs of all its required to comply with provisions thereof for corporate governance
stakeholders (e.g. institutions, broker and financial reporting. Besides, a depository is goverened by the
dealers, retail investors, issuers)? Depositories Act, 1996 and the regulations made there under. A CC is
governed by the rules and regulations made under the SCRA, 1956.
They generally evolve policies in consultation with the regulator and
various committees which comprise of representatives of users and
eminent persons.
What is the communications strategy of The SSS maintain websites and disseminate information through press
the SSS to its stakeholders and how is this releases, circulars, communiques and newsletters. They hold annual
run? general meetings and publish annual reports detailing its actions and
plans as well as financials. T hey have electronic interactive
communication system with participants.
II. Technology – Core Processing: Securities Systems must allow the option of network access on an interactive basis. They
should cope with peak capacity without any service degradation, and have sufficient standby capabilities to recover operations in
a reasonably short period within each processing day.
How often, over the last twelve months, There has been no disruption of settlement schedule drawn by CC.
have the SSS been required to change its The depositories adhere to the settlement schedules.
published settlement timetable?
Do the SSS operate real time or multiple The CC settles the trades in batches. But the depositories process the
batch processing for settlement? batches on real time. They also do real time settlement for spot trades
and trades in respect of which both buy and sell orders have been
routed through the same broker.
Do the SSS allow inter active Though securities are settled in batches, there is online real time
communication (on line real time) with interactive communication between the CC and the depositories,
its users, enabling settlement input and clearing bank and clearing members/custodians. The depositories also
amendment? have interactive communication with their participants, and allow
demat account holders to submit delivery instructions directly on the
internet. While the depositories have electronic communication with
DPs, the CC, custodians, clients (BO) and exchanges, these CC have
electronic communication with the brokers, exchanges, custodians,
depositories and clearing banks.
Have the SSS ever failed to recover an This has never occurred. The depositories and the CC, however,
outage within a reasonable time and what maintain disaster recovery sites.
steps have been taken to prevent a similar
event in the future?
Contd.
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III. Technology – Messaging and Standards: The industry worldwide must satisfy the need for efficient, fast settlement by
full adherence to the International Securities Numbering process (ISO 6166) and uniform usage of ISO 15022 standards for
all securities messages. The industry should seek to introduce a global client and counterpart identification methodology (BIC-
ISO 9362) to further facilitate straight through processing. Applications and programmes should be structured in such a way as
to facilitate open inter-action between all parties.
Does the market use ISIN as the primary The market uses ISINs for all securities as primary identification code.
securities identification code? However, trades are executed on the basis of scrip identity numbers
which are mapped to ISIN.
Are the major participants in the market The major exchanges provide nation-wide satellite links. The exchanges
linked electronically? are also connected to CC which is connected to clearing banks,
depositories, custodians and members electronically. Paper instructions
are generally not used.
Do the SSS communicate using true (i.e. The CC have bilaterally agreed automatic interfaces with one another.
not bilaterally agreed on sub-standards) ISO 15022 messaging format has been prescribed for communication
ISO standards for securities messaging? between member and custodian, member and client and client and
custodian for post trading activity.
Does the market operate standard The regulator has made it mandatory for all brokers to use unique
identification codes for counterparties or client code for all clients. The depository participants have a unique
client accounts and, if so, how do these identification numbers and they, in turn, allot client identification
fit into a single global identif ication numbers. The market is yet to adopt universal client identification/
methodology? global identification methodology.
IV. Uniform Market Practices: Each market must have clear rules assuring investor protection by safe guarding participants
from the financial risks of failed settlement and ensuring that listed companies are required to follow sound policies on corporate
governance, transfer of economic benefits and shareholder rights.
Does the market have securities lending There is a securities lending and borrowing scheme in place. Any market
and borrowing schemes in place, and are participants can lend or borrow securities through these approved
these open to all market participants and intermediaries. The participants, who are not permitted to undertake
their settlement agents? short sales, do not have need for borrowing, though they may lend.
Does the settlement system mark fail trades No trade executed on the exchanges fails. All trades executed on the
to market and collect margin from the exchanges are settled by the CC who provide guarantee of financial
failing counterparty to pr otect the settlement. Failure at the stage of confirmation by custodians is
innocent counterpart’s interest? insignificant, however, in such cases, the obligation devolve on the
broker and the trades are subjected to usual risk containment measures
including margins and exposure limits. Failure at delivery stage (short
delivery) is less than 0.5% of delivery. The CC identifies the short
deliveries and debits the CM on the pay-out day by an amount
equivalent to the securities not delivered, and valued at the closing
price on the settlement day. It conducts a buy-in auction on the day
following the pay out day. If the buy-in auction price is more than the
valuation price, the CM is liable for the difference. If the buy-in auction
price is less than the valuation price, the difference is credited to IPF
and not passed on to defaulting broker. All shortages not bought in
the auction are deemed closed out at the highest price between the
trading day and the settlement day, or closing price on the auction
day plus 20%, whichever is higher. This amount is credited to the
receiving members account on the auction pay-out day.
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Does the market operate a guarantee fund The exchanges maintain SGF/ TGF and use these funds for meeting
or have an equivalent procedure to protect shortages arising out of non-fulfillment/partial fulfillment of the funds
against the cost of failed transactions; and obligations by the members in a settlement before declaring him a
which sectors of the market does it cover? defaulter. There is no limit on pay-out per incident and all legitimate
claims are honoured.
The exchanges can use up to 25% of their guarantee funds to cover
failures of payment during the allotment of IPOs for shares offered
through them.
Exchanges maintain an Investor Protection Fund to take care of
investor claims arising out of non-settlement of obligations by a
member. There is a limit on the amount payable per investor
claim.
Are the stock transfer a gents (share Registrars and transfer agents, including issuers handling registration
registrars) linked electronically to the and transfer work in-house, are electronically linked to both the
depository? depositories. The depositories transfer securities electronically.
Is there a legal maximum time period to The Companies Act, 1956 requires companies to effect the transfers
complete ownership transfers in the books within 60 days. The listing agreement requires transfers to be affected
of the issuer? If so, does market practice within thirty days. However, the dematerialized securities are freely
adhere to the deadline? transferable and depositories effect such transfers instantaneously.
Over 99% of securities transactions are currently settled in demat
form.
Are investors entitled to all benefits arising Based on the record date/book closure, the exchanges determine ‘no-
on a security from the point of purchase; delivery’ period during which securities are traded ex-benefits and
and how are these rules enforced? before that cum-benefits. The purchaser gets all the benefits from the
date of purchase before no-delivery period. Physical securities require
registration of transfer in favour of purchaser in order to entitle him
to corporate actions.
Is proxy voting permissible in the market A proxy can attend and vote at the meeting of the company, but
and can such proxies be lodged by post or cannot participate in the deliberations. The document appointing a
other remote delivery method? proxy need to be deposited at least 48 hours before the meeting. It
is possible for a member to caste his vote by post also, for certain
resolutions.
Are there binding rules in the market stating These are prescribed in the Companies Act, 1956 and the listing
the minimum and maximum lapsed time agreements. For example, a share transfer shall be registered
between the announcement and within 60 days of presentation, the dividend shall be paid to
completion of key events, including shareholders within 30 days from the date of declaration, annual
registration, the calling of shareholder general meeting shall be held every year and not more than 15
meetings, the payment of dividends or months shall lapse between two such meetings, at least 21 days’
interest, rights issues, tender offers and notice shall be given for general meetings, etc. Under the listing
other voluntary corporate actions? agreement, the companies are required to report all corporate
actions to exchanges within defined time limits and the exchange
in turn disseminates the same to members/investors.
Are all voluntary corporate actions advised Ex-dates for voluntary corporate actions are announced by the
through a central mechanism assuring exchanges. These may differ among exchanges and on the same
consistent information to all investors? exchange for physical and dematerialized shares. T hese are
disseminated through the websites of the company, exchanges and
depositories.
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The regulator has put in place an integrated source of company

information, which is accessible through a web site on lines similar to
that of Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR).
All company related information, which is mandatorily required to
be filed by the companies with the exchanges under the listing
agreement, are be available at one location in electronically interactive
form.
Is information on corporate actions The exchanges notify members of corporate actions through their
available electr onically, and is the websites and circulars. These are also available on the web site of the
minimum lapsed time for responding to company and the depositories. Generally, sufficient time is available
such actions sufficient to enable all to all investors to respond to corporate actions.
domestic and foreign investors to respond
in a timely and considered fashion?
V. Reduction of Settlement Risk: The major risks in securities systems should be mitigated by five key measures, namely real
delivery versus payment, trade date plus one settlement cycle, the minimisation of funding and liquidity constraints, scrip-less
settlement, and mandatory trade matching and settlement performance measures.
Does the market use DvP settlement The market uses a variant of BIS model 3 that settles transfer
procedures in accordance with one of the instructions for both securities and funds on a net basis, with final
recognised BIS models? transfers of both securities and funds occurring at the end of the
processing cycle. The CC applies multilateral netting to determine
obligations of members who have a security wise net obligation to
receive/deliver and a fund obligation to pay/receive. The members
pay-in fund/securities to the CC which in turn pays-out funds/securities
to them. The CC has full control over receipts and payments and does
not make pay-out unless pay-in has been received. This is akin to DvP
in the sense that there is no principal risk, that is, a member making
pay-in is guaranteed of pay-out.
Does the market have a rolling settlement All other securities compulsorily moved to rolling settlement in
cycle of T+3 or shorter for all exchange December 2001 and the settlement cycles have been shortened to T+2
traded instruments? rolling settlement from April 1, 2003.
Could the market reduce the current Limited availability of EFT constrains shorter settlement cycle. EFT is
settlement period to T+2 or below, available only at 15 centres covering 8500 bank branches and that too,
without increasing fails rates? If so, how for values not exceeding Rs. 20 million per transfer. The market has
would this be achieved, and what plans moved to T+2 rolling settlement from April 2003 and is expected to
are there to shorten the existing settlement switch to T+1 rolling settlement in the near futures.
cycle?
Is matching of trade details achieved on Trades are executed on screen and matched trade details are linked to
trade date, at least for direct market settlement system electronically. Hence matching of trades for direct
participants; and by trade date plus one participants is instantaneous. The custodians affirm trade details on
for indirect participants? T+1 basis.
Is the depository scrip-less, and, if not, is The depositories maintain ownership records of dematerialised
it working to enable scrip-less settlement? securities and transfer the ownership electronically in book entry form.
Does the market allow partial settlements? The participants accept partial deliveries.
Can the depository accommodate same The depositories do so for off-market transactions. Since institutions
day turnarounds? are required to do only delivery based transactions on exchanges and
CC processes settlement in batches, same day turnaround is
difficult.
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VI. Market Linkages: Convergence of Securities Systems, both within countries and across borders, should be encouraged, where
this eliminates operational risk, reduces cost and enhances market efficiency.
Is the depository linked electronically and The depositories have secured real time linkages with CC which is
in real time with other segments of the core connected with trading platform, netting and payment system.
market infrastructure (e.g. trading
platfor ms, netting systems, payment
systems)?
Is there one or more depository or Each stock exchange has its own clearing agency. There are two
settlement system in the market? depositories which are linked to each other and to most of the
exchanges/clearing agencies.
If there are several, has a consolidation been The consolidation of trading and settlement system is left to market
considered? If yes, by when? forces. There are 23 stock exchanges with equal number of clearing
agencies and two depositories. The law encourages multiple agencies
in the interest of competition.
Does the securities system allow foreign The system does not allow external agencies to participate in the
systems to establish direct links on an equal securities system.
basis to local members?
Does the securities system allow foreign The system does not allow foreign intermediaries to become direct
market participants to become direct market participants. They become direct participants through their
participants? local subsidiaries or joint ventures with local partners.
VII. Investor Protection: Investor compliance with the laws and regulations in the home countries of their investments should be
part of their regulators’ due diligence process. Investors, in turn, should be treated equitably in the home country of their
investments especially in respect to their rights to shareholder benefits and concessionary arrangements under double tax agreements.
Do domestic regulators monitor the SEBI regulates locally-based cross border custodians and RBI maintains
procedures in place at their locally based oversight for foreign and local banks licensed to operate in India.
cross-border custodians to assure
compliance with the laws and regulations
of the home countries of their
investments?
What are the areas (e.g. benefits, investor The foreign investors are generally treated at par with domestic
compensation) where foreign investors are investors. However, there are ceilings on investments by NRIs, PIOs,
not treated in the same way as local and FIIs. The FIIs can not engage in short selling, turnaround trading
investors? and securities borrowing, while they are exempted from exposure and
margin requirements.
Can sales proceeds and income be These can be repatriated only after certain tax compliance.
repatriated without any restrictions?
Are double tax agreements simple to apply, The double taxation agreements ar e simple to apply. T he
and do foreign investors receive promptly dematerialisation has helped foreign investors to receive their
their full entitlement to dividends and entitlements promptly.
interest payments?
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VIII. Legal Infrastructure: Local laws and regulations should ensure that there is segregation of client assets from the principal
assets of their custodian; and no possible claim on client assets in the event of custodian bankruptcy or a similar event.
Under local rules and regulations, what The brokers and depository participants are required to segregate their
are the segregation requirements for assets from those of their clients and do not commingle the assets of
keeping client assets and custodian assets the clients.
in the depository?
How are clients’ assets protected in the The securities held with a custodian or depository can not be attached
event of insolvency of a custodian or in case of insolvency, as they are not legal owners.
depository?
Does local law recognise the existence of The Depositories Act, 1996 explicitly created legal owners and beneficial
beneficial owners who may differ from the owners for dematerialized securities. While the depository is the
legal owner of a security? registered owner of the securities, the investors are beneficial owners.
Does local law clearly define the point of The settlement is complete with pay-out of securities/funds to members.
time when a settlement, both for the In fact once a trade is executed; it is eventually settled and can not be
security and the cash involved, achieves unwound in between.
finality and thus cannot be unwound?
Does a pledgee have an absolute right to The pledgee generally has such a right. On receipt of a notice from
realise their security at all times? the pledgee, the depository records him as the beneficial owner in
respect of pledged securities.
Does the depository have loss sharing The depositories indemnify the beneficial owners of securities for any
provisions in its rules, and how would loss caused to them due to the negligence of the depositories or their
these be applied? participants. The depository can, however, recover the loss from the
participant responsible for loss. Besides, the depositories have taken
comprehensive insurance for business risk and system risk.
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Annexure 5-1: Settlement Statistics in CM Segment

Month/ No. of Traded Quantity % of Turnover Value of % of Securities Short % of Un- % of Funds
Year Trades Quantity of Shares Shares Shares Delivery Pay-in Delivery Short rectified Un- Pay-in
Deliverable Delivered Deliverable to Value (Auctioned Delivery Bad rectified
to Total of Shares quantity) to Delivery Bad
Shares Traded Delivery (Auctioned Delivery
Traded quantity) to
(mn.) (mn.) (mn.) (Rs. mn.) (Rs. mn.) (Rs. mn.) (mn.) (mn.) Delivery (Rs. mn.)
Nov 94-Mar 95 0.3 133 69 51.74 17,280 8,980 51.98 6,112 0.6 0.85 0.18 0.26 3,004
1995-96 6 3,901 726 18.62 657,420 117,750 17.91 58,045 18 2.46 3.22 0.44 32,583
1996-97 26 13,432 1,645 12.25 2,923,140 326,400 11.17 137,899 38 2.32 6.63 0.40 72,121
1997-98 38 13,522 2,205 16.31 3,700,100 597,748 16.15 217,125 33 1.51 7.29 0.33 108,272
1998-99 55 16,531 2,799 16.93 4,135,730 662,038 16.01 307,551 31 1.09 6.97 0.25 121,754
1999-00 96 23,861 4,871 20.42 8,030,497 826,070 10.29 797,828 63 1.30 11 0.23 279,921
2000-01 161 30,420 5,020 16.50 12,638,978 1,062,774 8.41 949,621 34 0.68 1.16 0.023 459,367
Apr-01 9 1,632 564 34.57 282,261 60,829 21.55 52,139 2 0.28 0.0043 0.0008 19,155
May-01 15 2,776 643 23.15 518,350 73,711 14.22 37,519 2 0.24 0.0019 0.0003 19,758
Jun-01 13 2,280 513 22.52 431,360 59,601 13.82 40,579 1 0.27 0.0010 0.0002 16,260
Jul-01 10 1,315 297 22.59 290,920 37,210 12.79 40,205 2 0.70 0.0002 0.0001 18,300
Aug-01 11 1,551 302 19.46 285,720 39,620 13.87 35,313 3 1.03 0.0003 0.0001 18,470
Sep-01 12 1,655 314 18.94 337,180 39,330 11.66 38,074 2 0.51 0.0000 0.0000 20,680
Oct-01 15 1,978 349 17.62 352,250 42,470 12.06 41,360 4 1.15 0.0000 0.0000 19,540
Nov-01 14 2,265 487 21.48 374,710 56,790 15.16 54,678 5 0.95 0.0000 0.0000 23,110
Dec-01 17 2,922 593 20.29 530,976 71,844 13.53 69,244 5 0.81 0.0000 0.0000 30,347
Jan-02 23 3,833 573 14.95 713,290 79,400 11.13 78,486 4 0.65 0.0000 0.0000 34,400
Feb-02 17 2,687 660 24.57 488,230 79,820 16.35 79,353 4 0.59 0.0000 0.0000 30,160
Mar-02 17 2,576 636 24.69 475,962 77,034 16.18 76,577 4 0.62 0.0000 0.0000 30,301
2001-02 172 27,470 5,930 21.59 5,081,208 717,658 14.12 643,525 36 — 0.01 0.0001 280,481
Apr-02 21 3,011 751 24.95 561,302 89,325 15.91 88,556 6 0.81 0.00 0.0000 32,156
May-02 21 3,379 832 24.62 534,145 87,320 16.35 86,758 5 0.66 0.00 0.0000 31,617
Jun-02 20 3,914 1,023 26.14 463,339 80,005 17.27 79,551 6 0.62 0.00 0.0000 27,277
Jul-02 21 3,684 1,035 28.09 502,623 84,070 16.73 83,577 7 0.67 0.00 0.0000 29,420
Aug-02 19 2,682 509 18.96 454,430 53,115 11.69 52,748 3 0.59 0.00 0.0000 21,522
Sep-02 18 2,525 443 17.55 468,940 52,712 11.24 52,355 2 0.56 0.00 0.0000 23,364
Oct-02 20 2,659 460 17.30 513,820 57,340 11.16 57,043 2 0.46 0.00 0.0000 25,990
Nov-02 17 2,307 443 19.22 501,710 64,515 12.86 64,110 2 0.52 0.00 0.0000 26,353
Dec-02 22 3,377 757 22.43 638,722 88,595 13.87 88,233 4 0.46 0.00 0.0000 33,914
Jan-03 23 3,502 815 23.28 628,151 91,694 14.60 91,279 4 0.47 0.00 0.0000 33,549
Feb-03 19 2,859 603 21.10 487,172 67,367 13.83 67,092 2 0.38 0.00 0.0000 26,442
Mar-03 18 2,642 563 21.32 461,341 63,501 13.76 63,169 2 0.44 0.00 0.0000 29,316
2002-03 240 36,541 8,235 22.54 6,215,694 879,560 14.15 874,470 47 — 0.00 0.0000 340,920
Apr-03 21 3,249 783 24.10 511,586 83,281 16.28 82,749 9 1.11 0.00 0.00 37,834
May-03 24 4,050 1,089 26.88 517,203 99,069 19.15 98,564 6 0.59 0.00 0.00 35,839
Jun-03 25 5,005 1,403 28.03 575,238 125,391 21.80 124,805 8 0.55 0.00 0.00 42,917
Jul-03 33 6,694 1,851 27.65 814,224 175,812 21.59 174,886 12 0.62 0.00 0.00 59,148
Aug-03 32 8,130 2,058 25.31 827,344 177,980 21.51 176,928 15 0.71 0.00 0.00 54,646
Sep-03 34 7,292 1,681 23.05 1,012,286 206,250 20.37 205,376 9 0.53 0.00 0.00 74,122
Oct-03 37 7,244 1,616 22.30 1,167,489 229,572 19.66 228,598 8 0.49 0.00 0.00 89,915
Nov-03 31 5,615 1,342 23.90 943,760 190,570 20.19 189,809 7 0.48 0.00 0.00 71,573
Dec-03 37 6,816 1,898 27.84 1,078,981 258,245 23.93 256,872 11 0.57 0.00 0.00 91,706
Jan-04 40 7,351 1,861 25.32 1,327,514 283,449 21.35 282,202 10 0.53 0.00 0.00 96,770
Feb-04 31 4,722 981 20.78 1,100,700 196,811 17.88 196,276 3 0.33 0.00 0.00 84,376
Mar-04 31 4,285 993 23.18 1,033,307 187,211 18.12 186,346 4 0.44 0.00 0.00 77,036
2003-04 376 70,453 17,555 24.92 10,909,632 2,213,640 20.29 2,203,411 101 — 0.00 0.00 815,882
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139 Debt Market ISMR
Debt Market
Introduction
The debt market in India comprises mainly of two segments viz., the Government securities
market and the corporate securities market*. Government securities (includes central, state
and local) form the major part of the market in terms of outstanding issues, market
capitalisation and trading value. It sets benchmark for the rest of the market. The main
instruments in this market are dated securities that include floating rate bonds (FRBs), zero
coupon bonds (ZCBs), treasury bills (T-bills) and the state Government bonds. The corporate
debt segment on the other hand includes bonds issued by private corporates, public sector
units (PSUs) and development financial institutions (DFIs). The market for debt derivatives
have not yet developed appreciably though a market for OTC and exchange traded derivatives
in interest rate products exists.
The year 2003-04 was a very eventful year with the operationalisation of real time gross
settlement (RTGS) system, which is expected to reduce the settlement risks and cost of financial
intermediation significantly. In the Government securities market, there was a switch to the
delivery versus payment (DvP) III mode in which transaction in government securities could
be settled on a net basis. The year also witnessed unprecedented volumes both in primary
market and secondary market.
During 2003-04, the Government and corporate sector collectively mobilised Rs. 2,509,089
million from primary debt market, 6.73% higher than in the preceding year (Table 6-1).
About 79% of these were raised by the government (Central and State Governments), while
the balance amount was mobilised by the corporate sector through public and private placement
issues. The turnover in secondary debt market during 2003-04 aggregated Rs. 27,214,706 million,
36% higher than that in the previous year. The share of NSE in total turnover in debt
securities remained at about 47.6% during 2003-04.
Table 6-1: Debt Market: Selected Indicators
(In Rs. Mn.)
Issuer/Securities Amount raised from Turnover in
Primary Market Secondar y Market
2002-03 2003-04 2002-03 2003-04
Government 1,819,790 1,981,570 19,557,313 26,792,084
Corporate/Non-Government 531,166 527,519 360,387 422,622
Total 2,350,956 2,509,089 19,917,700 27,214,706
Source: Primedatabase, RBI and NSE.
* This chapter discusses the market design and outcome in the government securities market, both primary and secondary
segment. Data availability for secondary market for corporate debt securities is limited. Wherever possible, the developments
in the secondary market for corporate debt are also covered in this chapter. The developments in primar y corporate debt
market are presented in Chapter 2 of this publication.
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Policy Developments
Various initiatives taken by the RBI and the Government during April 2003 to June 2004 are
enumerated in this section.
I. Union Budget 2004-05

The investment ceiling for FIIs in debt funds has been increased from US$ 1 billion to
US$ 1.75 billion in the Union Budget for 2004-05.
II. Annual and the Mid-term Monetary & Credit Policy, 2003-04
In the annual and mid-term review of Monetary and Credit Policy for 2003-04 the following
measures have been taken:
Annual monetary credit policy

• CRR has been reduced from 4.75% to 4.50% w.e.f. fortnight starting June 14, 2003. The
bank rate was also cut by 0.25% to 6.00% effective from the close of business of
April 29, 2003.
• With the fortnight beginning May 3, 2003, RBI has mandated for all NDS members to
report all their call/notice money market deals on NDS. Deals done outside NDS
should also be reported within 15 minutes of its execution, irrespective of the size of the
deal or whether the counter-party is a member of NDS or not.
• As per the recommendations of the Working Group on Rupee Derivatives, it has been
proposed that: (a) less complex over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate rupee options should
be permitted in the first phase which include vanilla caps, floors and collars, European
swaptions, call and put options and unleveraged structured swaps based on overnight
indexed swaps (OIS) and forward rate agreements (FRAs) (b) scheduled commercial
banks (SCBs), financial institutions (FIs) and Primary Dealers (PDs) should be allowed
to both buy and sell options, while corporate may sell options initially without being
the net receivers of premium.
• RBI also proposed that non-bank entities including corporate may provide unconditional
and irrevocable guarantee for credit enhancement for Commercial Paper (CP) issue as
long as (i) the issuer fulfils the eligibility criteria prescribed for issuance of CP, (ii) the
guarantor has at least one notch higher credit rating than the issuer, (iii) the offer
document for CP should properly disclose the net worth of the guarantor company, the
names of the companies to which the guarantor has issued similar guarantees, the
extent of guarantees offered by the guarantor company.
• Indian corporates and resident individuals have also been permitted to invest in rated
bonds/fixed income securities of listed eligible companies abroad subject to certain
conditions.
• A new Government Security Act would replace the Public Debt Act, 1944.
The mid-term review of the Monetary and Credit Policy announced on November 3, 2003
envisaged the following:
• The Indian Banks Association (IBA) has been asked to advise its members regarding the
system of benchmarking the prime lending rate (PLR).
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• To move further towards a pure inter-bank call/notice money market, the non-bank
participants have been allowed to lend in a reporting fortnight on an average 60% of
their average daily lending in call/notice money market during 2000-01. The timetable
for further phasing out of non-bank participants would be announced separately.
• In order to develop the repo market, from February 7, 2004 the PDs have been allowed
to borrow up to 200% of their net owned funds (NOF) as at end-March of the preceding
financial year. This limit is applicable on an average basis in a reporting fortnight.
• To deepen the government securities market, it has been permitted to contract a sale of
a Government security already contracted for purchase. However, the purchase contract
should be either guaranteed by an approved central counterparty like CCIL or the
counterparty thereof should be RBI.
• A Standing Technical Advisory Committee on Financial Regulation has been proposed
to be set up. It should consist of experts drawn from academia, financial markets,
banks, non-bank financial institutions and credit rating agencies. The Committee should
examine the issues referred to it by the RBI and advise the RBI on regulations covering
banks and non-bank financial institutions and other market participants.
• The RBI in consultation with the SEBI and the IRDA, proposed to establish a special
monitoring system for Systemically Important Financial Intermediaries (SIFIs) that
would encompass (i) a reporting system on financial matters of common interest to
RBI, SEBI and IRDA; (ii) the reporting of intra-group transactions; and (iii) the exchange
of relevant information among the RBI, the SEBI and the IRDA.
III. Monetary & Credit Policy, 2004-05

The Monetary and Credit Policy for 2004-05 notified on May 18, 2004 proposed the following:
• In its endeavor to move towards a pure inter-bank call/money market, the limit on the
lending by non-bank participants have been further reduced by the RBI from 60% to
45% w.e.f. June 26, 2004.
• With a view to encourage further development of the Collateralised Borrowing and
Lending Obligation (CBLO) segment, it has been proposed to facilitate automated
value-free transfer of securities between market participants and the Clearing Corporation
of India Limited (CCIL).
• RBI proposed to constitute a working group to review the performance of negotiated
dealing system (NDS).
• The clearing and settlement operations of CCIL are being considered to expand to OTC
derivatives contracts and trades in listed as well as unlisted non-SLR debt instruments
for NDS members.
• With a view to promote electronic fund transfer (EFT) and encourage electronic clearing
services (ECS), waiver of service charges on banks for ECS and EFT transaction has
been proposed till March 31, 2006.
• RBI has also set up a Board for Payment and Settlement Systems (BPSS), on lines of the
Board for financial supervision. This will function as a Committee of the Central
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Board, chaired by the Governor. The BPSS would lay down the policies for the regulation
and supervision of payment and settlement systems.
• A working group, consisting of representatives of SEBI, Stock Exchanges, NSDL and
IRDA, has been constituted to review electronic funds transfer for capital markets.
IV. Other Measures

The other developments during April 2003-June 2004 include:
1. Market Stabilisation Scheme
As per the recommendations of the Reserve Bank’s working group on the Instruments
of Sterilisation, a Market Stabilisation Scheme (MSS) has been introduced on April 1,
2004 under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government of
India and the Reserve Bank. Under the MSS, Treasury Bills and dated securities of the
Central Government are issued as an instrument of sterilisation. The Reserve Bank
notifies the amount, tenure and timing of issuances under the MSS under a calendar of
issuances. Treasury bills/dated securities issued under the MSS are similar to those
issued under the normal borrowing programme.
2. Guidelines on Exchange Traded Interest Rate Derivatives

The RBI issued detailed guidelines for Banks and Institutions allowing them to participate
in the exchange traded interest rate derivatives market in India to enable better risk
management. Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs & LABs), PDs and Specified
Financial Institutions (SFIs) are allowed to deal in Interest Rate Derivatives (IRDs). In
the initial phase, banks and FIs are allowed to transact for a limited purpose of hedging
the risk, while PDs are allowed to take trading as well as hedging positions. The norms
that will be applicable for transacting IRDs on the F&O segment of the stock exchanges
are as follows:
(a) Stock Exchange Regulation: SCBs and AIFIs can seek membership of the F&O segment
of the stock exchanges for the limited purpose of undertaking proprietary
transactions for hedging interest rate risk. Those not seeking membership of Stock
Exchanges, can transact IRDs through approved F&O members of the exchanges.
(b) Settlement: As trading members of the F&O segment, SCBs and AIFIs should settle
their derivative trades directly with the clearing corporation/clearing house.
Regulated entities participating through approved F&O members should settle
proprietary trades as a participant clearing member or through approved
professional/custodial clearing members.
(c) Eligible underlying securities: For the present, only the interest rate risk inherent in
the Government securities classified under the Available for Sale (AFS) and Held
for Trading (HFT) categories is allowed to be hedged.
(d) Hedge criteria: IRD transactions undertaken on the exchanges should be deemed as
hedge transactions, if and only if, (i) the hedge is clearly identified with the
underlying Government securities in the AFS and HFT categories, (ii) the
effectiveness of the hedge can be reliably measured (iii) the hedge is assessed on an
ongoing basis and is “highly effective” throughout the period. The hedge will be
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deemed to be “highly effective” if, at inception and throughout the life of the
hedge, changes in the marked to market value of the hedged items with reference
to the marked to market value at the time of the hedging are “almost fully offset”.
The actual results should be within a range of 80% to 125%. If changes in the
marked to market values are outside this range, then the hedge would not be
deemed as highly effective. The hedged portion of the AFS/HFT portfolio should
be notionally marked to market, at least at monthly intervals, for evaluating the
efficacy of the hedge transaction.
(e) Capital adequacy: The net notional principal amount in respect of futures position
with same underlying and settlement dates should be multiplied by the conversion
factor given below to arrive at the credit equivalent:
Original Maturity Conversion Factor
Less than one year 0.5 %
One year and less than two years 1.0 %
For each additional year 1.0 %
The credit equivalent thus obtained should be multiplied by the applicable risk
weight of 100%.
(f) Interest rate futures are treated as a combination of a long and short position in a
notional Government security.
(g) General Provisions: The existing norm of 5% of total transactions during a year
should be observed by SCBs and AIFIs, who participate through approved F&O
members of the exchanges. The regulated entities undertaking interest rate derivatives
on exchanges should disclose as a part of the notes on accounts to balance sheets
details in the specified format.
3. Government Buy Back of Securities

In the Budget of 2003-04, a scheme was formulated to buy back high cost and illiquid
securities from banks on a voluntary basis. The main features of this scheme are as
follows: (a) the scheme should be structured as a switch with the Government of India
offering for buy back pre-announced securities. The repurchase of securities should be
through an auction process while the reissue of fresh securities in lieu of the auctioned
securities should be at a pre-announced fixed price (b) the buy back of securities should
be taking place through a multi-security auction. The auction should be on the basis of
the percentage discount to market price offered by banks/financial institutions across
securities (c) premium on the securities bought back by the Government should be paid
in cash to successful offerers at the buy back auction (d) Government should accept a
minimum discount (as a percentage to market price) of 7.5 per cent that must be offered
by eligible institutions. The minimum discount rate should be uniform across securities
offered for buy back (e) the cut-off discount at the auction should be arrived at on the
basis of the target premium payable set by the Government for the buy back auction.
The target premium should not be announced before the auction. The Government
should however retain the right to accept offers with a discount below the cut-off level
(and pay a premium larger than the target level) at its discretion (f) successful offerers at
the buy back auction should be issued with fresh securities, at a pre-announced fixed
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price, for equivalent face value (g) accrued interest on securities should be paid in cash
by the Government for repurchased securities and by the banks for reissued securities
(h) settlement of reissued transactions should be as per the current re-issuance procedure
followed by the Reserve Bank (i) buy back auction should be restricted to banks and
financial institutions (FIs) connected to the Negotiated Dealing System (NDS) on the
Indian Financial Network (INFINET).
4. Secondary Market for Corporate Debt Securities

In order to provide greater transparency and protect the interest of investors, SEBI
decided that any listed company making issue of debt securities on a private placement
basis should be required to comply with certain guidelines as stated herewith (a) company
should make full disclosures (initial and continuing) in the manner as prescribed in the
Schedule II of the Companies Act, 1956, SEBI (Disclosure and Investor Protection)
Guidelines, 2000 and the Listing Agreement with the exchanges. However, if the privately
placed debt securities are in standard denomination of Rs. 10 lakh, then the disclosures
may be made only through websites of the stock exchange where the debt securities are
sought to be listed. The issuer companies which make frequent private placements of
debt securities should be permitted to file an umbrella offer document on the lines of
a “shelf prospectus” as applicable for a public issue (b) debt securities should carry a credit
rating of not less than investment grade from a Credit Rating Agency registered with the
Board (c) company should appoint a debenture trustee registered with SEBI for the
issue of debt securities. The debt securities should be issued and traded in demat form.
The appointment of intermediaries other than debenture trustee for private placement
of debt securities is not mandatory. There is no prohibition on SEBI registered
intermediaries to be associated with the privately placed unlisted debt securities, however
they should be accountable for their activities (d) company should sign a separate
listing agreement with the exchange in respect of debt securities and thereby comply
with its conditions (e) all trades with the exception of spot transactions, in a listed debt
security, should be executed only on the trading platform of a stock exchange (f) the
trading in privately placed debts should only take place between Qualified Institutional
Investors (QIBs) and High Networth Individuals (HNIs), in standard denomination of
Rs. 10 lakh in the order driven system of the stock exchanges in a separate trading
segment (g) the requirement of Rule 19(2)(b) of the Securities Contract (Regulation)
Rules, 1957 will not be applicable to listing of privately placed debt securities on exchanges,
if all the above requirements are complied with (h) in case the intermediaries registered
with SEBI associate themselves with the issuance of private placement of unlisted debt
securities, they will be held accountable for such issues.
Further, unlisted companies/statutory corporations may also get their privately placed
debt securities listed in the stock exchanges by complying with the above mentioned
relevant provisions. However, the provisions as mentioned above should not be applicable
for private placement of debt securities having a maturity of less than 365 days.
5. Guidelines for Investments by Primary Dealers in Non-Government Securities

RBI in consultation with Primary Dealers Association of India (PDAI) framed guidelines
for investments in non-government securities by primary dealers. These guidelines cover
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PDs’ investments in non-government securities issued by corporates, banks, FIs and

State and Central Government sponsored institutions, SPVs etc. This includes capital
gains bonds, bonds eligible for priority sector status, bonds issued by central or state
public sector undertakings with or without government guarantees and bonds issued by
banks and financial companies. The guidelines are applicable to investments in both
the primary market and the secondary market. They, however, are not applicable to (i)
units of equity oriented MF schemes wherein any part of the corpus can be invested in
equity (ii) Venture Capital Funds (VCFs) (iii) CP (iv) Corporate Debentures (CDs), and
(v) investments in equity shares.
• Regulatory Requirement: PDs should not invest in non-government securities of original
maturity of less than one-year, other than CP and CDs.
• Listing and Rating Requirement: PDs should not invest in unrated non-government
securities and should abide by the requirements stipulated by SEBI in respect of
corporate debt securities. In case of making fresh investments in government debt
securities, the PDs should ensure that such investment is made only in listed debt
securities.
• Fixing of Prudential Limits: PDs’ investment in unlisted non-government securities
should not exceed 10% of the size of their non-government securities portfolio on
an on-going basis. The ceiling of 10% should be inclusive of investment in Security
Receipts issued by Securitisation Companies/Reconstruction Companies and also
the investment in Asset Backed Securities (ABS) and Mortgage Backed Securities
(MBS).
• Time Schedule of Operationalisation: In view of the time required by issuers to get
their unlisted debt issues listed, the following transition time has been provided
(a) Investment in units of MF schemes, where the entire corpus is invested in
debt securities should be outside the purview of the above guidelines until
December 31, 2004 (b) w.e.f. January 01, 2005, PDs should invest in MF units
of the schemes, which have an exposure to unlisted securities of less than 10%
of the corpus of the fund. Such investments should be treated on par with
listed securities for the purpose of compliance with the prudential limits
prescribed in the above guidelines (c) PDs should invest in existing unlisted
securities (issued prior to December 31, 2003) till December 31, 2004 provided
that the issuers have applied to the stock exchange(s) for listing and the
security(ies) is/are rated minimum investment grade.
• Role of Boards: PDs should ensure that their investment policies are formulated
after taking into account all the relevant issues of the guidelines and are duly
approved by their Board of Directors. PDs should put in place proper risk
management systems for capturing and analysing the risk in respect of non-
government securities before making investments. They should ensure that
investment in privately placed instruments is made in accordance with the systems
and procedures prescribed under respective PDs’ investment policy. W.e.f.
January 01, 2005 only those PDs whose investment in unlisted non-government
securities are within the prudential limits may make fresh investment in such
securities within the prudential limits.
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• Trading and Settlement in Debt Securities: As per SEBI guidelines, all trades except
spot transactions, in all listed debt securities should be executed only on the stock
exchanges. In addition, to complying with these SEBI guidelines, PDs should also
ensure that all spot transactions in listed and unlisted debt securities are reported
on the NDS and settled through the CCIL.
6. Real-Time Gross settlement

As a part of reforms in payment system, RBI had initiated several measures to reduce
risks. Most important among these initiatives is the RTGS system. This system facilitates
settlement of inter-bank transactions online at real-time basis. The RTGS system has
been operationalised on March 26, 2004.
7. Guidelines for Investments by Banks in Non-SLR Securities

With a view to contain the risks arising out of non-SLR investment portfolio, in particular
through private placement, prudential guidelines have been issued for banks. It covers
banks’ investments in non-SLR securities issued by corporates, banks, FIs and State and
Central Government sponsored institutions, and Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs). They
are not applicable to investments in securities issued directly by the Central and State
Governments, which are not reckoned for SLR purpose, and investments in equity
shares. These guidelines should apply to investments both in the primary market as well
as the secondary market.
These guidelines came into effect from April 1, 2004. Its details are as follows:
(a) Banks should not invest in non-SLR securities of original maturity of less than
one-year, other than Commercial Paper and Certificates of Deposits, which are
covered under RBI guidelines. They should undertake usual due diligence in respect
of investments in non-SLR securities.
(b) Banks should not invest in unrated non-SLR securities. SEBI vide its circular have
stipulated requirements that listed companies are required to comply with, for
making issue of debt securities on a private placement basis. Accordingly, while
making fresh investments in non-SLR debt securities, banks should ensure that
such investment are made only in listed debt securities of companies. This should
also comply with the requirements of the SEBI circular dated September 30, 2003,
except to the extent as indicated below; (a) bank’s investment in unlisted non-SLR
securities should not exceed 10 per cent of its total investment in non-SLR securities
as on March 31, of the previous year. The unlisted non-SLR securities in which
banks may invest up to the limit, should comply with the disclosure requirements
as prescribed by the SEBI for listed companies (b) bank’s investment in unlisted
non-SLR securities may exceed the limit of 10 per cent, by an additional 10 per
cent. But, then the investments have to be on account of investment in securities
issued by SPVs for Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS), securitisation papers issued
for infrastructure projects. In addition, the investments are also allowed in bonds/
debentures/Security Receipts/Pass Through Certificates issued by Securitisation
Companies and Reconstruction Companies set up under the Securitisation and
Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002
and registered with RBI. In other words, investment exclusively in securities specified
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in this paragraph could be up to the maximum permitted limit of 20 per cent of

non-SLR investment.
Banks, which have exposure to investments in unlisted non-SLR securities in
excess of the prudential limit prescribed above as on March 31, 2003, should not
make any fresh investment in such securities till they ensure compliance with the
above prudential limit.
(c) Since non-SLR securities are mostly in the form of credit substitutes, banks were
advised in June 2001 to (i) subject all their investment proposals relating to rated
and non-rated non-SLR securities to credit appraisal on par with their credit
proposals, (ii) make their own internal credit analysis and rating even in respect of
rated issues. They should not entirely rely on the ratings of external agencies, and
(iii) strengthen their internal rating system. This will enable the banks to regularly
(quarterly or half-yearly) track the financial position of the issuer with a view to
ensuring continuous monitoring of the rating migration of the issuers/issues.
(d) Banks should ensure that their investment policies are duly approved by the Board
of Directors. These policies should be formulated after taking into account all the
relevant issues specified in these guidelines on investment in non-SLR securities.
Banks should put in place proper risk management systems for capturing and
analysing the risk. Boards of banks should review the following aspects of non-
SLR investment at least at quarterly intervals viz., (i) total business (investment
and divestment) during the reporting period (ii) compliance with the prudential
limits and guidelines (iii) rating migration of the issuers/issues held in the bank’s
books and (iv) extent of non-performing investments in this category.
(e) In order to create a central database on private placement of debt, a copy of all the
offer documents should be filed with the Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd.
(CIBIL) by the investing banks. Further, any default relating to interest/installment
in respect of any privately placed debt should also be reported to CIBIL along
with a copy of the offer document.
(f) As per the SEBI guidelines, all the trades in a listed debt security of banks, except
spot transactions, should be executed only on the trading platform of a stock
exchange. In addition, they should ensure that all spot transactions in listed and
unlisted debt securities are reported on the NDS and settled through the CCIL
from a date to be notified by RBI.
Market Design
Market Participants
Given the large size of the trades, the debt market has remained predominantly a wholesale
market. In this market, the investors can also be the issuers of the securities. For example, a
bank issues CDs and also invest in different banks CDs and also in other securities such as
PSU bonds or government securities. Though some efforts have been undertaken to encourage
the retail participation, it still remains rather subdued. The RBI regulates the Government
securities market, while the corporate debt instruments traded on exchanges are regulated by
the SEBI. The important market participants in the debt market are:
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Regulators
The RBI operates both as the monetary authority and the debt manager to the government.
In its role as a monetary authority, the RBI participates in the market through open-market
operations as well as through Liquidity Adjustment facility (LAF) to regulate the money
supply. It also regulates the bank rate and repo rate, and uses these rates as indirect tools for
its monetary policy. The RBI as the debt manager issues the securities at the cheapest possible
rate. Hence, in the debt market, the RBI plays a dual role of influencing the interest rates
through its monetary policy and also issues government debt securities. Further, the RBI also
supervises banks and development financial institutions.
The SEBI regulates the debt instruments listed on the stock exchanges. It issues guidelines
for its issuance and also for their listing on stock exchanges. The secondary market trading is
conducted as per the rules set by the SEBI.
Primary Dealers
Primary dealers (PDs) are important intermediaries in the Government securities markets.
There were 18 PDs operating in the market at the end of March 2004. They act as underwriters
in the primary market, and as market makers in the secondary market. PDs underwrite a
portion of the issue of government security that is floated for a pre-determined amount.
Normally, PDs collectively offer to underwrite up to 100% of the notified amount in respect
of all issues. The underwriting commitment of each PD is broadly decided on the basis of its
size in terms of its net owned funds, its holding strength, the committed amount of bids and
the volume of turnover in securities.
Several facilities have been extended to PDs given their special role in the Government
debt market. RBI provides liquidity support to the PDs through LAF against collateral of
government securities and through repo operations/refinance. PDs are also given favoured
access to the RBI’s open market operations. They are permitted to borrow and lend in the
money market. In addition, they can raise resources through CPs and also have access to
finance from commercial banks as any other corporate borrower.
Brokers
Brokers play an important role in secondary debt market by bringing together counterparties
and negotiating terms of the trade. It is through them that the trades are entered on the stock
exchanges. The brokers are regulated by the stock exchanges and also by the SEBI.
Investors
Banks are the largest investors in the debt markets, particularly in the Government securities
market. They are also the main participants in the call money market/term market and also
repo market for their short term funding requirement. Banks also issue CDs and bonds in
the debt markets. Further, they arrange CP issues of corporates.
MFs have emerged as important players in the debt market, owing to the growing
number of debt funds that have mobilised significant amounts from the investors. Most MFs
also have specialised debt funds such as gilt funds and liquid funds. They participate in the
debt markets pre-dominantly as investors, and trade on their portfolios quite regularly.
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) also are permitted to invest in treasury and corporate
bonds, within certain limits.
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Provident and pension funds are large investors in the debt markets. The prudential
regulations governing the deployment of the funds mobilised by them mandate investments
pre-dominantly in treasury and PSU bonds. They are, however, not very active traders in their
portfolio. This is so because they are not permitted to sell their holdings, unless they have a
funding requirement that cannot be met through regular accruals and contributions.
Charitable institutions, trusts and societies are also large investors in the debt markets.
They are, however, governed by their rules and bye-laws with respect to the kind of bonds they
can buy and the manner in which they can trade on their debt portfolios.
Since January 2002, retail investors have been permitted to submit non-competitive bids
at primary auction through any bank or PD. They submit bids for amounts of Rs. 10,000 and
multiples thereof, subject to the condition that a single bid does not exceed Rs. 1 crore. The
non-competitive bids upto a maximum of 5% of the notified amount are accepted at the
weighted average cut off price/yield.
The matrix of issuers, investors, instruments in the debt market and their maturities are
presented in Table 6-2.
Table 6-2: Participants and Products in Debt Market
Issuer Instruments Maturity Investors

Central Government Dated Securities 2-30 years RBI, Banks, Insurance
Companies, Provident Funds,
Mutual Funds, PDs
Central Government T-Bills 91/364 days RBI, Banks, Insurance
Companies, Provident Funds,
Mutual Funds, Individuals, PDs
State Government Dated Securities 5-13 years Banks, Insurance Companies,
Provident Funds
PSUs Bonds, Structured 5-10 years Banks, Insurance Companies,
Obligations Provident Funds, Mutual
Funds, Individuals, Corporates
Corporates Debentures 1-12 years Banks, Mutual Funds, Corporates,
Individuals
Corporates, PDs Commercial Papers 15 days to 1 year Banks, Mutual Funds, Financial
Institutions, Corporates,
Individuals, FIIs
Scheduled Commercial Banks, Certificates of 15 days to 1 year, Banks, Companies , Individuals,
Select Financial Institutions Deposits whereas for FIs FIIs, Corporations, Trusts,
(under umbrella limit it is 1 year to Funds, Associations, FIs, NRIs
fixed by RBI) 10 years
Scheduled Commercial Banks Bank Bonds 1-10 years Corporations, Individuals,
Companies, Trusts, Funds,
Associations, FIs, Non-Resident
Indians
PSU Municipal Bonds 0-7 years Banks, Corporations, Individuals,
Companies, Trusts, Funds,
Associations,
FIs, Non-Resident Indians
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Issuers of Securities
The dominant issuers in debt market consist of Governments, public sector units and
corporates. However, there are other issuers who have not been tapping the market frequently
such as the local governments and MFs. Recently, international financial institutions have
also displayed interest in the domestic market.
• The Government securities form the oldest and the most dominant part of the debt
market. It comprises of the securities issued by the Central Government and State
Governments. In the recent past, local bodies such as municipalities have also tapped
the market. The Central Government mobilises funds mainly through issue of dated
securities and T-bills, while State Governments rely solely on state development loans.
• Bonds are issued by Government sponsored institutions like, Development Financial
Institutions (DFIs), banks and public sector units. These bonds are generally treated at
surrogates of sovereign paper, sometimes due to explicit guarantee and often due to the
comfort of public ownership. Some of the PSU bonds are tax-free, while most bonds are
not tax-free.
• The corporate bond markets comprise of commercial paper and bonds. These bonds
typically are structured to suit the requirements of investors and the issuing corporate.
They include a variety of tailor-made features with respect to interest payments and
redemptions. Corporate bond market has seen a lot of innovations, including securitised
products, corporate bond strips, and a variety of floating rate instruments with floors
and caps. In the recent years, there has been an increase in issuance of corporate bonds
with embedded put and call options. The major part of the corporate debt is privately
placed with tenors of 1-12 years.
• In addition to above, there is another segment, which comprises of short-term paper
issued by banks, mostly in the form of certificates of deposit (CDs) and commercial
papers (CPs). While CDs are issued by banks and financial institutions, CPs are issued
by corporates.
• Recently, international financial institutions such as Asian Development Bank have
also tapped the debt market to mobilise funds.
Primary Issuance Process

The issue of government securities is governed by the terms and conditions specified in the
general and the specific notification of the Government. The specific notifications are issued
for each security issuance specifying its unique feature. The terms and conditions specified in
the general notification are listed below:
• Any person including firm, company, corporate body, institution, State Government,
provident fund, trust, NRI, OCB predominantly owned by NRIs and FII registered with
SEBI and approved by RBI can submit offers for purchase of government securities.
• The payments can be done through a variety of means such as cash or cheque drawn on
RBI or Banker’s pay order or by authority to debit their current account with RBI or by
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Electronic Fund Transfer. Government securities are issued for a minimum amount of
Rs. 10,000 (face value) and in multiples of Rs. 10,000 thereafter. These are issued to the
investors by credit either in demat form in their SGL account or to a Constituents’ SGL
or to their Bond Ledger or in the form of stock certificate. These are repaid at Public
Debt Offices of RBI or any other institution at which they are registered at the time of
repayment.
Government issues securities through the auction, tap sale, pre-announced coupon rate etc.
A brief about them are as given below:
Issue of securities through auction: The securities are issued through auction held
either on price or on yield basis. If the issue is on price basis, the coupon is pre-
determined, then the bidders should quote price per Rs. 100 of the face value of the
security. If the issue is on yield basis, then the coupon of the security is decided in an
auction and the security carries the same coupon till maturity. On the basis of the bids
received, RBI determines the maximum rate of yield or the minimum offer price as the
case may be at which offers for purchase of securities would be accepted.
The auctions are held either on ‘Uniform price’ method or on ‘Multiple price’ method.
In ‘Uniform price’ method, competitive bids are tendered with rates up to and including
the maximum rate of yield as determined by RBI. As per the bids received, RBI determines
the maximum rate of yield. Bids quoted higher than the maximum rate of yield are
rejected. For ‘Multiple price’ method, competitive bids offered at the maximum rate of
yield or the minimum offer price, as determined by RBI, are accepted. Other bids
tendered at lower than the maximum rate of yield or higher than the minimum offer
price are accepted at the rate of yield or price as quoted in the respective bid. Bids
quoted higher than the maximum rate of yield or lower than the minimum price are
rejected.
Individuals and specific institutions, categoried by the RBI as ‘retail investors’, can
participate in the auctions on ‘non-competitive’ basis. Allocation of the securities to
non-competitive bidders are made at the discretion of RBI and at the weighted average
price arrived at on the basis of the competitive bids accepted at the auction or any other
price announced in the specific notification. The nominal amount of securities that
would be allocated to retail investors on non-competitive basis is restricted to a maximum
percentage of the aggregate nominal amount of the issue.
Issue of securities with pre-announced coupon rates: The coupon on securities is

announced before the date of floatation and the securities are issued at par. In case the
total subscription exceeds the aggregate amount offered for sale, RBI may make partial
allotment to all the applicants.
Issue of securities through tap sale: No aggregate amount is indicated in the notification
in respect of the securities sold on tap. Sale of such securities may be extended to more
than one day and the sale may be closed at any time on any day.
Issue of securities in conversion of maturing treasury bills/dated securities: The

holders of treasury bills of certain specified maturities and holders of specified dated
securities are provided an option to convert their holding at specified prices into new
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securities offered for sale. The new securities could be issued on an auction/pre-announced
coupon basis.
RBI may participate in auctions as a “non-competitor” or subscribe to the government
securities in other issues. Allotment of securities to RBI are made at the cut off
price/yield emerging in the auction or at any other price/yield decided by the government.
In order to maintain a stable interest rate environment, RBI accepts private placement
of government securities. Such privately placed securities and securities that devolve on
RBI are subsequently offloaded through RBI’s open market operations.
The following types of securities are issued by the Government:
Securities with fixed coupon rates: These securities carry a specific coupon rate
remaining fixed during the term of the security and payable periodically. These may be
issued at a discount, at par or at a premium to the face value, but are redeemed at par.
Floating Rate Bonds: These securities carry a coupon rate, which consists of a variable
base and a spread. The most common base rate used is the weighted average of yield of
364 day-treasury bills. The spread is decided at the auction.
Zero Coupon Bonds: These are issued at a discount and redeemed at par. On the basis
of the bids tendered, the RBI determines the cut-off price at which tenders would be
accepted at the auction.
Securities with Embedded Options: These securities, where a “call option”/“put option”
is specified, are repaid at the option before the specified redemption date.
Treasury Bills
Treasury bills (T-bills) are short-term debt instruments issued by the Central government.
They have either 91-days or 364-days maturity. T-bills are sold through an auction process
announced by the RBI at a discount to its face value. RBI issues an indicative calendar of
T-bill auctions.
State Government Securities

The states have the choice of raising 5% to 35% of their allocation through auctions. Most of
the States raise resources through tap issuances.
Secondary Market
Most of the secondary market trades in Government securities are negotiated between
participants (Banks, FIs, PDs, MFs) having SGL accounts with RBI. These may be negotiated
directly between counter parties or negotiated through brokers. NDS of RBI provides an
electronic platform for negotiating trades in government securities. If a broker is involved,
the trade is reported to the concerned exchange. Trades are also executed on electronic platform
of the WDM segment of NSE. WDM segment of NSE provides trading and reporting facilities
for government securities.
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Negotiated Dealing System

Negotiated Dealing System (NDS) is an electronic platform for facilitating dealing in
Government Securities and Money Market Instruments. It facilitates online reporting of
transactions in the instruments available on the NDS. Government Securities (including
T-bills), call money, notice/term money, repos in eligible securities, etc. are available for
negotiated dealing through NDS. If the NDS members concludes deals outside the NDS
system, then they are required to report the deal on NDS system within 15 minutes of
concluding the deal. NDS interfaces with CCIL for settlement of government securities
transactions for both outright and repo trades.
Wholesale Debt Market of NSE

NSE’s Wholesale Debt Market (WDM) segment offers a fully automated screen based trading
platform through the NEAT (National Exchange for Automated Trading) system. The WDM
segment as the name suggest permits only high value transactions in debt securities. Hence, it
is meant primarily for banks, institutional and corporate participants and intermediaries. All
types of SLR (Government securities, T-bills etc.) and non-SLR (CPs, CDs etc.) securities are
available for trading in the WDM segment of the NSE.
The trades on the WDM segment can be executed through the continuous market and
negotiated market. In continuous market, the buyer and seller do not know each other and
they put their best buy/sell orders, which are stored in order book with price/time priority. If
orders match, it results into a trade. The trades in WDM segment are settled directly between
the participants, who take an exposure to the settlement risk attached to any unknown
counter-party. In the NEAT-WDM system, all participants can set up their counter-party
exposure limits against all probable counter-parties. This enables the trading member/
participant to reduce/minimise the counter-party risk associated with the counter-party to
trade. A trade does not take place if both the buy/sell participants do not invoke the counter-
party exposure limit in the trading system.
In the negotiated market, the trades are normally decided by the seller and the buyer
outside the exchange, and reported to the Exchange through the broker. Thus, deals negotiated
or structured outside the exchange are disclosed to the market through NEAT-WDM system.
In negotiated market, as buyers and sellers know each other and have agreed to trade, no
counter-party exposure limit needs to be invoked.
The trades on the WDM segment could be either outright trades or repo transactions
with settlement cycle of T+2 and repo periods (1 to 14 days). For every trade, it is necessary to
specify the number of settlement days and the trade type (repo or non-repo), and in the event
of a repo trade, the repo term and the repo rate.
The Exchange facilitates trading members to report off-market deals in securities in cases
where the repo period is more than the permissible days in the trading system (14 days). These
trades are required to be reported to the Exchange within 24 hours of the issuance of contract note.
All government securities are ‘deemed’ listed as and when they are issued. The other
debt securities are traded either under the ‘permitted to trade’ or ‘listed’ category. All eligible
securities, whether publicly issued or privately placed, can be made available for trading in
the WDM segment. Amongst other requirements, privately placed debt paper of banks,
institutions and corporates requires an investment grade credit rating to be eligible for listing.
The listing requirements for securities on the WDM segment are presented in Table 6-3.
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Table 6-3: Listing Criteria for Securities on WDM Segment
Issuer Listing Criteria

Public Issue Private Placement
a. Central/State Government ---------------------------------------------- Deemed listed ----------------------------------------------

b. Public Sector Undertakings/
Statutory Corporations
– Minimum 51% holding by Govt. ----------------------------------------------------- Eligible -----------------------------------------------------
– Less than 51% holding by Govt. ---------------------------------- As applicable to corporates -----------------------------------
c. Financial Institutions – Eligible – Investment Grade Credit Rating
d. Scheduled Commercial Banks – Net worth of Rs. 50 crore – Net worth of Rs. 50 crore
or above or above
– Investment Grade Credit Rating
e. Infrastructure Companies ------------------------------- Investment Grade Credit Rating ------------------------------
f. Corporates – Minimum paid-up capital of – Minimum paid-up capital of
Rs. 10 crore, OR Rs. 10 crore, OR
– Market capitalisation of – Market capitalisation of
Rs. 25 crore (Net worth in Rs. 25 crore (Net worth in
case of unlisted companies) case of unlisted companies)
– Investment Grade Credit
Rating
g. Mutual Funds SEBI registered Mutual Fund/Scheme having an investment objective
to invest predominantly in debt instruments.
Source: NSE.
Charges
NSE has specified the maximum rates of brokerage that can be levied by trading members
for trades on WDM. The rate depends on the type of security and value of transactions. The
rate for central government securities ranges from 5 paise to 25 paise for every Rs. 100 of
transactions depending on the order value. Similarly, it ranges from 5 paise to 50 paise for
state government securities and institutional bonds also depending on the order value. In
case of PSU Bonds and FRBs and CP and Debentures the brokerage rate varies between 10
paise and 50 paise for every Rs. 100 of transaction depending on the order value. It is 1% of
the order value for debentures, securitised debt and commercial paper.
A trading member is required to pay transaction charges @ 5 paise per Rs. 1 lakh gross
trade value up to Rs. 25,000 crore and @ 2 paise per Rs. 1 lakh gross traded value above
Rs. 25,000 crore subject to minimum of Rs. 10,000 per annum.
Corporate Debt Market

Corporate debt instruments are traded either as bilateral agreements between two counterparties
or on a stock exchange through brokers. In the latter category, these are traded on BSE and
on the CM and WDM segments of NSE. The difference between trading of government
securities and corporate debt securities is that the latter are traded on the electronic limit
order book. This is in view of SEBI mandate, which prohibits negotiated deals in respect of
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corporate listed debt securities. The SEBI regulation also prescribes that all such trades,
should be executed on the basis of price and order matching mechanism of stock exchanges
as in case of equities. The trades on BSE are settled through the clearing house. The trades on
CM segment of NSE are settled through National Securities Clearing Corporation. Trades on
WDM segment of NSE are settled on a trade-by-trade basis on the settlement day.
Dematerialisation of Debt Instruments

Dematerialised trading was earlier restricted only to the equity shares and units of MFs. With
the passage of Finance Act 2000, stamp duty payable on transfer of debt instruments was
waived, in case of the transfer taking place in the demat mode. In order to promote
dematerialisation, RBI specified that repos on PSU bonds would be permitted only in demat
form. From June 30, 2001, FIs, PDs and SDs have been permitted to make fresh investments
and hold CP only in dematerialised form. The outstanding investments in scrip had to be
converted into demat by October 2001. Since June 30, 2002, banks and FIs are required to
issue CDs only in demat form. With these developments, NSDL and CDSL have admitted
debt instruments such as debentures, bonds, CPs, CDs etc., irrespective of whether these debt
instruments are listed, unlisted or privately placed.
Holding and trading in dematerialised form provides a number of benefits to the investors.
As securities in demat form can be held and transferred in any denomination, it is possible
for the participant to sell securities to corporate clients, provident funds, trusts in smaller
lots. This was not possible in the physical environment, as splitting of securities involved
considerable amount of time. In the demat form, it is possible for the participant to STRIP
these securities and create a retail market for the same. It may be possible to create a special
purpose vehicle and issue cosmetic securities (PTCs) to retail holders.
As on March 2004, debentures/bonds worth Rs. 2,472,680 million were available in
demat form. 568 issuers have issued 12,797 debentures/bonds in demat form. 356 issuers have
issued 4,982 commercial papers worth Rs. 104,550 million in demat form. Pass through
certificates (PTCs) are also being issued in demat form.
Constituent SGL Accounts

Subsidiary General Ledger (SGL) account is a facility provided by RBI to large banks and
financial institutions. This facility maintains records of investment in Government
securities and T-bills in electronic book entry form. These institutions can settle their
trades for securities held in SGL through a DvP mechanism, which ensures movement of
funds and securities simultaneously. As all investors in government securities do not have
an access to the SGL accounting system, RBI has permitted such investors to hold their
securities in physical form. They are also permitted to open a constituent SGL account
with any entity authorised by RBI for this purpose. These client accounts are referred to as
constituent SGL accounts or SGL II accounts. Through a constituent SGL account, an
entity can participate in the primary and secondary markets for government securities. It
also avails of the dematerialised holding and DvP settlement facilities. RBI has permitted
NSCCL, NSDL, CDSL, SCHIL, Banks and PDs to offer constituent SGL account facility.
All entities regulated by RBI [including FIs, PDs, cooperative banks, RRBs, local area
banks, NBFCs] should necessarily hold their investments in government securities in either
SGL (with RBI) or CSGL account.
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Clearing and Settlement

All trades in government securities are reported to RBI-SGL for settlement. The trades are
settled on a net basis through the DvP-III system. In the DvP-III the settlement of Securities
and Funds are carried out on a net basis. Central Government securities and T-bills are held
as dematerialised entries in the SGL of RBI. The PDO, which oversees the settlement of
transactions through the SGL, transfers securities from one participant to another. Transfer
of funds is effected by crediting/debiting the current account of the seller/buyer, maintained
with the RBI.
Clearing Corporation of India Limited

CCIL was incorporated in April 2001 to support and facilitate clearing and settlement of
trades in government securities (and also trades in forex and money markets). It facilitates
settlement of transactions in government securities on DvP-III basis. CCIL acts as a central
counter-party for clearing and settlement of government securities transactions done on the
NDS. It provides guaranteed settlement for transactions in government securities including
repos through improved risk management practices viz., daily mark to market margin and
maintenance of settlement guarantee fund.
Only a Bank/FI/PD/MF or a Statutory Corporation or body corporate that is a member
of NDS and has opened an SGL Account and a Current Account with RBI can apply for
CCIL’s membership for the Securities segment. The members pay a one-time membership fee
of Rs. 1 lakh. In addition, the fees and charges levied for different services on the members
are as under:
Fees for services of CCIL

Sr. No. Particulars Charges
Transaction Charges – (Payable latest by 10th of the subsequent month as per relative Bill, failing which penalty
would be payable as per 5 below)
1 Securities Settlement of Outright Trades Rs. 150 per crore of face value, Minimum Rs. 25/-
(Payable by each counter-party) Maximum Rs. 5000/- per trade
2 Treasury Bills Settlement of Outright Rs. 75 per crore of face value, Minimum Rs. 25/-
Trades (Payable by each counter-party) Maximum Rs. 5000/- per trade
3 Settlement of OVER NIGHT REPO Rs. 10/- per crore of face value for over night repo
Trades (Difference between first and trades subject to Minimum of Rs. 20/- and Maximum of
second leg settlement dates is One Rs. 1000/- for each leg
Calendar Day) (Payable by each
counter-party)
4 Settlement of TERM REPO Trades Rs. 20/- per crore of face value of term repo subject to
(Difference between first and second leg Minimum of Rs. 20/- and Maximum of Rs. 1000/-
settlement dates is more than One for each leg
Calendar Day) (Payable by each
counter-party)
5 Delayed payment of Transaction Charges 5 basis point per day on the amount of charges
and System Usage charges
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After trades have been concluded on the NDS, details are forwarded to the CCIL system,
via INFINET, for settlement.
CCIL has in place a comprehensive risk management system. It encompasses strict
admission norms, measures for risk mitigation (in the form of exposure limit, settlement
guarantee fund, liquidity arrangements, continuous position monitoring and loss allocation
procedure), penalties in case of default. During the settlement process, CCIL assumes certain
risks, which may arise due to a default by a member to honour its obligations. Settlement being
on DvP basis, the risk from a default is the market risk, i.e. change in price of
the concerned security. The margining system in CCIL are so designed that they cover such
risks. CCIL collects Initial Margin and Mark to Market (MTM) margin from members in respect
of their outstanding trades. Initial Margin is collected to cover the likely risk
from future adverse movement of prices of the concerned securities. Mark to Market margin
is collected to cover the notional loss (i.e. the difference between the current market price and
the contract price of the security covered by the trade) already incurred by any member.
Both the margins are computed trade-wise and then aggregated member-wise. In addition,
CCIL in case of unusual volatility in the market may also collect volatility margin. Each member
contributes collaterals to a Settlement Guarantee Fund (SGF), against which CCIL avails of a
line of credit from the bank. This enables CCIL to complete settlement in case a situation of
shortage resulting from a member’s default. A summary of the trades settled by CCIL are
given below:
Settlement of Trades in Government Securities
(Amount in Rs. million)
Month Outright Transactions Repo Transactions Total
No. of Amount No. of Amount No. of Amount

Trades (Face Value) Trades (Face Value) Trades (Face Value)
2001-02 7,131 389,190 524 159,300 7,655 548,480
2002-03 191,843 10,761,470 11,672 4,682,290 203,515 15,443,760
2003-04 243,585 15,751,330 20,972 9,431,890 264,512 25,183,220
Source: CCIL Quarterly Newsletter ‘Rakshitra’
Collateralised Borrowing and Lending Obligation

Collateralised Borrowing and Lending Obligation (CBLO) was operationalised as a money
market instrument through the CCIL on January 20, 2003. The CBLO is a discounted instrument
issued in electronic book entr y form for the maturit y period ranging from
one day to one year. CBLO is an obligation by the borrower to return the money borrowed, at
a specified future date and an authority to the lender to receive money lent, at a specified future
date with an option/privilege to transfer the authorit y to another person for
value received and an underlying charge on securities held in custody (with CCIL)
for the amount borrowed/lent. Activity in this segment has gradually picked up in recent
months with increasing supply of funds from MFs and demand for funds by banks and
PDs. The daily average turnover in CBLO increased from Rs. 470 million in April 2003
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to Rs. 25,060 million in March 2004. As at end March 2004, 50 members were admitted
to the CCIL’s CBLO segment. To encourage activity in this segment, banks’ borrowing
through CBLO were exempted from CRR, subject to banks maintaining the minimum CRR of
3 per cent.
Interest Rate Derivatives

A Forward Rate Agreements (FRA) is a financial contract between two parties to
exchange interest payments for a ‘notional principal’ amount on settlement date, for a specified
period from start date to maturity date. An Interest Rate Swap (IRS) is a financial contract
between two parties exchanging or swapping a stream of interest payments for a ‘notional
principal’ amount on multiple occasions during a specified period. Such contracts generally
involve exchange of a ‘fixed to floating’ rate of interest. FRAs/IRSs provide means for hedging
the interest rate risk arising on account of lendings or borrowings made at fixed/variable
interest rates.
There was a sharp increase in the volume in FRAs/IRSs market during 2003-04, both
in terms of number of contracts and outstanding notional principal amounts. The number
of contracts rose from 9,363 to 19,867, while the outstanding amount rose from Rs. 2,429,830
million to Rs. 5,182,600 million during the period April 9, 2003 to March 19, 2004.
Activity in FRAs/IRS is expected to pick up after the regulatory and prudential norms for
over-the-counter (OTC) and exchange traded derivatives are harmonised by the Reserve Bank
of India.
Market Outcome
Primary Market
Resource Mobilisation
During 2003-04, the central government and state governments borrowed Rs. 1,476,360 million
and Rs. 505,210 million, respectively. The gross borrowings of the central and state governments
taken together increased by 8.69% from Rs. 1,822,980 million in 2002-03 to Rs. 1,981,570
million during 2003-04 (Table 6-4). Their net borrowings also increased by 1.47% from
Rs. 1,332,300 million (in the previous year) to Rs. 1,351,920 million during 2003-04. The gross
and net market borrowings of central government are budgeted to increase further to
Rs. 1,508,170 million and Rs. 903,650 million, respectively during 2004-05, while those of
the state governments are to increase to Rs. 420,710 million and Rs. 369,480 million in the
same period.
The Central Government mobilised Rs. 1,215,000 million through issue of dated securities
and Rs. 261,360 million through issue of T-bills. After meeting repayment liabilities of
Rs. 326,930 million for dated securities, and redemption of T-bills of Rs. 261,260 million,
net market borrowing of Central Government amounted to Rs. 888,160 million for
the year 2003-04. Net borrowings financed 75.6% of gross fiscal deficit of central government
in 2003-04 as against 74.4% in the preceding year. The state governments collectively
raised Rs. 505,210 million during 2003-04 as against Rs. 308,530 million in the preceding
year. The net borrowings of State Governments in 2003-04 amounted to Rs. 463,760
million.
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Table 6-4: Market Borrowings of Governments

(Rs. million)
Security Gross Repayment Net
2004-05* 2003-04 2002-03 2004-05* 2003-04 2002-03 2004-05* 2003-04 2002-03
1. Central
Government
(a+b) 1,508,170 1,476,360 1,511,260 604,520 588,190 470,080 903,650 888,160 1,041,180
(a) Dated
Securities 1,248,170 1,215,000 1,250,000 343,160 326,930 274,200 905,010 888,070 975,800
(b) 364-day
T-bills 260,000 261,360 261,260 261,360 261,260 195,880 -1,360 90 65,380
2. State
Government 420,710 505,210 308,530 51,230 41,450 17,890 369,480 463,760 290,640
3. Institutions — — 3,190 — — 2,710 — — 480
Sponsored by
State Governments
Total 1,928,880 1,981,570 1,822,980 655,750 629,640 490,680 1,273,130 1,351,920 1,332,300
* Budget Estimates.
Source: : RBI Annual Report, 2003-04
Yields
The year 2003-04 witnessed a persistent decline in interest rates on market borrowings across
maturities. This was largely due to comfortable liquidity position and subdued inflationary
expectations. The yields on primary issues of dated government securities eased during the
year with the cut-off yield varying between 4.69% and 6.35% during 2003-04 as against the
range of 6.05% to 8.62% during the preceding year. The weighted average yield on government
dated securities further declined to 5.71% in 2003-04 from 7.34% in 2002-03 (Table 6-5).
Table 6-5: Prof ile of Central Government Dated Securities
(Amount in Rs. mn.)
Items 2002-03 2003-04
1. Gross Borrowing 1,250,000 1,215,000
2. Repayments 274,200 326,930
3. Net Borrowings 975,800 888,070
4. Weighted Average Maturity (In years) 13.83 14.94
5. Weighted Average Yield (Per cent) 7.34 5.71
6. (A) Maturity Distribution (Amount)
a. Upto 5 years — 65,000
b. Above 5 and upto 10 years 455,000 220,000
c. Above 10 years 795,000 930,000
Total 1,250,000 1,215,000
(B) Maturity Distribution (Per cent)
a. Upto 5 years — 5
b. Above 5 and upto 10 years 36 18
c. Above 10 years 64 77
Total 100 100
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Table 6-5: Profile of Central Government Dated Securities (Contd.)

(Amount in Rs. mn.)
Items 2002-03 2003-04
7. Price Based Auctions Amount 560,000 740,000
8. Yield - (Per cent)
Minimum 6.05 4.69
(12 years, 8 months) (4 years)
Maximum 8.62 6.35
(24 years, 3 months) (18 years, 11 months)
9. Yield - Maturity Distribution-wise
(A) Less than 10 years
Minimum 6.57 4.62
(8 years) (9 years)
Maximum 7.72 5.76
(B) 10 years
Minimum 6.72 5.32
Maximum 8.14 5.32
(C) Above 10 years
Minimum 6.05 5.09
(12 years, 8 months) (FRB, 11 years)
Maximum 8.62 6.33
Note: Figures in brackets indicate residual maturity in years.

FRB is Floating Rate Bonds
Source: RBI Annual Report
Maturity Structure
Government has been consciously trying to lengthen maturity profile. During 2003-04, around
76.54% of central government borrowings were effected through securities with maturities
above 10 years. The maximum maturity of primary issuance has been increased to 30 years.
As a result, the weighted average maturity of dated securities issued during the year increased
marginally to 14.94 years in 2003-04 from 13.83 years 2002-03.
Secondary Market
Turnover
The aggregate secondary market transactions in debt securities (including government and
non-government securities) increased by 36.6% to Rs. 27,214,706 million in 2003-04, as against
Rs. 19,917,700 million during 2002-03 (Table 6-6). Non-government securities accounted for a
meager 1.6% of total turnover in debt market. NSE accounted for about 48.4% of total
turnover in debt securities during 2003-04.
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Table 6-6: Turnover of Debt Securities

(Rs. mn.)
Securities 2002-03 2003-04
Government Securities 19,557,313 26,792,084
WDM Segment of NSE 10,328,264 12,743,020
Rest of SGL 9,229,048 14,049,064
Non-Government Securities 360,387 422,622

CM Segment of NSE 683 2,220
WDM Segment of NSE 358,755 417,947
‘F’ Category of BSE 949 2,455
Total 19,917,700 27,214,706
Source: RBI, BSE and NSE.
The non-government securities are traded on the WDM and CM segments of the NSE,
and on the BSE (F Category). Except WDM, the volumes are quite insignificant on other
segments. The turnover in non-government securities on WDM of NSE was Rs. 417,947 million
in 2003-04, 16.5% higher than that during the preceding year. BSE reported a turnover of
Rs. 2,455 million during 2003-04. NSE accounted for over 99.4% of total turnover in
non-government securities during the year.
The aggregate turnover in (central and state government dated securities and T-bills)
through non-repo SGL transactions touched a level of Rs. 17,013,632 million, recording an
increase of 22.2% over Rs. 13,923,834 million in the previous year (Table 6-7). The details of
non-repo SGL transactions in government securities are presented in Annexure 6-1. The volume
of transactions in state government securities increased to Rs. 171,957 million in 2003-04 from
Rs. 94,456 million in 2002-03. The monthly turnover in non-repo transactions for the year
2003-04 ranged between Rs. 824,725 million and Rs. 2,188,569 million, with a monthly average
of Rs. 1,417,803 million.
Table 6-7: Secondary Market Transactions in Government Securities
Year Total SGL Share in Non-Repo Turnover (%)

Non-Repo Turnover
(Rs. mn.) Central Govt. State Govt. T-Bills
Securities Securities
1995-96 295,300 59.44 1.57 38.99
1996-97 939,210 63.78 0.63 35.59
1997-98 1,610,900 73.59 0.84 25.58
1998-99 1,875,310 76.31 0.82 22.87
1999-00 4,564,910 88.78 0.80 10.42
2000-01 5,721,456 88.98 0.52 10.50
2001-02 12,119,658 93.94 0.51 5.56
2002-03 13,923,834 93.81 0.68 5.51
2003-04 17,013,632 91.93 1.01 7.06
Source: RBI.
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The share of WDM segment of NSE in the total turnover of non-repo SGL transaction
increased marginally from 74.01% in 2002-03 to 74.89% in 2003-04 (Table 6-8). The share of
WDM in turnover of non-repo dated securities (central and state government securities)
witnessed a decline to 49.01% in 2003-04 from 55.42% in 2002-03 (Chart 6-1). The turnover in
T-bills has increased from 40.89% in the 2002-03 to 46.31% in 2003-04.
Table 6-8: Share of WDM in Transactions of Government Securities

(Amount in Rs. mn.)
Year Turnover of Non-Repo Turnover of Non-Repo Turnover of Non-Repo
Govt. Securities Central & State Govt. Securities T-Bills
On SGL On WDM Share of On SGL On WDM Share of On SGL On WDM Share of

WDM (%) WDM (%) WDM (%)
1995-96 295,300 92,433 31.30 180,170 69,885 38.79 115,130 22,548 19.58
1996-97 939,210 381,023 40.57 604,990 271,902 44.94 334,220 109,121 32.65
1997-98 1,610,900 975,152 60.53 1,198,890 804,943 67.14 412,010 170,209 41.31
1998-99 1,875,310 904,158 48.21 1,446,410 798,295 55.19 428,900 105,863 24.68
1999-00 4,564,910 2,915,915 63.88 4,089,160 2,809,475 68.71 475,750 106,440 22.37
2000-01 5,721,456 4,124,958 72.10 5,120,836 3,893,523 76.03 600,620 231,435 38.53
2001-02 12,119,658 9,269,955 76.49 11,446,342 9,015,121 78.76 673,316 254,834 37.85
2002-03 13,923,834 10,305,497 74.01 13,155,989 9,991,507 75.95 767,845 313,990 40.89
2003-04 17,013,632 12,741,190 74.89 15,813,076 12,185,221 77.06 1,200,556 555,969 46.31
Source: RBI & NSE.
Developments in WDM
During 2003-04, 1,128 more securities with a total outstanding debt of Rs. 2,092,549 million
was made available for trading. As at end March 2004, 2,621 securities were available for
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trading on the WDM Segment. A total of 1,078 securities were active during 2003-04 as
compared to 1,123 in the previous year.
The turnover on WDM segment has been growing rapidly over time. The monthly
turnover at times far exceeds the turnover in the equity market segment. It has registered an
increase of 23.14% from Rs. 10,687,015 million during 2002-03 to Rs. 13,160,962 million during
2003-04. The average daily turnover increased from Rs. 35,983 million to Rs. 44,765 million
during the same period, while the average trade size increased from 63.7 million to 69.4
million. The business growth of WDM segment is presented in Table 6-9, Chart 6-2 and
Annexure 6-2.
Table 6-9: Business Growth of WDM Segment of NSE

Parameter 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04
No. of Active Securities 304 524 719 1,071 1,057 1,038 979 1,123 1,078
No. of Trades 2,991 7,804 16,821 16,092 46,987 64,470 144,851 167,778 189,518
No. of Retail Trades 1,115 1,061 1,390 1,522 936 498 378 1,252 1,400
Turnover (Rs. mn.) 118,677 422,776 1,112,633 1,054,691 3,042,162 4,285,815 9,471,912 10,687,015 13,160,962
Average Daily Turnover 408 1,453 3,850 3,650 10,348 14,830 32,775 35,983 44,765
(Rs. mn.)
Retail Turnover (Rs. mn.) 2,072 2,005 2,887 3,078 2,185 1,318 1,094 2,995 3,317
Share of Retail Trades (%) 1.75 0.47 0.26 0.29 0.07 0.03 0.01 0.03 0.03
Average Trade Size 39.68 54.17 66.15 65.54 64.74 66.48 65.39 63.70 69.40
(Rs. mn.)
Average Size of Retail 1.86 1.89 2.08 2.02 2.33 2.65 2.89 2.39 2.37
Trade (Rs. lakh)
Source: NSE.
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The market remained highly buoyant throughout the year (2003-04). Specifically the first
six months of the fiscal witnessed huge volumes in this segment. The highest turnover of Rs.
139,120 million was witnessed in August 2003. The average daily turnover ranged between Rs.
27,954 million and Rs. 65,095 million.
Retail Trades
The number of retail trades had been increasing till 1998-99 thereafter it witnessed a decline.
However, in the past two years there has been a turnaround in the number of retail trades.
The number of retail trades increased from 1,252 in the previous year to 1,400 in 2003-04 a rise
of by almost 12%. The retail trade market is picking up as a result of the efforts made by
policy makers.
Securities Profile
Long-term securities dominated the market during 2003-04 revealing the interest of investors
to hold on to long-term of assets. Dated government securities accounted for the bulk of
trading with a turnover of Rs. 12,186,448 million. The turnover in government securities
increased by 21.8% during 2003-04 as compared to previous year. Its share in total turnover,
however, marginally decreased to 92.6% from 93.6% in the previous year (Table 6-10). The
share of T-Bills in WDM turnover, which has been declining over a time, witnessed an
upward trend registering 4.23% share in the total turnover. The PSU bonds witnessed a
turnover of Rs. 158,946 million in 2003-04 as against Rs. 146,508 million in 2002-03 (Annexure
6-3). The share of institutional bonds increased marginally to 0.85% in the current year from
0.50% in the previous year (Chart 6-3).
Table 6-10: Security-wise Distribution of Turnover
Securities Turnover (Rs. mn.) % of Turnover

2002-03 2003-04 2002-03 2003-04
Government Securities 10,005,415 12,186,448 93.62 92.60

T-Bills 322,846 556,567 3.02 4.23
PSU Bonds 146,508 158,946 1.37 1.21
Institutional Bonds 52,964 111,950 0.50 0.85
Bank Bonds & CDs 29,471 43,756 0.28 0.33
Corporate Bonds & CPs 129,637 102,945 1.21 0.78
Others 175 350 0.00 0.00
Total 10,687,016 13,160,962 100.00 100.00
Source: NSE.
The share of top ‘10’ securities over the past three years has been witnessing a decline
and it decreased from 65.15% in 2002-03 to 54.43% in 2003-04 (Table 6-11). Top 50 securities
accounted for over 90.66% of turnover.
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Table 6-11: Share of Top ‘N’ Securities/Trading Members/ Participants in Turnover in WDM Segment
Year In Percent
Top 5 Top 10 Top 25 Top 50 Top 100
Securities
1994-95 42.84 61.05 80.46 89.81 97.16
1995-96 57.59 69.46 79.60 86.58 93.24
1996-97 32.93 48.02 65.65 78.32 90.17
1997-98 30.65 46.92 71.25 85.00 92.15
1998-99 26.81 41.89 64.30 78.24 86.66
1999-00 37.11 55.57 82.12 90.73 95.28
2000-01 42.20 58.30 80.73 89.97 95.13
2001-02 51.61 68.50 88.73 94.32 97.19
2002-03 43.10 65.15 86.91 92.74 96.13
2003-04 37.06 54.43 81.58 90.66 95.14
Trading Members
1994-95 51.99 73.05 95.37 100.00 —
1995-96 44.36 68.58 96.10 100.00 —
1996-97 30.02 51.27 91.57 99.96 100.00
1997-98 27.17 47.85 83.38 99.82 100.00
1998-99 29.87 50.45 86.55 99.98 100.00
1999-00 32.38 53.41 84.46 100.00 —
2000-01 35.17 54.25 86.82 100.00 —
2001-02 35.18 58.68 88.36 100.00 —
2002-03 31.77 53.71 85.49 100.00 —
2003-04 30.72 53.01 86.71 100.00 —
(Contd.)
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Table 6-11: Share of Top ‘N’ Securities/Trading Members/ Participants in Turnover in WDM Segment
(Contd.)
Year In Percent
Top 5 Top 10 Top 25 Top 50 Top 100
Participants
1994-95 18.37 27.38 38.40 42.20 —
1995-96 29.66 47.15 70.49 76.32 76.58
1996-97 25.27 44.92 67.00 76.33 77.10
1997-98 23.60 38.96 65.59 77.96 80.22
1998-99 22.47 37.39 62.79 79.27 84.51
1999-00 15.54 27.87 52.51 74.76 81.32
2000-01 17.51 28.85 50.64 69.72 76.78
2001-02 17.49 29.25 50.19 69.16 76.49
2002-03 17.27 28.29 49.22 68.14 75.20
2003-04 16.66 25.69 44.25 59.87 65.17
Source: NSE.
Participant Profile
Indian banks, foreign banks and PDs together accounted for over 60% of WDM turnover
during 2003-04 (Table 6-12). Though the share of the Indian banks fell from 38.77% to 36.36%
in 2003-04, it still continues to be market leader followed by trading members (Annexure 6-3).
The share of trading member in the turnover witnessed a huge rise from 24.81% to 34.8% in
2003-04 (Chart 6-4).
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Table 6-12: Participant-wise Distribution of Turnover

Participants 2002-03 2003-04
Indian Banks 38.77 36.36
Foreign Banks 10.62 7.25
Primary Dealers 22.03 17.03
Trading Members 24.81 34.80
FI, MFs & Corporates 3.77 4.56
Total 100.00 100.00
Source: NSE.
Top ‘50’ trading members accounted for the total turnover of WDM in 2003-04, which
is indicative of the narrow membership structure of WDM segment (Table 6-11). As at March
31, 2004, there were 78 members on the WDM segment.
Market Capitalisation
Market capitalisation of the WDM segment has witnessed a constant increase indicating an
increase in activity in the market. The total market capitalisation of securities available for
trading on WDM segment stood at Rs. 12,158,638 million as at end-March 2004, registering a
growth of 40.64% over end-March 2003 (Table 6-13). The relative shares of different securities
in market capitalisation maintained the trend of 2002-03. Government securities accounted
for 78.9% of total market capitalisation at the end of March 2004 (Chart 6-5). The growth of
market capitalisation of WDM is presented in Annexure 6-4.
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Table 6-13 : Market Capitalisation of WDM Segment

Security Market Capitalisation
(end of period) % to total
(In Rs. mn.)
March-03 March-04 March-03 March-04
Government Securities 6,580,017 9,593,017 76.12 78.90
PSU Bonds 383,828 568,319 4.44 4.67
State Loans 720,940 793,403 8.34 6.53
T-bills 349,188 326,920 4.04 2.69
Other 610,839 876,979 7.06 7.21
Total 8,644,812 12,158,638 100.00 100.00
Source: NSE.
Yields
The yields (yield-to-maturity) on government and corporate securities of different maturities
of 0-1 year, 5-6 years, 9-10 years and above 10 years are presented in Table 6-14. The yields on
government and corporate securities showed a downward trend through out 2003-04 except
for February 2004 and August 2003.
Table 6-14: Yields on Government and Corporate Securities, 2003-04
(In per cent)
Month/ Year Government Securities Corporate Securities
0-1 year 5-6 years 9-10 years Above 10 0-1 year 5-6 years 9-10 years Above 10
years years
Apr-03 5.34 5.76 5.97 6.15 5.49 6.67 6.88 7.25
May-03 4.91 5.55 5.86 6.04 5.61 6.33 6.62 6.95
Jun-03 5.07 5.43 5.74 5.94 5.76 5.94 6.71 6.78
Jul-03 5.02 5.35 5.66 5.90 5.54 6.19 6.79 6.84
Aug-03 4.76 5.15 5.42 5.74 5.50 6.14 6.41 7.61
Sep-03 4.72 4.96 5.24 5.64 5.66 5.87 6.35 6.59
Oct-03 4.58 4.77 5.04 5.43 5.62 5.55 6.02 6.86
Nov-03 4.54 4.89 5.09 5.50 5.12 5.71 6.18 6.81
Dec-03 4.46 4.89 5.17 5.61 5.03 5.75 6.41 6.80
Jan-04 4.42 4.86 5.12 5.50 5.47 5.99 6.23 6.65
Feb-04 4.27 5.05 5.25 5.62 5.16 5.87 6.36 7.25
Mar-04 4.42 4.97 5.17 5.56 5.17 5.75 6.12 6.25
Source: NSE.
Zero Coupon Yield Curve

Keeping in mind the requirements of the banking industry, financial institutions, mutual
funds, insurance companies, that have substantial investment in sovereign papers, NSE
disseminates a ‘Zero Coupon Yield Curve’ (NSE Zero Curve). This helps in valuation of
securities across all maturities irrespective of its liquidity in the market. This product has been
developed by using Nelson-Siegel model to estimate the term structure of interest rate at any
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given point of time. This has been successfully tested by using daily WDM trades data. This
is being disseminated daily.
The ZCYC depicts the relationship between interest rates in the economy and the
associated terms to maturity. It provides daily estimates of the term structure of interest rates
using information on secondary market trades in government securities from the WDM
segment. The term structure forms the basis for the valuation of all fixed income instruments.
Modeled as a series of cash flows due at different points of time in the future, the underlying
price of such an instrument is calculated as the net present value of the stream of cash flows.
Each cash flow, in such a formulation, is discounted using the interest rate for the associated
term to maturity; the appropriate rates are read off the estimated ZCYC. Once estimated, the
interest rate-maturity mapping is used to compute underlying valuations even for securities
that do not trade on a given day. The daily ZCYC captures the changes in term structure, and
is used to track the value of portfolios of government securities on a day-to-day basis.
The estimates of daily ZCYC are available from February 1998. Chart 6-6 plots the spot
interest rates at different maturities for the year 2003-04.
FIMMDA-NSE MIBID/MIBOR
A reference rate is an accurate measure of the market price. In the fixed income market, it is
an interest rate that the market respects and closely matches. On these lines, NSE has been
computing and disseminating the NSE Mumbai Inter-bank Bid Rate (MIBID) and NSE
Mumbai Inter-bank Offer Rate (MIBOR) for the overnight money market from June 15,
1998, the 14-day MIBID/MIBOR from November 10, 1998 and the 1 month and 3 month
MIBID/MIBOR from December 1, 1998. In view of the robust methodology of computation
of these rates and their extensive use by market participants, these have been co-branded with
Fixed Income and Money Market Dealers Association (FIMMDA) from March 4, 2002. These
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are now known as FIMMDA-NSE MIBID/MIBOR. Chart 6-7 presents overnight FIMMDA-
NSE MIBID/MIBOR from April 2003 to March 2004. The FIMMDA-NSE MIBID/MIBOR
rates for month ends are presented in Annexure 6-5. The daily FIMMDA-NSE MIBID/MIBOR
rates are available at www.nseindia.com.
The overnight MIBID/MIBOR rates ruled fairly steady within a narrow range during
the year 2003-04. These rates touched the peak of 6.19% and 6.48%, respectively, on October
30, 2003 and the low of 4.19% and 4.41%, respectively, on November 22, 2003. The rates have
been particularly stable during the current financial year, reflective of a stable interest rate
environment, and have been hovering around 4-6%. The stability of the rates in overnight
call market may be due to the guidelines issued by RBI moving non-banks from the call
market in a phased manner.
FIMMDA-NSE MIBID/MIBOR rates are based on quotes polled by NSE from a
representative panel of 29 banks/institutions/primary dealers. Currently, quotes are polled
and processed daily by the Exchange at 0940 (IST) for overnight rate and at 1130 (IST) for the
14 day, 1 month and 3 month rates. The rates polled are then processed using the bootstrap
method to arrive at an efficient estimate of the reference rates. The overnight rates are
disseminated daily to the market at about 0955 (IST) and the 14 day, 1 month and 3 month
rates at about 1145 (IST). These are broadcast through NEAT-WDM trading system immediately
on release and also disseminated through websites of NSE and FIMMDA and through e-mail.
The FIMMDA-NSE MIBID/MIBOR is used as a benchmark rate for majority of deals struck
for interest rate swaps, forward rate agreements, floating rate debentures and term deposits.
NSE-VaR System
NSE has developed a VaR system for measuring the market risk inherent in Government of
India (GOI) securities. NSE-VaR system builds on the NSE database of daily yield curves
(ZCYC) and provides measures of VaR using 5 alternative methods (variance-covariance,
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historical simulation method, weighted normal, weighted historical simulation and extreme
value method). Together, these 5 methods provide a range of options for market participants
to choose from.
NSE-VaR system releases daily estimates of security-wise VaR at 1-day and multi-day
horizons for securities traded on WDM segment of NSE and all outstanding GOI securities
with effect from January 1, 2002. Participants can compute their portfolio risk as weighted
average of security-wise VaRs, the weights being proportionate to the market value of a given
security in their portfolio. 1-day VaR (99%) measure for GOI Securities traded on NSE-WDM
on March 31, 2004 is presented in Annexure 6-6. The VaR for other GOI securities are available
at www.nseindia.com.
Bond Index
Market participants are familiar with the equity indices such as the S&P CNX Nifty and the
Sensex. These have been around for years and are very popular as benchmarks. These are
comparatively easy to construct due to the high liquidity of many equities across several
industry categories. In contrast, designing debt indices posed as a challenge in India as the
breadth and depth of the debt market has not been very promising. There were also a few
additional difficulties in construction and maintenance of debt indices. First, on account of
the fixed maturity of bonds vis-à-vis the perpetuity of equity, the universe of bonds changes
frequently (new issues come in while existing issues are redeemed). Secondly, while market
prices for the constituents of an equity index are normally available on all trading days over
a long period of time, market prices of constituent bonds in a bond index, irrespective of the
selection criteria used, may not be available daily. This is on account of the fact that the
liquidity of a security varies over its lifetime and, in addition, can witness significant fluctuations
over a short period. However, market participants need an index to compare their performance
with as well as the performance of different classes of assets.
A widely tracked benchmark in this context is the ICICI Securities’ (Isec) bond index
(i-BEX), NSE’s G-Sec Index and NSE’s T-Bills Index. These have emerged as the benchmark of
choice across all classes of market participants - banks, financial institutions, primary dealers,
provident funds, insurance companies, mutual funds and foreign institutional investors. It
has two variants, namely, a Principal Return Index (PRI) and Total Return Index (TRI). The
PRI tracks the price movements of bonds or capital gains/losses since the base date. It is the
movement of prices quoted in the market and could be seen as the mirror image of yield
movements. During 2003-04, the PRI of i-BEX and NSE G-Sec Index increased by 3.91% and
2.28% respectively. The TRI tracks the total returns available in the bond market. It captures
both interest accruals and capital gains/losses. In a declining interest rate scenario, the index
gains on account of interest accrual and capital gains, while losing on reinvestment income.
As against this, during rising interest rate periods, the interest accrual and reinvestment
income is offset by capital losses. Therefore, the TRI typically has a positive slope except
during periods when the drop in market prices is higher than the interest accrual. During
2003-04, the TRI registered gains of 10.83% and 8.95% for i-BEX and NSE G-Sec
Index respectively.
While constructing the NSE-Government Securities Index prices are used from NSE
ZCYC so that the movements reflect returns to an investor on account of change in interest
rates. The index provides a benchmark for portfolio management by various investment
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managers and gilt funds. The movement of popular fixed income indices at monthly rates are
Table 6-15: Debt Market Indices, 2003-04
At the end of I Sec I-BEX NSE-T-Bills NSE G-Sec

the month (Base August 1, 1994=1000) Index Index
TRI PRI TRI PRI TRI PRI
Apr-03 3386.54 1405.28 180.02 180.02 233.36 131.04
May-03 3451.98 1424.11 180.72 180.72 236.48 131.88
Jun-03 3481.15 1427.32 181.34 181.34 238.61 132.24
Jul-03 3519.08 1434.20 182.18 182.18 240.94 132.56
Aug-03 3612.00 1463.83 182.88 182.88 246.10 134.66
Sep-03 3626.35 1461.00 183.90 183.90 249.15 135.49
Oct-03 3671.98 1471.15 184.34 184.34 249.64 135.12
Nov-03 3654.30 1455.32 184.74 184.74 246.95 133.10
Dec-03 3693.25 1462.26 185.88 185.88 250.61 134.49
Jan-04 3692.42 1453.09 185.28 185.28 249.08 132.90
Feb-04 3689.82 1443.72 186.88 186.88 249.43 132.31
Mar-04 3753.48 1460.25 188.13 188.13 254.25 134.03
Source: ICICI Securities and NSE
Policy Debates
Trading of Securities
The trading framework suffers from following deficiencies:
1. There are strong entry barriers to participate in trading of government securities. Like
equity markets, any and everybody who complies with the specified criteria should be
allowed to participate in the market.
2. Trades are negotiated bilaterally over phone or NDS. The enforcement of such trades,
being in the nature of OTC, is difficult. It is necessary to ban OTC trades and prescribe
that all trades in government securities should be subject to discipline of stock exchanges.
NDS is expected to enforce market discipline, as the deals are required to be reported
within 15 minutes of the same being negotiated.
3. The parties have to search for counterparties and negotiate for the best price. It is
necessary to mandate that all trades will be executed on the basis of price and order
matching mechanism of stock exchanges as in case of equities. NSE introduced automated
screen based trading in debt securities, which is an anonymous order matching system.
However, banks and institutions have shown little interest to use NSE’s trading platform
for executing their debt securities transactions. Regulatory fiat is needed to enforce
transparency in financial deals. SEBI has taken the initiative in this regard by prohibiting
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‘negotiated deals’ in respect of listed corporate debt securities and prescribing that all
such trades would be executed on the basis of price and order matching mechanism of
stock exchanges as in case of equities.
4. The knowledge of parties affects the terms of trade and can facilitate formulation of
cartels. It is necessary to allow parties to participate in the market anonymously. However,
there should be complete audit trail to resolve the disputes, if any, by logging in the
trade execution process in entirety.
5. The market is not transparent. Only the parties to trade have information about the
trade. It is necessary to enable market participants to see the full market and have all
trade related information on real time basis.
6. The market is highly fragmented. A buyer from Chennai can not trade in the Mumbai
market since securities held in his account with RBI books cannot be easily transferred
to Mumbai and vice-versa. T-bills cannot be traded outside Mumbai. Since the order
book is geographically fragmented, the quality of price discovery process is very poor.
It is necessary to provide a facility enabling any body from any corner of the country to
trade with ease and convenience.
7. NDS is a vastly superior system for negotiation of trades in government securities.
However, it does not obviate the difficulties of an OTC market, nor does it provide the
liquidity of an order matching market. As it does not consolidate all orders into an
order book, the parties have to search for counter parties. Since it does not guarantee
the best price for all trades, the parties have to negotiate with counterparties to arrive at
an agreeable price. Further, there are strong entry barriers, the number of participants
who can negotiate on NDS, is very limited.
Debt Derivatives
There are three sources of income from a fixed income security-coupon or interest payments,
capital gains/losses, and re-investment income, which is income from the intermediate cash
flows that are re-invested. An investor faces considerable risk from an adverse movement in
interest rates. In situations of rise in interest rates, the price of the bond declines, posing the
risk of capital loss to an investor who wants to sell off his security prior to maturity. The risk
arising out of variations in interest rates could be hedged by using interest rate derivatives.
The commonly used interest rate derivatives are forwards, futures, swaps and options. Of
these, IRSs and FRAs are the most popular derivative instruments and account for the largest
share of turnover in interest rate derivatives all over the world.
In India, IRSs/FRAs were introduced in June 1999 with a purpose to enable banks, PDs
and FIs to hedge interest rate risks. The market for these derivatives, however, has not developed
appreciably for lack of legal clarity. It is viewed in some circles that there is no suitable
regulatory framework to govern trading of these derivatives. These are not derivatives under
the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 as these are not derived from securities. It is
desirable to have legislative provisions to provide for such contracts. It should cover the
entities who can enter into such contracts, the broad parameters of such contracts, clearing
corporation for settling these contracts, and a dispute resolution mechanism.
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STRIPS
Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities (STRIPS) involves stripping
a conventional security into a number of zero coupon securities, which can be traded separately.
Such newly created securities are called STRIPS. For example, a 10-year government security,
can be stripped into 21 zero coupon securities-20 carrying half-yearly coupons with maturities
of 6 months, 12 months, 18 months and so on and 1 carrying final redemption amount with
maturity of 10 years. A Rs. 100 crore government security carrying a coupon of 12% with 10
year maturity has cash flows of 20 semi-annual payments of Rs. 6 crore each and the repayment
of principal of Rs. 100 crore after ten years. Each of these 21 cash flows can be treated as a
zero coupon instrument which can be traded at varying yields. These 21 instruments are
STRIPS of the underlying government security.
As one underlying security can be converted to 21 zero coupon securities, the breadth
of the debt market would expand considerably. Increased supply of securities across maturities
would provide a continuous market and consequently improve liquidity. The introduction
of STRIPS in government securities would be good bait for small investors, as these are
comparable to other fixed income instruments, which are their favourites. Besides, it would
allow the issuer to issue securities with long-term maturity for any amount and allow stripping
of these securities to meet the market appetite for short-term securities in convenient amounts.
The participants in the debt market normally purchase the securities and hold till
maturity. This results in reduced supply of securities for secondary market activity. Further,
some participants, like provident funds, bear the re-investment risk due to the interest receipts
every six months. STRIPS would provide a solution to both these problems. Banks can issue
STRIPS against the securities held by them. Thus they will earn returns against their investment
and also increase the supply of securities to boost the secondary market activity. The provident
funds can invest in STRIPS, which will mature on the required specified date. Thereby, the
provident funds will be able to invest in government securities as required by law and also
achieve the desired cash flow, without bearing the re-investment risk.
The Government security market in India has the necessary size to make STRIPS a
success. The secondary markets volumes in Government securities were Rs. 26,792,084 million
during 2003-04. Government and RBI have repeatedly expressed their intention to develop
markets for STRIPS and are preparing ground for the same. RBI is consolidating outstanding
government securities to ensure sufficient volumes and liquidity in any one issue, which
would facilitate the emergence of benchmarks and development of STRIPS.
However, a few legal clarifications/relaxations are needed for issuance and trading of
STRIPS. The Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 does not permit transfer of only a part of the
amount appearing due on an instrument. Thus, a part of a security, for example, interest
component of a security cannot be transferred unless the whole security along with other
future interest payments are transferred simultaneously. STRIPS require the principal and the
interest coupons to be uniquely identified as distinctive securities. Clarifications are required
if the issuance and transfer of STRIPS, even though derived from government securities,
would attract any stamp duty and at what rates. CBDT has clarified taxation issues relating to
issuance of STRIPS. RBI is setting up a working group to suggest operational and prudential
guidelines.
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Annexure 6-1: Secondary Market Transactions in Government Securities

(Rs in mn.)
Month/ Year SGL/NDS Non-Repo WDM Non-Repo
Transactions Transactions in Govt. Securities
Dated State Treasur y Total Dated State Treasur y Total
Securities Govt. Bills (2+3+4) Securities Govt. Bills (6+7+8)
Securities Securities
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1994-95 113,830 2,030 97,210 213,070 29,471 793 26,337 56,601
1995-96 175,530 4,640 115,130 295,300 68,130 1,755 22,548 92,433
1996-97 599,030 5,960 334,220 939,210 268,914 2,988 109,121 381,023
1997-98 1,185,410 13,480 412,010 1,610,900 795,638 9,305 170,209 975,152
1998-99 1,430,970 15,440 428,900 1,875,310 789,692 8,603 105,863 904,158
1999-00 4,052,850 36,310 475,750 4,564,910 2,788,655 20,820 106,440 2,915,915
2000-01 5,091,125 29,711 600,620 5,721,456 3,880,972 12,551 231,435 4,124,958
Apr-01 572,670 4,987 64,732 642,389 421,103 2,919 28,881 452,903
May-01 945,131 4,039 60,061 1,009,231 795,156 1,335 25,943 822,434
Jun-01 1,000,593 1,507 59,236 1,061,336 787,944 550 23,440 811,934
Jul-01 1,075,785 2,936 68,321 1,147,042 799,445 1,204 28,343 828,992
Aug-01 1,008,556 4,476 58,833 1,071,865 725,426 680 15,460 741,566
Sep-01 789,052 3,000 56,683 848,735 597,040 999 21,368 619,407
Oct-01 926,959 5,526 43,444 975,929 776,108 1,600 16,564 794,272
Nov-01 1,170,438 5,508 62,654 1,238,600 943,478 1,093 26,506 971,077
Dec-01 835,320 4,920 49,563 889,802 598,539 234 16,152 614,925
Jan-02 1,253,373 6,734 81,510 1,341,618 1,061,480 1,142 31,639 1,094,261
Feb-02 1,182,630 8,044 40,248 1,230,922 967,120 1,234 11,910 980,264
Mar-02 624,529 9,631 28,030 662,189 528,162 1,130 8,628 537,920
2001-02 11,385,035 61,307 673,316 12,119,658 9,001,001 14,120 254,834 9,269,955
Apr-02 968,211 10,330 42,250 1,020,791 723,591 3,083 15,970 742,644
May-02 641,634 3,405 63,889 708,928 476,942 1,771 25,530 504,243
Jun-02 589,797 2,766 37,275 629,839 491,233 1,335 16,991 509,559
Jul-02 1,185,803 4,103 62,341 1,252,246 913,169 610 24,598 938,377
Aug-02 1,226,311 5,845 65,138 1,297,294 935,939 1,289 29,326 966,554
Sep-02 856,335 10,806 37,021 904,162 639,788 5,941 13,501 659,230
Oct-02 1,247,920 6,794 63,164 1,317,878 1,000,312 2,340 25,372 1,028,024
Nov-02 1,679,093 9,856 71,117 1,760,066 1,261,576 3,281 26,600 1,291,457
Dec-02 1,482,500 10,312 61,380 1,554,192 1,115,357 1,479 24,489 1,141,325
Jan-03 1,798,496 9,405 102,338 1,910,239 1,305,575 1,014 45,701 1,352,290
Feb-03 706,114 5,696 72,848 784,658 616,413 893 29,865 647,171
Mar-03 679,318 15,140 89,084 783,542 485,930 2,646 36,047 524,623
2002-03 13,061,533 94,456 767,845 13,923,834 9,965,825 25,682 313,990 10,305,497
Apr-03 1,154,892 5,744 112,712 1,273,348 918,570 908 50,009 969,487
May-03 1,515,036 11,042 69,404 1,595,482 1,149,241 2,491 37,896 1,189,628
Jun-03 1,525,599 15,887 73,261 1,614,747 1,205,540 7,315 28,835 1,241,690
Jul-03 1,548,600 9,724 106,354 1,664,678 1,234,260 3,525 41,824 1,279,609
Aug-03 2,057,602 19,766 111,201 2,188,569 1,531,213 7,134 42,358 1,580,705
Sep-03 1,357,323 14,553 125,795 1,497,671 1,137,665 5,543 64,704 1,207,912
Oct-03 1,789,154 15,559 111,741 1,916,454 1,326,757 3,176 56,189 1,386,122
Nov-03 903,041 6,373 87,211 996,625 738,047 3,220 46,308 787,575
Dec-03 945,347 14,053 90,647 1,050,047 763,458 2,678 44,796 810,932
Jan-04 892,785 11,521 86,428 990,734 699,090 4,216 46,392 749,698
Feb-04 724,382 14,498 85,845 824,725 556,191 2,774 39,453 598,418
Mar-04 1,227,358 33,237 139,956 1,400,551 878,361 3,848 57,205 939,414
2003-04 15,641,119 171,957 1,200,556 17,013,632 12,138,393 46,828 555,969 12,741,190
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Annexure 6 -2: Business Growth of WDM Segment
Month/Year All Trades Retail Trades

No. of No. of Average Turnover Average No. of Turnover Share in
Active Trades Daily (Rs. mn.) Trade Trades (Rs. mn.) Total
Securities Turnover Size Turnover
(Rs. mn.) (Rs. mn.) (%)
1994-95 (June-March) 183 1,021 304 67,812 66.42 168 306 0.45
1995-96 304 2,991 408 118,677 39.68 1,115 2,072 1.75
1996-97 524 7,804 1,453 422,776 54.17 1,061 2,005 0.47
1997-98 719 16,821 3,850 1,112,633 66.15 1,390 2,887 0.26
1998-99 1,071 16,092 3,650 1,054,691 65.54 1,522 3,078 0.29
1999-00 1,057 46,987 10,348 3,042,162 64.74 936 2,185 0.07
2000-01 1,038 64,470 14,830 4,285,815 66.48 498 1,318 0.03
Apr-01 213 6,606 23,143 462,855 70.07 17 59 0.01
May-01 220 12,220 33,593 839,823 68.73 52 79 0.01
Jun-01 200 11,936 32,932 823,294 68.98 28 49 0.01
Jul-01 223 12,575 32,549 846,285 67.30 25 48 0.01
Aug-01 215 11,622 31,577 757,842 65.21 44 189 0.02
Sep-01 207 9,526 25,280 631,990 66.34 28 43 0.01
Oct-01 196 12,636 32,344 808,603 63.99 17 44 0.01
Nov-01 216 15,300 42,902 986,739 64.49 36 157 0.02
Dec-01 167 10,135 26,004 624,107 61.58 21 57 0.01
Jan-02 228 17,011 42,975 1,117,361 65.68 36 130 0.01
Feb-02 254 16,127 44,050 1,013,135 62.82 44 153 0.02
Mar-02 216 9,157 24,343 559,878 61.14 30 86 0.02
2001-02 979 144,851 32,775 9,471,912 65.39 378 1,094 0.01
Apr-02 254 12,164 32,222 773,337 63.58 32 73 0.01
May-02 206 8,662 21,298 532,461 61.47 30 99 0.02
Jun-02 237 8,875 21,791 544,774 61.38 22 68 0.01
Jul-02 230 14,996 36,195 977,254 65.17 46 158 0.02
Aug-02 232 15,483 38,548 1,002,256 64.73 56 164 0.02
Sep-02 251 10,439 28,446 682,692 65.40 81 209 0.03
Oct-02 265 16,587 42,457 1,061,424 63.99 143 406 0.04
Nov-02 260 21,052 55,092 1,322,216 62.81 172 349 0.03
Dec-02 245 18,807 48,909 1,173,826 62.41 152 359 0.03
Jan-03 253 21,335 51,747 1,397,180 65.49 131 322 0.02
Feb-03 229 10,728 29,119 669,736 62.43 115 238 0.04
Mar-03 276 8,650 23,907 549,858 63.57 272 550 0.10
2002-03 1,123 167,778 35,983 10,687,014 63.70 1,252 2,995 0.03
Apr-03 282 15,512 48,120 1,010,522 65.10 180 412 0.04
May-03 290 18,651 51,400 1,233,590 66.14 148 305 0.02
Jun-03 310 18,400 50,669 1,266,717 68.84 127 290 0.02
Jul-03 271 18,220 48,528 1,310,268 71.91 122 298 0.02
Aug-03 306 22,753 65,095 1,627,371 71.50 127 255 0.02
Sep-03 334 17,152 48,153 1,251,987 72.99 115 251 0.02
Oct-03 275 20,465 59,752 1,434,039 70.07 81 265 0.02
Nov-03 233 11,737 35,175 809,029 68.93 89 282 0.03
Dec-03 247 12,529 32,272 839,059 66.97 57 142 0.02
Jan-04 280 11,407 29,820 775,328 67.97 123 338 0.04
Feb-04 241 8,675 27,954 614,989 70.89 79 211 0.03
Mar-04 372 14,017 39,523 988,064 70.49 152 268 0.03
2003-04 1,078 189,518 44,765 13,160,962 69.44 1,400 3,317 0.03
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Annexure 6-3: Security-wise and Participant-wise Distribution of WDM Trades

(In per cent)
Month/Year Security-wise Distribution Participant-wise Distribution
Govern- T-Bills PSU/ Others Trading FIs/MFs/ Primary Indian Foreign
ment Inst. Members Corpo- Dealers Banks Banks
Securities Bonds rates
1994-95 (June-March) 44.63 38.84 12.15 4.38 57.82 6.43 0.02 14.16 21.57
1995-96 65.13 19.04 9.69 6.14 23.48 7.60 1.16 30.07 37.69
1996-97 64.70 25.92 6.55 2.84 22.95 3.81 6.10 30.01 37.13
1997-98 76.14 16.96 3.64 3.26 19.75 4.30 12.06 41.24 22.65
1998-99 80.19 10.15 4.78 4.88 15.48 4.93 14.64 42.12 22.83
1999-00 92.99 3.62 1.60 1.79 18.63 4.18 19.42 42.72 15.05
2000-01 91.22 5.40 1.84 1.54 23.24 4.18 22.14 33.54 16.90
Apr-01 91.61 6.24 1.43 0.72 18.82 3.01 25.17 36.81 16.19
May-01 94.84 3.09 1.36 0.71 19.55 3.99 25.28 38.4 12.78
Jun-01 95.77 2.85 0.88 0.50 19.92 3.58 22.88 41.31 12.31
Jul-01 94.86 3.35 1.14 0.65 20.51 4.78 20.60 41.66 12.45
Aug-01 95.99 2.04 1.19 0.78 21.71 3.53 24.49 39.05 11.22
Sep-01 94.63 3.38 1.31 0.68 25.33 4.17 24.19 31.78 14.53
Oct-01 96.21 2.11 1.03 0.65 26.98 4.19 23.74 34.58 10.51
Nov-01 95.76 2.70 0.67 0.87 25.96 3.97 24.49 34.66 10.92
Dec-01 96.02 2.59 0.83 0.56 26.51 4.65 23.11 33.89 11.84
Jan-02 95.11 2.83 0.88 1.18 25.43 4.46 19.19 36.09 14.83
Feb-02 95.58 1.18 1.59 1.65 25.16 4.53 19.78 34.26 16.27
Mar-02 94.68 1.54 2.03 1.75 24.23 4.61 19.43 35.84 15.89
2001-02 95.24 2.70 1.16 0.91 23.52 4.16 22.50 36.60 13.22
Apr-02 94.22 2.10 1.97 1.71 25.45 5.11 22.33 34.45 12.66
May-02 90.38 4.79 1.89 2.94 24.42 2.71 22.08 33.70 17.09
Jun-02 90.81 3.17 1.91 4.11 22.59 3.05 19.17 39.29 15.90
Jul-02 93.55 2.52 1.58 2.35 22.64 2.83 22.19 40.27 12.07
Aug-02 93.65 3.03 2.23 1.09 22.44 3.6 21.83 41.67 10.46
Sep-02 94.7 2.21 1.76 1.33 22.46 4.27 24.02 39.06 10.19
Oct-02 94.49 2.53 1.64 1.34 24.52 4.18 23.92 39.11 8.27
Nov-02 95.78 2.02 1.24 0.96 23.73 3.53 21.01 44.01 7.72
Dec-02 95.26 2.12 1.58 1.04 24.7 3.88 24.78 41.31 5.33
Jan-03 93.59 3.38 2.17 0.86 26.37 3.67 22.96 39.02 7.98
Feb-03 92.17 4.46 2.42 0.95 28.87 4.82 17.75 31.83 16.73
Mar-03 88.97 6.93 2.75 1.35 32.12 3.49 17.67 30.13 16.59
2002-03 93.62 3.02 1.87 1.49 24.81 3.77 22.03 38.77 10.62
Apr-03 91.01 4.95 2.67 1.37 32.55 3.40 18.65 35.91 9.49
May-03 93.36 3.07 2.09 1.48 32.28 3.83 18.74 36.89 8.26
Jun-03 95.80 2.32 1.11 0.77 33.59 3.58 19.03 37.08 6.72
Jul-03 94.48 3.20 1.67 0.65 33.15 5.10 17.77 37.37 6.61
Aug-03 94.53 2.60 2.15 0.72 33.34 4.97 16.34 39.09 6.26
Sep-03 91.32 5.17 2.56 0.95 36.13 5.33 15.32 37.01 6.21
Oct-03 92.74 3.92 2.40 0.94 35.78 5.81 16.38 35.86 6.17
Nov-03 91.62 5.72 1.68 0.98 40.68 5.16 14.61 33.90 5.65
Dec-03 91.31 5.34 2.24 1.11 35.49 4.25 16.00 37.65 6.61
Jan-04 90.71 5.98 1.66 1.65 35.78 4.47 17.38 34.85 7.52
Feb-04 90.89 6.42 1.78 0.91 36.32 3.93 17.28 32.54 9.93
Mar-04 89.29 5.79 2.48 2.44 36.21 3.96 16.30 33.82 9.71
2003-04 92.60 4.23 2.06 1.11 34.80 4.56 17.03 36.36 7.25
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Annexure 6-4: Market Capitalisation of WDM Securities
Month/Year (In Rs. mn.) (In per cent)

(end of
period) Govt. PSU State T-bills Others Total Govt. PSU State T-bills Others
Securities bonds loans securities bonds loans
Mar-95 861,748 256,750 58,674 171,294 233,344 1,581,810 54.48 16.23 3.71 10.83 14.75
Mar-96 1,254,925 300,740 138,497 84,523 299,150 2,077,835 60.40 14.47 6.67 4.07 14.40
Mar-97 1,698,298 362,111 188,914 134,599 543,797 2,927,719 58.01 12.37 6.45 4.60 18.57
Mar-98 1,962,904 353,226 239,892 174,973 700,910 3,431,905 57.20 10.29 6.99 5.10 20.42
Mar-99 2,600,017 349,936 305,161 112,918 746,665 4,114,697 63.19 8.50 7.42 2.74 18.15
Mar-00 3,198,650 393,570 394,770 153,450 799,890 4,940,330 64.75 7.97 7.99 3.11 16.19
Mar-01 3,972,280 363,650 446,240 177,250 848,940 5,808,360 68.39 6.26 7.68 3.05 14.62
Apr-01 4,241,610 361,990 450,950 186,670 852,510 6,093,730 69.61 5.94 7.40 3.06 13.99
May-01 4,382,030 363,150 469,400 185,380 853,740 6,253,700 70.07 5.81 7.51 2.96 13.65
Jun-01 4,422,900 388,650 473,020 210,560 849,170 6,344,300 69.71 6.13 7.46 3.32 13.38
Jul-01 4,613,830 394,420 478,100 222,720 832,730 6,541,800 70.53 6.03 7.31 3.40 12.73
Aug-01 4,701,480 427,190 507,110 230,410 828,350 6,694,540 70.23 6.38 7.57 3.44 12.37
Sep-01 4,747,790 427,810 502,170 233,470 870,370 6,781,610 70.01 6.31 7.40 3.44 12.83
Oct-01 4,907,810 423,430 523,670 236,520 877,760 6,969,190 70.42 6.08 7.51 3.39 12.59
Nov-01 5,127,020 432,600 538,290 235,860 878,560 7,212,330 71.09 6.00 7.46 3.27 12.18
Dec-01 5,141,710 418,230 547,710 242,660 874,670 7,224,980 71.17 5.79 7.58 3.36 12.11
Jan-02 5,298,960 415,660 579,550 240,040 880,870 7,415,080 71.46 5.61 7.82 3.24 11.88
Feb-02 5,414,010 411,300 596,750 243,660 895,200 7,560,920 71.61 5.44 7.89 3.22 11.84
Mar-02 5,426,010 399,440 613,850 238,490 890,160 7,567,950 71.70 5.28 8.11 3.15 11.76
Apr-02 5,553,940 407,160 631,060 242,180 890,790 7,725,130 71.89 5.27 8.17 3.13 11.54
May-02 5,541,370 403,330 640,650 247,450 894,100 7,726,900 71.72 5.22 8.29 3.20 11.57
Jun-02 5,622,420 397,590 666,490 251,880 890,980 7,829,360 71.81 5.08 8.51 3.22 11.38
Jul-02 5,867,902 396,432 667,181 260,652 876,039 8,068,205 72.73 4.91 8.27 3.23 10.86
Aug-02 6,014,100 398,720 664,240 265,800 864,930 8,207,790 73.27 4.86 8.09 3.24 10.54
Sep-02 6,022,010 400,030 670,740 271,010 862,640 8,226,430 73.20 4.86 8.15 3.29 10.50
Oct-02 6,178,400 401,270 685,890 277,970 862,760 8,406,290 73.50 4.77 8.16 3.31 10.26
Nov-02 6,363,920 399,020 695,000 283,770 652,800 8,394,510 75.81 4.75 8.28 3.38 7.78
Dec-02 6,551,476 394,310 703,679 308,519 650,582 8,608,567 76.10 4.58 8.17 3.58 7.57
Jan-03 6,627,659 395,881 709,317 349,341 652,099 8,734,297 75.88 4.53 8.12 4.00 7.47
Feb-03 6,590,778 384,043 711,151 361,557 632,263 8,679,792 75.93 4.42 8.19 4.17 7.29
Mar-03 6,580,017 383,828 720,940 349,188 610,839 8,644,812 76.12 4.44 8.34 4.04 7.06
Apr-03 6,849,121 396,611 722,953 328,804 621,630 8,919,119 76.79 4.45 8.11 3.69 6.96
May-03 7,104,199 420,145 702,136 321,470 621,100 9,169,050 77.48 4.58 7.66 3.51 6.77
Jun-03 7,435,606 421,653 718,456 328,090 635,140 9,538,945 77.95 4.42 7.53 3.44 6.66
Jul-03 7,838,750 424,775 719,503 325,150 638,590 9,946,768 78.81 4.27 7.23 3.27 6.42
Aug-03 7,988,496 449,448 746,743 365,203 651,400 10,201,290 78.31 4.41 7.32 3.58 6.39
Sep-03 8,070,012 444,392 763,531 402,549 619,900 10,300,384 78.35 4.31 7.41 3.91 6.02
Oct-03 9,562,953 445,440 770,372 407,028 610,920 11,796,713 81.06 3.78 6.53 3.45 5.18
Nov-03 9,542,587 444,861 771,543 365,070 602,230 11,726,291 81.38 3.79 6.58 3.11 5.14
Dec-03 9,599,031 464,356 772,923 326,392 626,560 11,789,262 81.42 3.94 6.56 2.77 5.31
Jan-04 9,673,514 461,211 783,046 322,324 680,600 11,920,695 81.15 3.87 6.57 2.70 5.71
Feb-04 9,681,552 492,235 790,358 322,291 715,071 12,001,507 80.67 4.10 6.59 2.69 5.96
Mar-04 9,593,017 568,319 793,403 326,920 876,979 12,158,638 78.90 4.67 6.53 2.69 7.21
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Annexure 6-5: FIMMDA NSE MIBID/MIBOR Rates
Month/Date Overnight 14 Day 1 Month rate 3 Month rate

at 9.40 a.m.* at 11.30 a.m.** at 11.30 a.m.*** at 11.30 a.m.***
MIBID MIBOR MIBID MIBOR MIBID MIBOR MIBID MIBOR
29-Jun-98 6.81 7.12 – – – – – –
31-Jul-98 3.25 4.18 – – – – – –
31-Aug-98 8.59 8.88 – – – – – –
30-Sep-98 8.18 8.38 – – – – – –
30-Oct-98 8.63 8.81 – – – – – –
30-Nov-98 8.00 8.06 8.44 9.06 – – – –
31-Dec-98 – – 8.87 9.45 9.45 10.24 10.43 11.28
30-Jan-99 8.33 8.51 8.80 9.34 9.32 10.04 10.40 11.08
27-Feb-99 9.12 9.27 9.23 9.82 9.87 10.46 10.94 11.45
31-Mar-99 10.87 12.97 9.09 10.06 9.44 10.35 10.30 11.20
29-Apr-99 8.25 8.45 8.25 9.01 8.93 9.72 9.83 10.63
31-May-99 8.04 8.19 8.44 8.93 9.01 9.78 9.80 10.72
30-Jun-99 – – 8.48 9.11 9.11 9.84 9.89 10.68
31-Jul-99 8.18 8.31 8.36 8.86 8.79 9.37 9.36 10.09
31-Aug-99 9.93 10.09 9.24 9.83 9.46 10.11 9.86 10.57
30-Sep-99 – – 9.11 9.64 9.57 10.20 10.06 10.70
30-Oct-99 8.10 8.26 8.82 9.62 9.45 10.17 10.31 11.08
30-Nov-99 7.95 8.04 8.40 9.02 9.08 9.75 10.05 10.70
31-Dec-99 7.07 7.57 8.61 9.27 9.12 9.89 9.76 10.53
31-Jan-00 8.09 8.19 8.33 8.85 8.78 9.32 9.60 10.31
29-Feb-00 8.99 9.10 8.76 9.66 8.98 9.80 9.38 10.24
31-Mar-00 14.10 16.52 9.98 10.93 9.90 10.82 9.96 10.96
29-Apr-00 6.96 7.06 7.35 8.11 8.03 8.68 8.78 9.47
31-May-00 6.92 7.02 7.76 8.66 8.25 9.12 8.92 9.64
30-Jun-00 – – 9.80 11.25 9.71 10.92 9.78 11.13
31-Jul-00 8.20 8.33 9.14 10.11 9.62 10.49 10.28 11.11
31-Aug-00 13.94 14.31 13.02 14.33 12.54 13.61 11.58 12.67
30-Sep-00 10.10 10.28 10.29 11.23 10.55 11.49 10.75 11.76
31-Oct-00 8.10 8.26 8.77 9.48 9.34 10.16 9.89 10.73
30-Nov-00 7.98 8.06 8.68 9.33 9.12 9.82 9.73 10.54
29-Dec-00 8.24 8.46 9.21 9.96 9.49 10.20 9.85 10.64
31-Jan-01 9.66 9.85 9.41 10.05 9.63 10.28 10.00 10.57
28-Feb-01 7.71 7.84 8.11 8.80 8.67 9.38 9.40 10.10
31-Mar-01 10.22 12.18 9.03 9.89 9.08 9.86 9.26 10.25
30-Apr-01 7.25 7.39 7.55 8.33 8.15 8.83 8.83 9.54
31-May-01 6.79 6.95 7.40 8.04 7.89 8.57 8.41 9.08
29-Jun-01 7.20 7.34 7.25 7.85 7.69 8.41 8.16 8.87
(Contd.)
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Annexure 6-5: FIMMDA NSE MIBID/MIBOR Rates – Contd.
Month/Date Overnight 14 Day 1 Month rate 3 Month rate

at 9.40 a.m.* at 11.30 a.m.** at 11.30 a.m.*** at 11.30 a.m.***
MIBID MIBOR MIBID MIBOR MIBID MIBOR MIBID MIBOR
31-Jul-01 6.91 7.04 7.29 7.88 7.58 8.17 7.99 8.66

31-Aug-01 6.92 7.03 7.01 7.40 7.34 7.82 7.82 8.32
28-Sep-01 7.77 8.21 7.52 8.14 8.07 8.70 8.33 8.98
31-Oct-01 8.47 8.77 7.15 7.72 7.39 8.03 7.61 8.37
29-Nov-01 6.42 6.59 6.74 7.23 7.26 7.80 7.77 8.32
31-Dec-01 7.80 8.11 7.42 8.04 7.63 8.26 7.88 8.57
31-Jan-02 6.51 6.64 6.89 7.40 7.15 7.73 7.73 8.41
28-Feb-02 6.94 7.16 6.84 7.33 7.23 7.78 7.79 8.37
30-Mar-02 7.44 11.09 7.41 8.06 7.39 8.05 7.63 8.29
30-Apr-02 6.45 6.61 6.58 7.13 7.01 7.63 7.53 8.19
31-May-02 6.01 6.16 6.64 7.29 7.17 7.79 7.48 8.24
28-Jun-02 4.99 5.35 6.04 6.56 6.35 6.98 6.80 7.50
31-Jul-02 5.65 5.75 5.80 6.16 6.01 6.42 6.35 6.84
31-Aug-02 5.67 5.75 5.73 6.02 5.98 6.34 6.37 6.81
28-Sep-02 5.70 5.77 5.73 6.07 5.91 6.32 6.28 6.81
31-Oct-02 5.45 5.53 5.50 5.71 5.65 5.87 5.85 6.23
30-Nov-02 5.21 5.39 5.45 5.65 5.59 5.82 5.77 6.10
31-Dec-02 5.59 5.71 5.50 5.69 5.60 5.90 5.80 6.21
31-Jan-03 6.02 6.20 5.60 5.97 5.67 6.04 5.82 6.30
28-Feb-03 6.29 6.52 5.62 5.92 5.66 6.13 5.73 6.27
31-Mar-03 6.69 7.13 5.66 6.30 5.83 6.37 5.73 6.36
30-Apr-03 4.61 4.88 5.00 5.32 5.18 5.51 5.33 5.76
31-May-03 4.78 4.96 4.93 5.26 5.03 5.36 5.19 5.60
30-Jun-03 4.76 4.99 4.91 5.14 4.96 5.30 5.14 5.52
31-Jul-03 4.83 5.00 4.97 5.13 5.01 5.23 5.06 5.39
31-Aug-03 4.37 4.50 4.50 4.66 4.53 4.73 4.69 4.94
30-Sep-03 4.45 4.59 4.41 4.63 4.49 4.73 4.64 4.94
31-Oct-03 4.42 4.53 4.69 4.96 4.73 5.02 4.82 5.21
30-Nov-03 4.25 4.48 4.47 4.62 4.54 4.70 4.66 4.93
31-Dec-03 4.31 4.50 4.45 4.62 4.50 4.72 4.66 4.91
31-Jan-04 4.27 4.49 4.47 4.67 4.57 4.77 4.70 5.00
29-Feb-04 4.29 4.47 4.45 4.63 4.56 4.72 4.72 5.00
31-Mar-04 4.30 4.51 4.44 4.68 4.57 4.82 4.73 5.05
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Note:
* Overnight : Disseminated since June 15, 1998.
** 14 Day : Disseminated since November 10, 1998.
*** 1 month : Disseminated since December 1, 1998.
*** 3 month : Disseminated Since December 1, 1998.
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Annexure 6-6: 1-day VaR (99%) for GoI Securities Traded on NSE-WDM as on March 31, 2004
Security Security Issue Normal Weighted Historical Weighted EVT Clean

Type Name Name Normal Simulation Historical Price
Simulation (off NSE-
ZCYC)
GS CG2007 11.90% 0.746 0.911 0.926 1.173 0.726 120.462

GS CG2007 13.05% 0.733 0.928 0.923 1.201 0.73 123.121
GS CG2008 11.40% 0.86 0.658 0.934 0.894 0.712 125.378
GS CG2008 12.25% 0.854 0.657 0.936 0.889 0.701 128.893
GS CG2009 11.99% 0.92 0.55 0.942 0.381 0.71 130.861
GS CG2009 6.65% 0.999 0.516 1.036 0.36 0.745 107.346
GS CG2009 6.96% 0.991 0.52 1.028 0.72 0.74 108.694
GS CG2010 11.30% 1.091 0.381 1.053 0.324 0.749 133.316
GS CG2010 12.25% 1.065 0.392 1.028 0.313 0.748 138.084
GS CG2010 12.29% 1.013 0.436 0.997 0.62 0.727 136.269
GS CG2010 6% 1.137 0.402 1.117 0.336 0.79 104.729
GS CG2010 6.20% 1.14 0.398 1.122 0.338 0.797 105.747
GS CG2010 6.40% 1.159 0.384 1.131 0.304 0.806 106.838
GS CG2010 7.55% 1.147 0.379 1.11 0.31 0.788 112.904
GS CG2011 10.95% 1.206 0.349 1.14 0.269 0.825 134.402
GS CG2011 12.32% 1.134 0.357 1.076 0.277 0.76 141.092
GS CG2011 9.39% 1.259 0.353 1.187 0.324 0.86 125.309
GS CG2011 A 11.50% 1.253 0.355 1.166 0.287 0.86 139.455
GS CG2012 11.03% 1.346 0.388 1.22 0.318 0.893 138.557
GS CG2012 6.85% 1.463 0.427 1.24 0.316 1.001 110.415
GS CG2012 7.40% 1.449 0.422 1.234 0.33 0.982 114.059
GS CG2013 7.27% 1.645 0.542 1.43 0.375 1.091 113.999
GS CG2013 9.81% 1.493 0.464 1.275 0.357 0.983 132.258
GS CG2014 11.83% 1.581 0.524 1.419 0.399 1.016 151.327
GS CG2014 6.72% 1.745 0.597 1.536 0.635 1.153 109.997
GS CG2014 7.37% 1.722 0.587 1.53 0.4 1.126 115.058
GS CG2015 10.47% 1.659 0.562 1.549 0.399 1.042 140.86
GS CG2015 11.43% 1.671 0.569 1.574 0.401 1.062 149.964
GS CG2015 7.38% 1.892 0.67 1.805 0.479 1.21 115.684
GS CG2015 9.85% 1.758 0.609 1.68 0.437 1.114 136.895
GS CG2016 10.71% 1.768 0.613 1.728 0.975 1.125 145.273
GS CG2016 12.30% 1.724 0.593 1.667 1.144 1.094 159.847
GS CG2017 7.46% 2.096 0.758 2.058 0.556 1.369 116.928
GS CG2017 7.49% 2.058 0.738 2.011 0.543 1.337 117.128
GS CG2017 8.07% 1.99 0.709 1.891 0.52 1.271 122.384
GS CG2018 10.45% 1.961 0.711 1.916 0.558 1.247 146.282
(Contd.)
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Annexure 6-6: 1-day VaR (99%) for GoI Securities Traded on NSE-WDM as on March 31, 2004 – Contd.
Security Security Issue Normal Weighted Historical Weighted EVT Clean

Type Name Name Normal Simulation Historical Price
Simulation (off NSE-
ZCYC)
GS CG2018 5.69% 2.383 0.911 2.42 1.478 1.552 99.521

GS CG2018 6.25% 2.246 0.826 2.233 1.479 1.469 105.34
GS CG2019 10.03% 2.083 0.82 2.108 1.306 1.385 143.713
GS CG2019 5.64% 2.417 0.943 2.451 0.726 1.6 98.85
GS CG2019 6.05% 2.404 0.971 2.444 0.722 1.605 102.777
GS CG2020 6.35% 2.415 1.031 2.472 1.355 1.697 105.667
GS CG2021 10.25% 2.198 1.048 2.295 1.006 1.581 148.009
GS CG2022 8.35% 2.386 1.34 2.427 1.788 1.82 127.489
GS CG2023 6.17% 2.683 1.851 2.835 2.616 2.154 102.451
GS CG2023 6.30% 2.653 1.781 2.782 2.049 2.137 104.029
GS CG2028 6.01% 2.982 3.454 3.556 2.919 2.665 98.827
GS CG2028 6.13% 2.976 3.481 3.552 2.936 2.663 100.305
GS CG2032 7.95% 2.978 4.174 3.585 4.268 2.806 124.071
TB 364D 20404 0.006 0.008 0.008 0.013 0.007 99.974
TB 364D 40205 0.494 0.836 0.669 0.59 0.582 96.081
TB 364D 40305 0.517 0.877 0.729 0.63 0.607 95.736
TB 364D 70105 0.469 0.79 0.634 0.558 0.554 96.428
TB 364D 101204 0.442 0.738 0.607 1.051 0.514 96.776
TB 364D 121104 0.412 0.682 0.568 0.973 0.472 97.125
TB 364D 150504 0.118 0.173 0.162 0.267 0.134 99.418
TB 364D 170904 0.342 0.553 0.478 0.769 0.392 97.827
TB 364D 180305 0.527 0.896 0.747 0.633 0.614 95.563
TB 364D 280504 0.147 0.219 0.198 0.146 0.167 99.251
TB 364D 300404 0.082 0.117 0.11 0.079 0.092 99.612
Source: NSE
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183 Derivatives Market ISMR
Derivatives Market
Introduction
By their very nature Financial markets are volatile. Through the use of derivative products, it
is possible to manage volatility and risks of faced by the financial agents. Given the different
risk bearing capacity of them, with some of the agents being risk-averse and some risk-lover,
derivatives emerged essentially to satisfy both of them. Derivatives are financial contracts whose
values are derived from the value of an underlying primary financial instrument, commodity
or index, such as: interest rates, exchange rates, commodities, and equities. Derivatives include
a wide assortment of financial contracts, including forwards, futures, swaps and options. As
per the definition of the International Monetary Fund, derivatives are “financial instruments that
are linked to a specific financial instrument or indicator or commodity and through which specific financial
risks can be traded in financial markets in their own right. The value of a financial derivative derives
from the price of an underlying item, such as an asset or index. Unlike debt securities, no principal is advanced
to be repaid and no investment income accrues.” Derivatives allow financial institutions and other
participants to identify, isolate and manage separately the market risks in financial instruments
and commodities for the purpose of hedging, speculating, arbitraging price differences and
adjusting portfolio risks.
The emergence of the market for derivative products, most notably forwards, futures
and options, can be traced back to the 12th century. At that time these were used exhaustively in
agricultural markets. The primary motivation for pre-arranging a buyer/seller for a stock of
commodities in early forward contracts was to lessen the possibility that large swings would
inhibit marketing the commodity after a harvest. Subsequently, in the past few decades (post
1970s) derivatives have been used extensively in financial markets to respond to the increased
volatility in exchange rates, interest rates. Through the use of derivative products, it has been
possible to partially or fully transfer price risks by locking-in asset prices. As instruments of
risk management, derivative products generally do not influence the fluctuations in the underlying
asset prices. However, by locking-in asset prices, derivative products minimise the impact of
fluctuations in asset prices on the profitability and cash flow situation of risk-averse investors.
In recent years, the market for financial derivatives, both OTC as well as exchange traded,
has grown both in terms of variety of instruments available, their complexity and also turnover.
Need for a Derivatives Market

The derivatives market performs a number of economic functions.
1. The prices in an organised derivatives market reflect the perception of market participants
about the future and lead the prices of underlying to the perceived future level. The prices
of derivatives normally would converge with the prices of the underlying at the expiration
of derivative contract. Thus derivatives help in discovery of future as well as current prices.
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2. The derivatives market helps to transfer risks from those who have them but may not
like them to those who have appetite for them i.e. transferring the risk from risk averse
people to risk oriented people.
3. Derivatives due to their inherent nature are linked to the underlying cash markets. With
the introduction of derivatives, the underlying market may witness higher trading volumes
because of participation by more players who would not otherwise participate for lack of
an arrangement to transfer risk.
4. Speculative trades may shift to a more controlled environment of derivatives market. In
the absence of an organised derivatives market, speculators trade in the underlying cash
markets. Margining, monitoring and surveillance of the activities of various participants
become extremely difficult in such mixed markets.
5. Derivatives markets help increase savings and investment in the long run. Transfer of
risk enables market participants to expand their volume of activity.
Products, Participants and Functions

Derivative contracts have several variants. Some of them have been described herewith:
Forward contract is a customised contract between two entities, where settlement takes place on
a specific date in the future at today’s pre-agreed price.
Futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a certain time in
the future at a certain price. Futures contracts are special types of forward contracts in the
sense that the former are standardized exchange-traded contracts.
Option contract are of two types – calls and puts. Call option give the buyer the right but not the
obligation to buy a given quantity of the underlying asset, at a given price on or before a given
future date. Whereas put option give the buyer the right, but not the obligation to sell a given
quantity of the underlying asset at a given price on or before a given date.
Swaps are private agreements between two parties to exchange cash flows in the future according
to a pre-arranged formula. The two commonly used swaps are:
• Interest rate swaps: These entail swapping only the interest related cash flows between
the parties in the same currency.
• Currency swaps: These entail swapping both principal and interest between the parties,
with the cash flows in one direction being in a different currency than those in the opposite
direction.
Warrants: All options having maturity above one year are called warrants. These are generally
traded over-the-counter.
LEAP the acronym for Long-term Equity Anticipation Securities are options having a maturity
of up to three years.
Swaptions are options to buy/sell a swap that will become operative at the expiry of the option.
Thus a swaption is an option on a forward swap. Rather than having calls and puts, the swaptions
market has receiver swaptions and payer swaptions. A receiver swaption is an option to receive
fixed and pay floating, whereas a payer swaption is an option to pay fixed and receive floating.
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There are three broad categories of participants who trade in the derivatives market. They are
as discussed below:
Hedgers use futures or options markets to reduce or eliminate the risk associated with
price of an asset.
Speculators use futures and options contracts to get extra leverage in betting on future
movements in the price of an asset. They can increase both the potential gains and
potential losses by usage of derivatives in a speculative venture.
Arbitrageurs are in business to take advantage of a discrepancy between prices in two different
markets. If, for example, they see the futures price of an asset getting out of line with the
cash price, they will take offsetting positions in the two markets to lock in a profit.
Exchange-traded vs. OTC Markets

The OTC market for derivative contracts has existed in some form or other since many years.
It is a negotiated and client specific market. The features of this market are as below:
i. The management of counter-party (credit) risk is decentralised and located within individual
institutions;
ii. There are no formal centralised limits on individual positions, leverage, or margining;
iii. There are no formal rules for risk and burden-sharing;
iv. There are no formal rules or mechanisms for ensuring market stability and integrity, and
for safeguarding the collective interests of market participants; and
v. OTC contracts are generally not regulated by a regulatory authority although they are
affected indirectly by national legal systems, banking supervision and market surveillance.
Some of the features of OTC derivatives markets can give rise to financial instability
affecting not only institutions but also the overall domestic financial markets. Thus it poses to
be a threat to the stability of the entire international financial system. Few of them are: (i) the
dynamic nature of gross credit exposures; (ii) information asymmetries; (iii) the effects of
OTC derivative activities on available aggregate credit; (iv) the high concentration of OTC
derivative activities in major institutions; and (v) the central role of OTC derivatives markets in
the global financial system. Sharp movements in underlying asset prices and counter-party
defaults give rise to instability, which apart from significantly altering the perceptions of current,
also alters potential future credit exposures. If the asset prices change rapidly, the size and
configuration of counter-party exposures may become unsustainably large and provoke a rapid
unwinding of positions.
There has been some progress in addressing these risks and perceptions. However, the
progress has been limited in implementing reforms in risk management, including counter-
party, liquidity and operational risks as they are outside the regulatory purview. In view of the
inherent risks associated with OTC derivatives, Indian law considers them illegal except for
specific contracts under FRAs/IRS on domestic currency as allowed by RBI.
Development of Derivatives Market in India

The prohibition on options in securities was withdrawn with the promulgation of the Securities
Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 1995. This paved the way for introduction of derivatives in the
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Indian financial markets. On November 18, 1996, SEBI set up a 24-member Committee under
the Chairmanship of Dr. L. C. Gupta to develop appropriate regulatory framework for
derivatives trading in India. The Committee was of the view that derivatives should be declared
as ‘securities’ so that regulatory framework applicable to trading of ‘securities’ could be
extended to govern derivatives. Under the Chairmanship of Prof. J. R. Varma, SEBI set up
another group in June 1998 to recommend measures for risk containment in derivatives
market. The Report worked out the operational details of margining system, methodology
for charging initial margins, broker net worth, deposit requirement and real-time monitoring
requirements.
In December 1999, the Securities Contract Regulation Act [SC(R)A] was amended to include
derivatives within the ambit of ‘securities’. Thereafter a regulatory framework was developed
for governing the trading in derivatives. Derivatives were formally defined to include: (a) a security
derived from a debt instrument, share, loan whether secured or unsecured, risk instrument or contract for
differences or any other form of security, and (b) a contract which derives its value from the prices, or index
of prices, or underlying securities. The Act also made it clear that derivatives are legal and valid, but
only if such contracts are traded on a recognised stock exchange. The Government also rescinded
in March 2000 the three-decade old notification, which prohibited forward trading in securities.
Derivatives trading commenced in India after SEBI granted the final approval to
commence trading and settlement in approved derivative contracts on the NSE and BSE.
NSE started operations in the derivatives segment on June 12, 2000. Initially, NSE introduced
futures contracts on S&P CNX Nifty index. However, the basket of instruments has widened
considerably. Now trading in futures and options is based on not only on S&P CNX Nifty
index, but also on CNX IT Index as well as options and futures on single stocks (currently on
51 stocks) and also futures on interest rates.
Global Derivatives Markets1

As per the FIA Annual Volume Survey the global overall futures and options trading volume
recorded a rise of 30.5% in 2003. The futures and options volume registered a growth of
27.7% and 32%, respectively, in the year 2003.
Year Wise Trend of Derivatives Trading (in terms of contracts)
(in millions)
Year US Exchanges Non-US Exchanges Global
1992 550.39 387.83 938.22
1993 523.36 538.36 1,061.72
1994 807.87 779.83 1,587.70
1995 776.64 905.99 1,682.63
1996 793.63 975.34 1,768.97
1997 905.16 1,025.07 1,930.23
1998 1,033.20 1,142.65 2,175.81
1999 1,100.86 1,301.98 2,405.84
2000 1,313.65 1,675.80 2,989.45
2001 1,578.62 2,768.70 4,347.32
2002 1,844.90 4,372.38 6,217.28
2003 2,172.52 5,940.22 8,112.74
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Data source is Futures Industry Magazine, March/April 2004.
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The trading in equity derivatives has grown by 42% in 2003 as compared to the previous
year, followed by Interest rates registering growth of 27%.
Volume by Category
(in millions)
GLOBAL 2003 2002 % Change
Equity Indices 3,960.87 2,791.18 41.91
Interest Rate 1,881.27 1,478.44 27.25
Individual Equities 1,558.52 1,354.70 15.05
Energy Products 261.15 199.39 30.97
Ag Commodities 217.56 209.37 3.91
Non-Precious Metals 90.39 71.57 26.30
Foreign Currency/Index 77.85 60.56 28.55
Precious Metals 64.46 51.26 25.75
Other 0.66 0.80 -17.50
Total Volume 8,112.73 6,217.28 30.49
The details for the top 20 contracts for the year 2003 are presented in Table 7-1. Kospi
200 options of KSE led the table with more than 2.8 billion contracts in 2003 followed by
Euro-Bond Futures of Eurex.
Table 7-1: Top 20 Contracts for the year 2003

(in millions — net of individual equities)
Sl. Contract Exchange 2003 2002 Volume % Change
No. Change
1 Kospi 200 Options KSE 2,837.72 1,889.82 947.90 50.16
2 Euro-Bond Futures Eurex 244.41 191.26 53.15 27.79
3 3 Month Eurodollar Futures CME 208.77 202.08 6.69 3.31
4 TIIE 28 Futures MexDer 162.08 80.60 81.48 101.09
5 E-Mini S&P 500 Index Futures CME 161.18 115.74 45.44 39.26
6 Euro-Bobl Futures Eurex 150.09 114.68 35.41 30.88
7 10 Year T-Note Futures CBOT 146.75 95.79 50.96 53.20
8 3 Month Euribor Futures Euronext 137.69 105.76 31.93 30.19
9 Euro-Schatz Futures Eurex 117.37 108.76 8.61 7.92
10 DJ Euro Stoxx 50 Futures Eurex 116.04 86.35 29.69 34.38
11 3-Month Eurodollar Options CME 100.82 105.58 -4.76 -4.51
12 5-Year T-Note Futures CBOT 73.75 50.51 23.24 46.01
13 CAC 40 Index Options Euronext 73.67 84.34 -10.67 -12.65
14 E-Mini Nasdaq 100 Futures CME 67.89 54.49 13.40 24.59
15 30-Year T-Bond Futures CBOT 63.52 56.08 7.44 13.27
16 Kospi 200 Futures KSE 62.20 42.87 19.33 45.09
17 DJ Euro Stoxx 50 Options Eurex 61.79 39.48 22.31 56.51
18 No. I Soybean Futures DCE 60.00 12.69 47.31 372.81
19 3-Month Euribor Options Euronext 57.73 33.48 24.25 72.43
20 Interest Rate Futures BM&F 57.64 48.57 9.07 18.67
Source: FI Futures Industry, March/April 2004. The monthly magazine of the FIA.
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NSE, too, has been making huge strides by moving upwards in the global ranking.
NSEIL ranked second (2nd) next only to RTS Stock Exchange in the single stock future category
(Table 7-2). NSE has been ranked 20th in the global futures and options volume in 2003
against its rank of 33rd in the previous year (Table 7-3). In the top 40 Futures Exchanges of the
World, NSE stands at the 14th position (Table 7-4).
Table 7-2: Futures on Individual Equities (Stock Futures)
(Number of Contracts)
Exchange 2002 2003
RTS Stock Exchange 21,320,434 31,782,174
National Stock Exchange of India 8,587,332 25,572,505
Spanish Exchange (BME) 12,645,186 12,492,568
Euronext 7,570,175 7,004,235
JSE South Africa 2,224,042 4,585,919
Helsinki 2,157,347 1,675,025
Stockholm 1,290,181 1,424,890
Budapest 452,638 618,261
Athens Derivatives Exchange 202,730 477,464
Borsa Italiana 59,853 468,083
Australian 412,535 267,630
Mumbai 28,339 103,936
Warsaw 92,097 93,055
SFE Corporation 29,286 47,822
Hongkong 21,056 18,654
Singapore 13,690 549
Copenhagen 1,170 310
Source: WFE 2003 Annual Report and Statistics.
Table 7-3: Global Futures and Options Volume
Rank Exchange Volume % Change

2003 2002 2002 2003
1 1 Korea Stock Exchange 1,932,749,868 2,899,937,895 50.04
2 2 Eurex 801,200,873 1,014,932,312 26.68
3 3 Euronext 696,323,560 694,970,981 -0.19
4 4 Chicago Mercantile Exchange 558,447,820 640,209,634 14.64
5 5 Chicago Board of Trade 343,882,529 454,190,749 32.08
6 6 Chicago Board Options Exchange 267,616,496 283,946,495 6.10
7 8 International Securities Exchange 152,399,279 244,968,190 60.74
8 7 American Stock Exchange 186,039,445 180,074,778 -3.21
9 11 Bovespa 90,884,897 177,223,140 95.00
10 14 Mexican Derivatives Exchange 84,274,979 173,820,944 106.25
11 9 New York Mercantile Exchange 133,744,435 137,225,439 2.60
12 10 BM&F 101,615,788 120,785,602 18.86
13 12 Philadelphia Stock Exchange 88,955,247 112,705,597 26.70
14 15 Tokyo Commodity Exchange 75,413,190 87,252,219 15.70
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Table 7-3: Global Futures and Options Volume (Contd.)

2003 2002 2002 2003
15 13 Pacific Exchange 85,426,649 86,152,637 0.85

16 18 Dalian Commodity Exchange 48,407,404 74,973,493 54.88
17 17 London Metal Exchange 58,634,004 72,308,327 23.32
18 16 OM 60,920,817 72,137,347 18.41
19 21 Sydney Futures Exchange 36,243,524 44,755,340 23.49
20 33 National Stock Exchange of India 13,287,113 43,081,968 224.24
21 34 Shanghai Futures Exchange 12,173,083 40,079,750 229.25
22 19 Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange 41,419,705 38,098,479 -8.02
23 22 Singapore Exchange 32,887,395 35,648,224 8.39
24 24 International Petroleum Exchange 30,441,474 33,341,244 9.53
25 23 JSE Securities Exchange South Africa 30,966,583 33,001,743 6.57
26 36 Taiwan Futures Exchange 7,944,254 31,874,934 301.23
27 25 Central Japan Commodity Exchange 30,011,863 31,538,530 5.09
28 20 MEFF 41,382,257 31,471,330 -23.95
29 27 Osaka Securities Exchange 20,584,972 28,235,033 37.16
30 26 New York Board of Trade 20,928,479 24,832,158 18.65
31 28 Tokyo Grain Exchange 18,728,266 21,120,468 12.77
32 29 Italian Derivatives Market 17,246,629 17,731,994 2.81
33 32 Bourse de Montreal 14,491,971 17,682,999 22.02
34 30 Tokyo Stock Exchange 14,759,690 17,035,830 15.42
35 58 Australian Stock Exchange N/A 16,955,039 N/A
36 35 Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing 11,029,404 14,546,213 31.89
37 31 Korea Futures Exchange 14,623,295 12,956,139 -11.40
38 37 Osaka Mercantile Exchange 5,207,652 6,162,589 18.34
39 51 Budapest Stock Exchange 1,072,966 4,939,893 360.40
40 39 Tokyo International Finance Futures Exchange 4,470,763 4,771,917 6.74
41 41 Oslo Stock Exchange 3,175,729 3,823,814 20.41
42 46 Budapest Commodity Exchange 1,624,401 3,673,978 126.17
43 38 Kansai Commodities Exchange 4,491,954 3,444,296 -23.32
44 40 Kansas City Board of Trade 3,326,836 3,099,805 -6.82
45 55 Rosario Futures Exchange 408,470 2,842,496 595.89
46 42 Fukuoka Futures Exchange 3,170,986 2,739,383 -13.61
47 49 Malaysia Derivatives Exchange 1,276,787 2,009,460 57.38
48 43 Helsinki Exchanges 2,644,358 1,968,343 -25.56
49 47 Yokohama Commodity Exchange 1,507,210 1,852,158 22.89
50 44 Winnipeg Commodity Exchange 2,193,283 1,842,776 -15.98
51 56 OneChicago 184,081 1,619,194 779.61
52 48 Wiener Borse 1,327,084 1,392,529 4.93
53 45 Broker Tec Futures Exchange 2,109,670 1,356,825 -35.69
54 50 Minneapolis Grain Exchange 1,262,769 1,133,731 -10.22
55 57 NQLX 90,091 858,900 853.37
56 53 Copenhagen Stock Exchange 536,796 762,050 41.96
57 52 New Zealand Futures Exchange 627,018 493,250 -21.33
58 54 MidAmerica Commodity Exchange 483,253 142,298 -70.55
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Table 7-4: Top 40 Futures Exchanges (Volume figures do not include options on futures)

2003 2002 2002 2003
1 1 Eurex 536,013,920 668,650,028 24.74
2 2 Chicago Mercantile Exchange 444,537,987 530,989,007 19.45
3 3 Chicago Board of Trade 276,316,047 373,669,290 35.23
4 4 Euronext 221,275,462 267,822,143 21.04
5 7 Mexican Derivatives Exchange 84,274,979 173,820,944 106.25
6 6 BM&F 95,912,579 113,895,061 18.75
7 5 New York Mercantile Exchange 107,359,719 111,789,658 4.13
8 8 Tokyo Commodity Exchange 75,413,190 87,252,219 15.70
9 10 Dalian Commodity Exchange 48,407,404 74,973,493 54.88
10 9 London Metal Exchange 56,303,779 68,570,154 21.79
11 11 Korea Stock Exchange 42,868,164 62,204,783 45.11
12 12 Sydney Futures Exchange 33,987,967 41,831,862 23.08
13 22 Shanghai Futures Exchange 12,173,083 40,079,750 229.25
14 25 National Stock Exchange of India 10,199,111 36,141,561 254.36
15 13 Singapore Exchange 32,623,190 35,356,776 8.38
16 14 International Petroleum Exchange 30,233,664 33,258,385 10.00
17 15 Central Japan Commodity Exchange 30,011,863 31,538,530 5.09
18 16 OM 20,208,149 22,667,198 12.17
19 17 Tokyo Grain Exchange 18,670,931 21,084,727 12.93
20 19 New York Board of Trade 16,272,144 18,822,048 15.67
21 18 MEFF 17,314,065 17,110,745 -1.17
22 21 Tokyo Stock Exchange 13,630,046 15,965,175 17.13
23 23 JSE Securities Exchange South Africa 11,233,002 14,947,523 33.07
24 24 Osaka Securities Exchange 11,134,754 13,231,287 18.83
25 20 Korea Futures Exchange 14,596,861 12,954,907 -11.25
26 26 Bourse de Montréal 8,058,498 10,676,279 32.48
27 28 Taiwan Futures Exchange 6,377,808 9,953,118 56.06
28 29 Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing 6,228,037 8,174,652 31.26
29 27 Italian Derivatives Market 7,071,028 7,302,565 3.27
30 30 Osaka Mercantile Exchange 5,207,652 6,162,589 18.34
31 45 Budapest Stock Exchange 1,072,566 4,939,893 360.57
32 32 Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange 4,470,763 4,771,917 6.74
33 31 Kansai Commodities Exchange 4,488,914 3,441,365 -23.34
34 42 Budapest Commodity Exchange 1,338,846 3,237,088 141.78
35 35 Fukuoka Futures Exchange 3,170,986 2,739,383 -13.61
36 50 Rosario Futures Exchange 399,432 2,708,313 578.04
37 36 Kansas City Board of Trade 2,755,949 2,634,424 -4.41
38 43 Malaysia Derivatives Exchange 1,276,787 2,009,460 57.38
39 41 Yokohama Commodity Exchange 1,507,210 1,852,158 22.89
40 39 Winnipeg Commodity Exchange 2,155,796 1,811,616 -15.97
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Policy Developments
This section discusses the policy developments initiated by the regulators and the Government
during April 2003 to June 2004.
I. Introduction of Exchange Traded Interest Rate Derivatives

A scheme for introduction of futures contracts on dated Government Security and Treasury
Bills and its risk containment measures have been framed by the SEBI in consultation with the
Government and the RBI. The product specifications and the risk containment measures are
as follows:
Product Specifications
i. The Exchange should initially introduce notional long bond (10-years maturity) and
T-bills futures. The notional underlying should be a coupon bond or/and a zero coupon
bond. The exchange should specify the coupon rate and disclose the same to the market
prior to introduction of the contracts. The minimum contract size of any interest rate
derivative contract should not be less than Rs. 2,00,000 at the time of the launch.
ii. The bonds should be quoted on the basis of prices, yields or 100-yield, initially up to
2 decimal points and after a period of two months since the introduction of the contract
up to 4 decimal points. Both the futures have to be initially settled in cash.
iii. The Exchanges are also permitted to introduce futures contracts on the notional bonds
up to a maturity of one year. They are given freedom to determine the maturity structures
of the contracts. There can either be quarterly contracts beyond the first three months,
and whether the quarters should be fixed or rolling months of the year.
iv. The final settlement price of the futures should be determined using a “zero coupon
yield curve (ZCYC)”. The ZCYC should be computed from the prices of government
securities traded on the Exchange/s or reported on the NDS of RBI or both.

The parameters for risk containment model include the following:
i. Initial Margin: The Initial Margin requirements should be based on the worst
scenario loss on a portfolio of a client to cover 99% VaR over one day horizon across
different possible price changes, based on the volatility estimates, and volatility changes.
The (σt) (sigma) should be estimated at the end of day using the previous volatility estimate
i.e. as at the end of t-1 day (σt - 1), and the return (rt) observed in the futures market during
day t.
The formula should be (σ t) 2 = λ (σt - 1) 2 + (1 - λ)(rt)2 where (i) λ is a parameter which
determines how rapidly volatility estimates changes. The value of λ is fixed at 0.94 and
(ii) σ (sigma) means the standard deviation of daily returns in the interest rate futures
contract. In case of long bond futures, the price scan range should be 3.5σ and in no case
the initial margin should be less than 2% of the notional value of the contract. For T-Bill
futures, the price scan range should be 3.5σ and in no case the initial margin should be
less than 0.2% of the notional value of the contract.
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ii. Calendar Spread Charge: The Calendar spread margin is charged in addition to the
initial margin. For interest rate futures contracts a calendar spread margin should be at a
flat rate of 0.125% per month of spread on the far month contract subject to minimum
margin of 0.25% and a maximum margin of 0.75% on the far side of the spread with legs
up to 1 year apart.
iii. Exposure Limits: The notional value of gross open positions at any point in futures
contracts on the Notional 10 year bond and T-bill should not exceed 100 times and
1000 times the available liquid net worth of a member, respectively.
iv. Real Time Computation: Initially, the zero coupon yield curve should be computed at
the end of the day. However, the Exchange/yield curve provider should endeavour to
compute the ZCYC on a real time basis or at least several times during the course of the
day.
v. Margin Collection and Enforcement: The mark to market settlement margin should
be collected before start of the next day’s trading. If mark to market margins is not
collected before start of the next day’s trading, the clearing corporation/house should
collect correspondingly higher initial margin to cover the potential for losses over the
time elapsed in the collection of margins. The higher initial margin should be calculated
as specified in the Prof. J.R. Varma committee reports on risk containment measures for
index futures. The mark to market margin is to be paid in cash.
vi. Position Limits: The positions limits for interest rate futures contracts should be specified
at the client level and for the near month contracts. It should be Rs. 100 crore or 15% of
open interest whichever is higher.
II. Investments by FIIs/NRIs in Exchange Traded Derivative Contracts

The Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of security by a Person Resident outside
India) Regulations 2000 have been amended to include that (i) a registered FII having a valid
account under FERA 1973 or under FEMA 1999 may trade in all SEBI approved exchange
traded derivative contracts (ii) a Non-Resident Indian (NRI) may also invest in exchange traded
derivative contracts out of INR funds held in India on non-repatriable basis. These investments
will however not be eligible for repatriation benefits.
In addition, the investments by FIIs/NRIs should be subject to the position limits as
specified by SEBI.
The FII position limit, which came into effect from October 31, 2003, is as follows:
• For stocks, in which the market wide position limit is less than or equal to Rs. 250 crore,
the FII position limit in such stock should be 20% of the market wide limit.
• The FII position limit in stock, in which the market wide position limit is greater than
Rs. 250 crore, should be Rs. 50 crore.
The position limits for NRIs should be as follows:
• For index based contracts, a disclosure is required for any person or persons acting in
concert who together owns 15% or more of the open interest of all derivative contracts
on a particular underlying index.
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• For stock option and single stock futures contracts, the gross open position across all
derivative contracts on a particular underlying stock of a NRI should not exceed the
higher of 1% of the free float market capitalization (in terms of number of shares) OR
5% of the open interest in the derivative contracts on a particular underlying stock (in
terms of number of contracts).
This position limits would be applicable on the combined position in all derivative contracts
on an underlying stock at an exchange. The Exchange should monitor the position limits for
both of them. The NRI would be required to notify the Exchange the names of the Clearing
Member/s who will clear his derivative trades. The Exchange would then assign a unique client
code to the NRI.
III. Interest Rate Future Contracts

As per the recommendations of the SEBI Advisory Committee on Derivatives and Market
Risk Management, SEBI has also decided to permit interest rate futures contract on a “10 year
coupon bearing notional bond” which would be priced off a basket of bonds. The scheme for
introduction of such futures contract and the risk containment measures are as follows: -
Product Specification
a. With the prior approval of SEBI, the interest rate derivatives (IRD) contract could be
traded on the derivative exchange/segment and settled through the Clearing house/
corporation of the Exchange. The contracts should comply with the relevant requirements
as specified by SEBI.
b. The minimum contract size of the IRD contract should not be less than Rs. 2,00,000 at
the time of its introduction in the market.
c. The interest rate futures contract on a 10 year coupon bearing notional bond should be
priced on the basis of the ‘Yield To Maturity’ (YTM) of a basket comprising bonds
with maturity ranging from 9 to 11 years. The basket should comprise of at least three
bonds and the YTM of the basket should be a simple average of each bond’s YTM in the
basket. The Exchanges have to prescribe the precise formula, including the day count
and other conventions, for arriving at the YTM’s of the bonds constituting the basket.
d. The interest rate futures contract should be with a maximum maturity of 12 months and
be settled through cash. The Exchange should decide the nature of contracts; it can have
quarterly contracts beyond the first three months, or the quarters could be fixed months
of the year or rolling quarterly horizon from the contract introduction date.
e. The features of the notional bond including, the coupon rate should be disclosed to the
market in advance and should form a part of the contract specification.
f. The composition of the basket of bonds should be disclosed to the market prior to the
launch of the futures contract. The Exchange should specify the eligibility criteria for
selecting the bonds constituting the basket. It should also review the eligibility criteria
and the basket at periodic intervals. The eligibility criteria should be based on volume,
turnover etc., and should be disclosed to the market.
g. The price of the futures contract should be quoted and traded as 100 minus the YTM of
the basket.
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h. For the purpose of computing the final settlement price, the Exchange should disclose,
in advance, the methodology for arriving at the YTMs of the bonds, comprising the
basket.
i. The final settlement price of the notional bond should be obtained by discounting the
cash flows of the notional bond at the YTM of the basket. The precise formulas for
arriving at the settlement price, including, the day count and other conventions, should
be fully disclosed to the market.
j. The Exchange should specify the parameters to determine whether a bond constituting
the basket is illiquid. For this purpose an illiquid bond should be one where, in the opinion
of the Exchange, the volumes and/or turnover in a bond are not sufficient to reflect the
fair price of the bond. In the event that bonds comprising the basket become illiquid
during the life of the contract the following measures should be adopted:
• In case a bond is illiquid for 7 consecutive days excluding the shut period, reconstitution
of the basket should be attempted. In case reconstitution of the basket is not possible,
the YTM of the basket should be determined from the YTMs of the remaining bonds
for arriving at the final settlement price and the daily closing price.
• Polled prices should be used for determining the final settlement price and the daily
closing price, when at least 2 out of the 3 bonds comprising the basket become
illiquid. Polling should be carried out by the Exchange in a transparent manner and
the prices of bond constituting the basket should be regularly polled and published.
The methodology of polling should also be disclosed to the market.

The portfolio based margining system presently applicable to the exchange traded equity and
interest rate derivative contracts is to be extended to the interest rate futures contracts. The
margins should be computed by taking an integrated view comprising positions of a client in
all the derivative contracts.
IV. Issuance of Offshore Derivative Instruments by Registered FIIs

In February 2004, SEBI amended the SEBI (FII) Regulations, 1995 to include a new regulation
which states that “a FII or sub-account may issue, deal in or hold, offshore derivative instruments
such as Participatory Notes (P-Notes), Equity Linked Notes (ELN) or any other similar
instruments against underlying securities, listed or proposed to be listed on any stock exchange
in India, only in favour of those entities which are regulated by any relevant authority in the
countries of their incorporation or establishment, subject to compliance of “Know your client”
requirement, provided that if any such instrument has already been issued, prior to
February 2004, to a person other than a regulated entity, contract for such transaction should
expire on maturity of the instrument or within a period of five years from February 3, 2004
whichever is earlier”.
V . Minimum Contract Size for Exchange Traded Derivative Contracts

It was observed that with the increase/decrease in prices of underlying stock, the contract
size/value of most derivative contracts far exceeded or fell below the stipulated value of
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Rs. 2 lakh. To address these concerns, SEBI revoked the stipulation that the lot size/multiplier
should be in the multiple of 100. Earlier, SEBI vide its circulars had stipulated that the minimum
contract size of derivative contracts and its value should not be less than Rs. 2 lakh. The lot size
should be in the multiples of 100 and the fractions, if any should be rounded off to the next
higher multiple of 100. Therefore, SEBI decided that the lot size/multiplier should be reduced
for contracts with value exceeding Rs. 2 lakh and should be increased for contracts with
value less than Rs. 2 lakh. For instance, the derivative contracts, which have a contract size/
value of Rs. 4 lakh and above, the lot size/multiplier should be reduced to one-half of the
existing lot size/multiplier and for derivative contracts that have a contract size/value of
Rs. 8 lakh and above, the lot size/multiplier should be reduced to one-fourth of the existing lot
size/multiplier.
Similarly, where the contract size of the derivative contracts is less than Rs. 2 lakh, for
the sake of standardization, the existing lot size/multiplier should be increased so as to
bring the contract size to Rs. 2 lakh. The increase should be carried out by increasing the lot
size/multiplier in multiples of 2. For the purpose of revising the contract size, the contract
size/value should be determined on the basis of the closing prices of the underlying on the day
prior to the beginning of the notice period.
Market Design
Only the NSE and the BSE offer a platform for trading in derivatives contracts. Over the years,
however, statistics show that the BSE’s contribution to the total derivatives turnover in the
market has been declining. Hence, the market design enumerated in this section is the derivative
segment of NSE (called Futures and Options (F&O) segment).
Trading Mechanism
The derivatives trading system at NSE is called NEAT-F&O system, which provides a fully
automated screen-based, anonymous order driven trading system for derivatives on a nationwide
basis. It provides tremendous flexibility by allowing users to place orders with their own time
and price related conditions. Nevertheless, trading in derivatives segment is essentially similar
to that of CM segment.
There are four entities in the trading system:
1. Trading members: Trading members can trade either on their own account or on behalf of
their clients including participants. They are registered as members with NSE and are
assigned an exclusive Trading member ID.
2. Clearing members: Clearing Members are members of NSCCL. They carry out risk
management activities and confirmation/inquiry of trades through the trading system.
These clearing members are also trading members and clear trades for themselves and/
or others.
3. Professional clearing members: A professional clearing member (PCM) is a clearing member
who is not a trading member. Typically, banks and custodians become PCMs and clear
and settle for their trading members.
4. Participants: A participant is a client of trading members like financial institutions. These
clients may trade through multiple trading members, but settle their trades through a
single clearing member only.
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Membership Criteria
The members are admitted by NSE for its F&O segment in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Exchange and the norms specified by the SEBI. NSE offers a composite
membership of two types for trading in the derivatives segment viz., membership of ‘CM and
F&O segment’ or of ‘CM, WDM and F&O segment’. Trading and clearing members are admitted
separately. While, the trading members (TMs) execute the trades, the clearing members (CM)
do the clearing for all his TMs, undertake risk management and perform actual settlement. The
eligibility criteria for membership on F&O segment are summarized in Table 7-5(a & b). The
trading members are required to have qualified users and sales persons, who have passed a
certification programme approved by SEBI. At the end of March 2004, there were 589 members
in the F&O segment.
Table 7-5 A: Eligibility Criteria for Membership on F&O Segment of NSE
Particulars New Members Existing

Members
CM and F&O CM, WDM
Segment and F&O
Segment
Net Worth1 Rs. 100 lakh Rs. 200 lakh Rs. 100 lakh
Interest Free Security Deposit (IFSD)2 Rs. 125 lakh Rs. 275 lakh Rs. 8 lakh
Collateral Security Deposit (CSD) 2 Rs. 25 lakh Rs. 25 lakh —
Annual Subscription Rs. 1 lakh Rs. 2 lakh Rs. 1 lakh
Note: 1. Net worth of Rs. 300 lakh is required for clearing membership.
2. Additional Rs. 25 lakh is required for clearing membership. In addition, the clearing member is required
to bring in IFSD of Rs. 2 lakh and CSD of Rs. 8 lakh per trading member in the F&O segment.
Table 7-5 B: Requirements for Professional Clearing Membership
Particulars F&O Segment CM and F&O Segment

Eligibility Trading members of NSE/SEBI registered
custodians/recognised banks
Net Worth Rs. 300 lakh
Interest Free Security Deposit (IFSD) Rs. 25 lakh Rs. 34 lakh
Collateral Security Deposit (CSD) Rs. 25 lakh Rs. 50 lakh
Annual Subscription Nil Rs. 2.5 lakh
Note: The PCM is required to bring in IFSD of Rs. 2 lakh and CSD of Rs. 8 lakh per trading member in the
F&O segment.
Source: NSE.
Contract Specifications
The index futures and index options contracts traded on NSE are based on S&P CNX Nifty
Index and the CNX IT Index, while stock futures and options are based on individual securities.
Presently stock futures and options are available on 51 securities. Interest rate future contracts
are available on notional 91 day T-bill and 10 year bonds (6% coupon bearing and zero coupon
bond). While the index options are European style, stock options are American style. There are
a minimum of 5 strike prices, two ‘in-the-money’, one ‘at-the-money’ and two ‘out-of-the-money’ for
every call and put option. The strike price is the price at which the buyer has a right to purchase
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or sell the underlying. Contract specification for derivatives contracts are summarized in
Annexure 7-1.
In respect of equity derivatives, at any point of time, contracts with 1 month,
2 months and 3 months to expiry are available for trading. These contracts expire on last
Thursday of their respective expiry months. A new contract is introduced on the next trading
day following the expiry of the near month contract. All the derivatives contracts are presently
cash settled.
The interest rate future contracts are available for a period of one-year maturity with
three months continuous contracts and fixed quarterly contracts for the entire year. New
contracts are introduced on the trading day following the expiry of the near month contract.
These contracts expire on the last Thursday of the expiry month. In case of last Thursday
being a holiday, the contracts expire on the previous trading day.
Charges
The maximum brokerage chargeable by a TM for the trades effected in the contracts entered
on the F&O segment is fixed at 2.5% of the contract value in case of index futures and stock
futures. In case of index options and stock options, it is 2.5% of notional value of the contract
[(Strike price + Premium) * Quantity)] in case of index options. The brokerages charged are
exclusive of statutory levies.
The transaction charges payable by the trading member for the trades executed by him
on the F&O segment are fixed at Rs. 2 per lakh of turnover (0.002%) subject to a minimum of
Rs. 1 lakh per year.
The trading members contribute to Investor Protection Fund of F&O segment at the
rate of Rs. 10 per crore of turnover (0.0001%).
Basket Trading Facility

To ease the arbitrage between futures and cash markets, NSE has provided basket-trading
facility. This enables generation of portfolio offline order files in the derivatives trading system
and its execution in the cash segment. A trading member can buy or sell a portfolio through a
single order. Once he determines its size, the system automatically works out the quantity of
each security to be bought or sold in proportion to their weights in the portfolio.
Clearing and Settlement

National Securities Clearing Corporation Limited (NSCCL) undertakes clearing and settlement
of all trades executed on the futures and options (F&O) segment of the NSE. It also acts as
legal counterparty to all the trades on the F&O segment and guarantees their settlement. The
Clearing and Settlement process comprises of three main activities viz., Clearing, Settlement
and Risk Management.
Clearing Mechanism
The first step in clearing process is working out open positions and obligations of clearing
(self-clearing/trading-cum-clearing/professional clearing) members. The open positions in the
contracts traded of CMs are arrived at by aggregating the open positions of all the TMs and all
custodial participants (CPs) clearing through him. The open position of a TM is arrived at by
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summing up his proprietary open position and his clients’ open positions. While entering orders
on the trading system, TMs identify the orders as either proprietary or client through ‘Pro/Cli’
indicator provided in the order entry screen. Proprietary positions are calculated on net basis
for each contract and that of clients’ are arrived at by summing together net positions of each
individual client. A TM’s open position is the sum of proprietary open position, client open
long position and client open short position. Table 7-6 illustrates determination of open position
of a CM, who clears for two TMs having two clients.
Table 7-6 : Determination of Open Position of a Clearing Member
TMs clearing Proprietary Trades: Trades: Open

through CM Trades Client 1 Client 2 Position
Buy Sell Net Buy Sell Net Buy Sell Net Long Short
ABC 4000 2000 2000 3000 1000 2000 4000 2000 2000 6000 —
PQR 2000 3000 -1000 2000 1000 1000 1000 2000 -1000 1000 2000
Total 6000 5000 2000 5000 2000 3000 5000 4000 2000 7000 2000
-1000 -1000
Settlement Mechanism
The underlying for index futures/options on the index cannot be delivered, therefore, they
have to be settled in cash. Futures and options on individual securities can be delivered as in the
spot market. However, it has been currently mandated that stock options and futures would
also be cash settled. The settlement amount for a clearing member is netted across all their
TMs/clients, across various settlements. For the purpose of settlement, all CMs are required to
open a separate bank account with NSCCL designated clearing banks for F&O segment.
Settlement of Futures Contracts on Index or Individual Securities

Futures contracts have two types of settlements, the MTM settlement which is done on a daily
basis, and the final settlement, which is on the last trading day of the futures contracts.
• MTM Settlement
All futures contracts for each member are mark-to-market (MTM) to the daily settlement
price of the relevant futures contracts at the end of each day. The clearing members who
have a loss position are required to pay MTM loss amount in cash, which is passed on to
the clearing members who have made a MTM profit. This is known as the daily mark-to-
market settlement. Clearing members are responsible to collect and settle the daily MTM
profits/losses incurred by the TMs and their clients. In turn, TMs are responsible to
collect/pay losses/profits from/to their clients by the next day. The pay-in and pay-out
of the mark-to-market settlement are affected on the day following the trade day (T+1).
After completion of daily settlement computations, all the open positions are reset to the
daily settlement price. These positions become the open positions for the next day.
The settlement price for the contract for today is assumed to be 105. The table 7-7 gives
the MTM charged on various positions. The margin charged on the brought forward
contract is the difference between the previous day’s settlement price of Rs. 100 and
today’s settlement price of Rs. 105. Hence on account of the position brought forward,
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the MTM shows a profit of Rs. 500. For contracts executed during the day, the difference
between the buy price and the sell price determines the MTM. In this example, 200 units
are bought @Rs. 100 and 100 units sold @Rs. 102 during the day. Hence the MTM for
the position closed during the day shows a profit of Rs. 200. Finally, the open position of
contracts traded during the day, is margined at the day’s settlement price and the profit of
Rs. 500 credited to the MTM account. So the MTM account shows a profit of Rs. 1,200.
Table 7-7: Computation of MTM at the end of the day
Trade details Quantity Settlement MTM

bought /sold price
Brought forward from previous day 100@100 105 500
Traded during day
Bought 200@100
Sold 100@102 102 200
Open position (not squared up) 100@100 105 500
Total 1200
• Final Settlement of Futures

After the close of trading hours on the expiry day, NSCCL marks all positions of a CM
to the final settlement price and the resulting profit/loss is settled in cash. Final settlement
loss/profit amount is debited/credited to the relevant CM’s clearing bank account on the
day following expiry day of the contract.
• Settlement Prices for Futures
Daily settlement price is the closing price of the respective futures contracts. The closing
price for a futures contracts is currently calculated as the weighted average price of the
contract executed in the last half an hour of trading hours. Final settlement price is
the closing price of the relevant underlying index/security in the capital market segment
of NSE, on the last trading day of the contract. The closing price of the underlying
Index/security is currently its last half an hour weighted average value in the capital
market segment of NSE.
Settlement of Options Contracts on Index or Individual Securities

Options contracts have three types of settlements, daily premium settlement, interim exercise
settlement in case of option contracts on securities and final settlement.
• Daily Premium Settlement
Buyer of an option must pay the premium towards the purchase of options to the seller.
Similarly, the seller of an option is entitled to receive the premium for the option sold.
The premium payable and receivable are netted to compute the net premium payable or
receivable for each client for each option contract. Premium settlement is cash settled
and settlement style is premium style. The CMs, who have a premium payable positions
are required to pay the amount to NSCCL, which is passed on to the members who have
a receivable position. This is known as daily premium settlement. CMs are responsible to
collect and settle for the premium amounts from the TMs and their clients. The pay-in
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and pay-out of the premium settlement is on T+1 day. The premium payable and
receivable are directly debited/credited to the CMs clearing bank account.
• Interim Exercise Settlement
Interim exercise settlement takes place only for option contracts on securities. An investor
can exercise his in-the-money options at any time during trading hours. Interim exercise
settlement is effected for such options at the close of the trading hours. Valid exercised
option contracts are assigned to short positions in the option contract with the same
series (i.e. having the same underlying, same expiry date and same strike price) randomly
at the client level. The CM, who has exercised the option, receives the exercise settlement
value per unit of the option from the CM. The interim exercise settlement value is the
difference between the strike price and the settlement price of the relevant option contract.
Exercise settlement value is debited/credited to the relevant CMs clearing bank account
on T+2 day (T=exercise date).
• Final Exercise Settlement
Final exercise settlement is effected for option at in-the-money strike prices existing at
the close of trading hours on the day of expiry. All long positions at in-the-money strike
prices are automatically assigned randomly to short positions in option contracts with
the same series. Index options are exercised using European style, while stock options
using American style. Final Exercise is Automatic on expiry of the option contracts.
Final settlement loss/profit amount for option contracts on Index is debited/credited to
the relevant CMs clearing bank account on T+1 day (T=expiry day). On the other hand,
final settlement loss/profit amount for option contracts on Individual Securities is
debited/credited to the relevant CMs clearing bank account on T+2 day (T=expiry day).
Open positions, in option contracts, cease to exist after their expiration day.
Settlement of Interest Rate Futures

Daily and Final Mark to Market settlement of interest rate futures contracts are also cash
settled. All positions (brought forward, created during the day, closed out during the day) in
futures contracts, at the end of trading hours, should be marked to market at the Daily Settlement
Price. And on the last trading day it should be marked to market at Final Settlement Price for
settlement. Daily settlement price should be the closing price of the relevant futures contract
for the trading day. Final settlement price should be based on the value of the notional bond
determined using the ZCYC computed by the Exchange.
• Daily Settlement Price: Daily settlement price is the closing price of the interest rate
futures contracts on the trading day. The closing price for the contract is calculated on
the basis of the weighted average price of the contracts executed in the last half an hour
of trading in these contracts. In the absence of trading in the last half an hour, the
theoretical price is taken or such other price as may be decided by the relevant authority
from time to time.
Theoretically, the daily settlement price for unexpired futures contracts should be the
futures prices computed using the (price of the notional bond) spot prices arrived at
from the applicable ZCYC Curve. The ZCYC should be computed by the Exchange or
by any other approved agency from the prices of securities either traded on the Exchange
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or reported on the Negotiated Dealing System of RBI or both taking trades of same day
settlement (i.e. t = 0).
For zero coupon notional bonds, the price should be the present value of the principal
payment discounted using discrete discounting for the specified period at the respective
zero coupon yield. The settlement price for the notional T-bill should be 100 minus the
annualized yield for the specified period using the zero coupon yield curve. In respect of
coupon bearing notional bond, the present value should be obtained as the sum of present
value of the principal payment discounted at the relevant zero coupon yield and the
present values of the coupons obtained by discounting each notional coupon payment at
the relevant zero coupon yield for that maturity. For this purpose the notional coupon
payment date should be half yearly and commencing from the date of expiry of the
relevant futures contracts. For computation of futures prices, the rate of interest to be
used may be the relevant MIBOR rate or such other rate as may be specified from time to
time.
• Final Settlement Price: Final settlement price for an interest rate futures contracts on
zero coupon notional and coupon bearing bond is based on the price of the bond
determined using the zero coupon yield curve. In respect of notional T-bill it should be
100 minus the annualized yield for the specified period computed using the ZCYC.
• Since the T-bills are priced at 100 minus the relevant annualized yield, the settlement value
should be arrived at using the relevant multiplier factor.
Settlement of Custodial Participant (CP) Deals

NSCCL provides a special facility to Institutions/Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)/MFs
to execute trades through any TM, but cleared and settled by their own CM. They are known as
Custodial Participants (CPs). To avail of this facility, a CP is required to register with NSCCL
through his CM. A unique CP code is allotted to him by NSCCL. All trades executed by a CP
through any TM are required to have the CP code in the relevant field on the trading system at
the time of order entry itself. These trades have to be confirmed by their own CM within the
time specified by NSE through the on-line confirmation facility on the same day. Only then he
is responsible for clearing and settling of deals of such custodial clients. Unless CP confirms
the trade, the same is considered as a trade of the TM and the responsibility of settlement of
such trade vests with CM of the TM.
FIIs have been permitted to trade in all the exchange traded derivative contracts within
the position limits prescribed for them and their sub-accounts. A FII/a sub-account of the
FII, intending to trade in the F&O segment of the exchange, are required to obtain a unique
Custodial Participant (CP) code from the NSCCL. The FII/sub-account of FII should ensure
that all orders placed by them on the Exchange carry the relevant CP code allotted by NSCCL.
Risk Management
NSCCL has developed a comprehensive risk containment mechanism for the F&O segment.
The salient features of risk containment mechanism on the F&O segment are:
1. Since financial soundness is a key to risk management, NSCCL has set stringent conditions
for membership in terms of capital adequacy (net worth, security deposits).
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2. NSCCL charges an upfront initial margin for all the open positions of a CM on
a daily basis. The CM in turn collects the initial margin from the TMs and their respective
clients.
3. The open positions of the members are marked to market based on contract settlement
price for each contract. The difference is settled in cash on a T+1 basis.
4. A CM’s open positions are monitored on a real-time basis using NSCCL’s on-line position
monitoring system. The positions limits for each CM are set on the basis of his capital
deposits and whenever a CM reaches the position limit the on-line position monitoring
system generates alerts. NSCCL monitors the CMs for MTM value violations, while TMs
are monitored for contract-wise position limit violations. It has also put in place a system
which tracks on real time basis the client level portfolio based upfront margining and
monitoring.
5. CMs are provided with a trading terminal for the purpose of monitoring the open positions
of all the TMs, who clear and settle through him. A CM may set exposure limits for his
TM. NSCCL assists the CM to monitor the intra-day exposure limits set up by a CM and
whenever a TM exceed the limits, it stops that particular TM from further trading.
6. A member is alerted of his position to enable him to adjust his exposure or bring in
additional capital. Position violations by the CM result in disablement of trading facility
for all TMs of a CM.
7. A separate settlement guarantee fund for this segment has been created.
The most critical component of risk containment mechanism for F&O segment is the
margining system and on-line position monitoring. The actual position monitoring and margining
is carried out on-line through Parallel Risk Management System (PRISM). PRISM uses SPAN®2
(Standard Portfolio Analysis of Risk).
Risk Management for Interest Rate Futures

Initial margin should be payable on real time basis on all open positions of Clearing Members
in accordance with the system adopted by Clearing Corporation. Presently, the initial margins
are based on the zero coupon yield curve computed at the end of the day. However, in case of
large deviation between the yields generated using only t=0 trades and all trades, initial margins
are to be revised accordingly.
Initial Margin should include SPAN margins and any other additional margins that may
be specified by Clearing Corporation. Clearing Corporation has to adopt SPAN (Standard
Portfolio Analysis of Risk) system or any other system for the purpose of real time initial
margin computation.
Initial margin requirements should be based on 99% VaR over a one day time horizon. In
case of futures contracts, if it may not be possible to collect mark to market settlement value,
before the commencement of trading on the next day, the initial margin may be computed over
a two day time horizon. The methodology for computation of VaR percentage should be as
per the recommendations of SEBI.
2
SPAN® is a registered trademark of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) used here under licence.
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The Initial margin for a member is to be computed taking into consideration requirements
such as : (a) client positions should be netted at the level of individual client and grossed across
all clients for the Trading/Clearing Member, however, without any set offs between clients
(b) proprietary positions should be netted at Trading/Clearing Member level without any set
offs between client and proprietary positions.
For this purpose, various parameters should be as specified hereunder:
(a) Price Scan Range: In the case of Notional Bond Futures, the price scan range should
be 3.5 sigma (3.5 σ) and in no case the initial margin should be less than 2% of the
notional value of the Futures Contracts, which should be scaled up by look ahead period.
For Notional T-Bill Futures, the price scan range should be same as for notional bond
futures, but in no case the initial margin should be less than 0.2% of the notional value of
the futures contracts.
(b) Calendar Spread Charge: The margin on calendar spread should be calculated at a flat
rate of 0.125% per month of spread on the far month contract subject to a minimum
margin of 0.25% and a maximum margin of 0.75% on the far side of the spread with
legs upto 1 year apart. A Calendar spread positions will be treated as non-spread (naked)
positions in the far month contract, 3 trading days prior to expiration of the near
month contract.
Exposure Limits (2nd line of defense): Clearing Members should be subject to Exposure
limits in addition to initial margins. Exposure Limit should be 100 times the liquid net
worth i.e. 1% of the notional value of the gross open positions in Notional 10 year
bond futures (both coupon bearing and zero coupon) and should be 1000 times the
liquid net worth i.e. 0.1% of the gross open positions in notional 91 day T-Bill futures.
Exposure limit for calendar spreads should be regarded as an open position of one third
of the mark to market value of the far month contract. As the near month contract
approaches expiry, the spread should be treated as a naked position in the far month
contract three days prior to the expiry of the near month contract.
Trading Member wise/Custodial Participant wise Position Limit: Each Trading Member/
Custodial Participant should ensure that his clients do not exceed the specified position
limit. The position limits should be at the client level for near month contracts should
be 15% of the open interest or Rs. 100 crore, whichever is higher. For futures contracts
open interest should be equivalent to the open positions in that futures contracts
multiplied by its last available closing price.
NSE–SPAN®
The objective of NSE–SPAN® is to identify overall risk in a portfolio of all futures and
options contracts for each member. The system treats futures and options contracts uniformly,
while at the same time recognizes the unique exposures associated with options portfolios, like
extremely deep out-of-the-money short positions and inter-month risk. Its overriding objective
is to determine the largest loss that a portfolio might reasonably be expected to suffer from
one day to the next day based on 99% VaR methodology. SPAN considers uniqueness of
option portfolios. The following factors affect the value of an option:
1. Underlying market price
2. Strike price
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3. Volatility (variability) of underlying instrument

4. Time to expiration
5. Interest rate
As these factors change, the value of options within the portfolio also changes. Thus,
SPAN constructs scenarios of probable changes in underlying prices and volatilities in order to
identify the largest loss, a portfolio might suffer from one day to the next. Then it sets the
margin requirement to cover this one-day loss. These complex calculations (e.g. the pricing of
options) are executed using SPAN. The results of these calculations are called risk arrays. Risk
arrays and other data inputs required for margin calculation are provided to members daily in a
file called the SPAN risk parameter file. Members can apply the data contained in the risk
parameter files, to their specific portfolios of futures and options contracts, to determine their
SPAN margin requirements. Hence, members need not execute complex option pricing
calculations, which are performed by NSCCL.
Margins
The margining system for F&O segment is explained below:
! Initial Margin: Margin in the F&O segment is computed by NSCCL upto client level for
open positions of CMs/TMs. These are required to be paid up-front on gross basis at
individual client level for client positions and on net basis for proprietary positions. NSCCL
collects initial margin for all the open positions of a CM as computed by NSE-SPAN.
A CM is required to ensure collection of adequate initial margin from his TMs up-front,
in turn the TM collects it from his clients.
! Premium Margin: In addition to initial margin, premium margin is charged at client level.
This margin is required to be paid by a buyer of an option till the premium settlement
is complete.
! Assignment Margin for Options on Securities: Assignment margin is levied in addition to
initial margin and premium margin. It is required to be paid on assigned positions of
CMs towards interim and final exercise settlement obligations for option contracts on
individual securities, till such obligations are fulfilled. The margin is charged on the net
exercise settlement value payable by a CM towards interim and final exercise settlement.
! Client Margins: NSCCL intimates all members of the margin liability of each of their
client. Additionally members are also required to report details of margins collected from
clients to NSCCL, which holds in trust client margin monies to the extent reported by
the member as having been collected from their respective clients.
Margin/Position Limit Violations

PRISM, the Parallel Risk Management System, is the real-time position monitoring and risk
management system for the F&O market segment. The risk of each trading and clearing member
is monitored on a real time basis by generating various alerts whenever a CM exceeds any limits
set up by NSCCL. These are detailed below:
! Initial Margin Violation: The initial margin is computed on a real time basis i.e. for each
trade the amount of initial margin is reduced from the effective deposits of the CM held
with the clearing corporation. For this purpose, effective deposits are computed by reducing
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the total deposits of the CM by Rs. 50 lakh (referred to as minimum liquid net worth).
The CM receives warning messages on his terminal when 70%, 80% and 90% of the
effective deposits are utilized. At 100% the clearing facility provided to a CM is automatically
withdrawn. Withdrawal of clearing facility of a CM in case of a violation leads to automatic
withdrawal of trading facility for all TMs and/or custodial participants clearing and settling
through such CM.
Similarly, the initial margins on positions taken by a TM is also computed on a real-
time basis and compared with the TM limits set by his CM. As the TM limit is used up
to 70%, 80%, and 90%, the member receives a warning message on his terminal. At
100%, the trading facility provided to the TM is automatically withdrawn.
A member is provided with adequate warnings on the violation before his trading/
clearing facility is withdrawn. A CM may appropriately reduce his exposure to contain
the violation or alternately bring in additional capital.
! Member-wise Position Limit Violation: The member-wise position limit on open position of
a TM is supervised by PRISM. The open position in all index futures and index
option contracts of any TM, cannot exceed 15% of the total open interest of the market
or Rs. 100 crore, whichever is higher at any time, including during trading hours. The open
positions in all the futures and option contracts on the same underlying security of any TM,
cannot exceed 7.5% of the total open interest of the market or Rs. 50 crore, whichever is
higher, at any time, including during trading hours. For futures contracts, open interest is
equivalent to the open positions in the futures contracts multiplied by last available traded
price or closing price, as the case may be. For option contracts, open interest is equivalent
to the notional value, which is computed by multiplying the open position in that option
contracts multiplied with the last available closing price of the underlying.
! Exposure Limit Violation: PRISM monitors exposure of members on all futures and
option contracts, which cannot exceed 33.33 times the liquid net worth for index options
and index futures contracts. For option and futures contracts on individual securities,
the exposure limits of, which is higher, 5% or 1.5 standard deviation of the notional
value of gross open position in futures on individual securities and gross short open
positions in options on individual securities in a particular underlying should be
collected/adjusted from the liquid networth of a member on a real time basis.
! Market-wide Position Limit Violation: PRISM monitors market wide position limits for
futures and option contracts on individual securities. The open position across all
members, across all contracts cannot exceed lower of the following limits: 30 times the
average number of shares traded daily in the previous calendar month or 10% of the
number of shares held by non-promoters in the relevant underlying security i.e. 10% of
the free float in terms of the number of shares of a company. When the total open
interest in an option contract, across all members, reaches 80% of the market wide
position limit for a contract, the price scan range and volatility scan range (for SPAN
margin) are doubled. NSCCL specifies the market-wide position limits once every month,
at the beginning of the month, which is applicable for the subsequent month.
! Client-wise Position Limit Violation: Whenever the open position of any client exceeds 1%
of the free float market capitalization (in terms of no. of shares) or 5% of the open
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interest (in terms of number of shares) whichever is higher, in all the futures and option
contracts on the same underlying security, then it is termed as client-wise position limit
violation. The TM/CM through whom the client trades/clears his deals should be liable
for such violation and penalty may be levied on such TM/CM which he may in turn
recover from the client. In the event of such a violation, TM/CM should immediately
ensure that the client does not take fresh positions and reduces the positions of those
clients within the permissible limits.
! Misutilisation of TM/Constituent’s Collateral and/or Deposit: It is a violation, if a CM utilize
the collateral of one TM and/or constituent towards the exposure and/or obligations of
another TM and/or constituent.
! Violation of Exercised Positions: NSCCL verifies whether open long positions for CM/TM
and/or constituent exist in relation to option contracts, which are exercised by a
CM/TM, before initiating exercise processing. If the contracts are exercised without
open positions, then such cases are treated as violations.
Market Outcome
Trading Volumes
As mentioned earlier, the derivatives are traded only on two exchanges, the NSE and the BSE
(Table 7-8). The total exchange traded derivatives volume witnessed a sharp rise to Rs. 21,422,690
million during 2003-04 as against Rs. 4,423,333 million during the preceding year. NSE emerged
as a market leader in the Indian Market by accounting for about 99.5% of total turnover. Since
more than 99% of volumes came from NSE, the further detailed analysis is based on NSE data.
During 2003-04, the F&O segment of NSE reported a total turnover for Rs. 21,306,492
million as against Rs. 4,398,548 million during the preceding year. The number of contracts
Table 7-8: Trade Details of Derivatives Market*
Month/Year NSE BSE TOTAL

No. of Turnover No. of Turnover No. of Turnover
Contracts (Rs. mn.) Contracts (Rs. mn.) Contracts (Rs. mn.)
Traded Traded Traded
Apr-03 2,205,470 500,196 5,280 873 2,210,750 501,069
May-03 2,252,050 534,233 1,155 229 2,253,205 534,462
Jun-03 2,750,294 730,173 423 92 2,750,717 730,265
Jul-03 3,720,563 1,098,495 4,718 1,031 3,725,281 1,099,526
Aug-03 4,314,098 1,403,625 23,634 5,090 4,337,732 1,408,715
Sep-03 5,481,939 1,851,509 34,274 8,509 5,516,213 1,860,018
Oct-03 5,989,205 2,303,645 30,668 8,574 6,019,873 2,312,219
Nov-03 4,769,938 1,921,714 31,337 9,287 4,801,275 1,931,001
Dec-03 5,724,035 2,389,067 107,545 36,840 5,831,580 2,425,907
Jan-04 6,976,023 3,240,630 103,573 37,869 7,079,596 3,278,499
Feb-04 5,696,541 2,728,392 22,212 7,299 5,718,753 2,735,691
Mar-04 7,006,620 2,604,813 17,439 505 7,024,059 2,605,318
2003-04 56,886,776 21,306,492 382,258 116,198 57,269,034 21,422,690
*: For NSE, data pertains to Index Futures, Stock Futures, Index Options , Stock Options and Futures on Interest
Rates.
Source: NSE and SEBI Bulletin.
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traded in 2003-04 amounted to 569 lakh as against 168 lakh in the previous year. The
segment witnessed a record turnover of Rs. 219,213 million on January 28, 2004. The monthly
turnover increased from Rs. 500,196 million in April 2003 to Rs. 2,604,813 million in
March 2004. The average daily turnover increased from Rs. 25,010 million in April 2003 to
Rs. 118,401 million in March 2004. The business growth of the F&O segment is presented
in Annexure 7-2. It is evident from the statistics as presented in the Annexure 7-2 and the
Chart 7-1 that the futures are more popular than options; contracts on securities are more
popular than those on indices; and call options are more popular than put options.
During the year, Mumbai contributed nearly 47.8% of total turnover. The contributions
from Delhi and Kolkata were 25.5% and 11.3% respectively (Table 7-9).
Table 7-9: City-wise Distribution of Turnover of F&O Segment of NSE 2003-04
Sl. Location Share in Turnover (%)

No. 2002-03 2003-04
1. Mumbai 41.20 47.81
2. Delhi/Ghaziabad 20.31 25.45
3. Calcutta/Howrah 15.16 11.32
4. Ahmedabad 2.11 2.79
5. Hyderabad/Secunderabad/Kukatpally 0.97 2.07
6. Chandigarh/Mohali/Panchkula 2.00 2.06
7. Chennai 2.24 1.85
8. Cochin/Ernakulam/Parur/Kalamserry/Alwaye 0.63 1.07
9. Bangalore 1.19 0.72
10. Ludhiana 0.99 0.61
11. Indore 0.38 0.57
12. Jaipur 1.89 0.51
13. Baroda 0.71 0.49
14. Rajkot 0.36 0.45
15. Pune 0.31 0.34
16. Agra 0.53 0.20
17. Coimbatore 0.44 0.16
18. Lucknow 0.21 0.14
19. Trivandrum 0.13 0.13
20. Surat 0.47 0.12
21. Tenali 0.09 0.09
22. Others 7.69 1.05
Total 100.00 100.00
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Open Interest
Open interest is the total number of outstanding contracts that are held by market
participants at the end of each day. Putting it simply, open interest is a measure of how much
interest is there in a particular option or future. Increasing open interest means that fresh funds
are flowing in the market, while declining open interest means that the market is liquidating.
The highest open interest in index futures at NSE was recorded at 50,663 contracts on
March 18, 2004. The daily open interest for near month index futures at NSE is presented in
Chart 7-2.
Implied Interest Rate

In the futures market, implied interest rate or cost of carry is often used inter-changeably. Cost
of carry is more appropriately used for commodity futures, as by definition it means the total
costs required to carry a commodity or any other good forward in time. The costs involved are
storage cost, insurance cost, transportation cost and the financing cost. In case of equity futures,
the carry cost is the cost of financing minus the dividend returns. Assuming zero dividend, the
only relevant factor is the cost of financing.
Implied interest rate is the percentage difference between the future value of an index
and the spot value, annualised on the basis of the number of days before the expiry of the
contract. Carry cost or implied interest rate plays an important role in determining the price
differential between the spot and the futures market. By comparing the implied interest rate
and the existing interest rate level, one can determine the relative cost of futures’ market price.
Implied interest rate is also a measure of profitability of an arbitrage position. Theoretically, if
the futures price is less than the spot price plus cost of carry or if the futures price is greater
than the spot price plus cost of carry, arbitrage opportunities exist.
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The futures prices are available for different contracts at different points of time.
Chart 7-3 presents Nifty futures close prices for the near month contracts, and the spot Nifty
close values from April 2003 to March 2004. The difference between the future and the spot
price is called basis. As the time to expiration approaches, the basis reduces. Daily implied
interest rate for Nifty futures from April 2003 to March 2004 is presented in Chart 7-4.
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The implied interest rate for near month Nifty futures as on last trading of the month is
Table 7-10: Implied Interest Rate for Near Month Nifty Futures (April 2003 - March 2004)
Month Expiry Date Closing Closing Spot Implied
of near month Future Price Interest
Contract Price Rate (%)
Apr-03 29-May-2003 930.65 934.05 -4.59
May-03 26-Jun-2003 999.35 1006.80 -10.04
Jun-03 31-Jul-2003 1123.60 1134.15 -11.00
Jul-03 31-Jul-2003 1187.35 1185.85 NA
Aug-03 25-Sep-2003 1358.80 1356.55 2.24
Sep-03 30-Oct-2003 1418.25 1417.10 0.99
Oct-03 27-Nov-2003 1559.45 1555.90 3.08
Nov-03 24-Dec-2003 1619.95 1615.25 4.08
Dec-03 29-Jan-2004 1888.30 1879.75 5.71
Jan-04 26-Feb-2004 1814.85 1809.75 3.80
Feb-04 25-Mar-2004 1804.80 1800.30 3.37
Mar-04 29-Apr-2004 1765.55 1771.90 -4.52
Note: (1) The implied interest rate is calculated on the last trading day of the month for Near Month Nifty Futures.
(2) Number of days in a year have been taken as 365.
Source: NSE.
Implied Volatility
Volatility is one of the important factors, which is taken into account while pricing options.
It is a measure of the amount and the speed of price change. To estimate future volatility, a
time series analysis of historical volatility may be carried out to know the future movements
of the underlying. Alternatively, one could work out implied volatility by entering all parameters
into an option pricing model and then solving it for volatility. For example, the Black Scholes
model solves for the fair price of the option by using the following parameters-days to expiry,
strike price, spot price, volatility of underlying, interest rate, and dividend. This model could
be used in reverse to arrive at implied volatility by putting the current price of the option
prevailing in the market.
Putting it simply, implied volatility is the estimate of how volatile the underlying will be
from the present until the currency of option. If volatility is high, then the options premiums
are relatively expensive and vice-versa. However, implied volatility estimate can be biased,
especially if they are based upon options that are thinly traded samples.
Prof. J. R. Varma (“Mispricing of Volatility in the India Index Options Market”, Working
Paper 2002-04-01, April 2002, IIM, Ahmedabad) has estimated the option prices and implied
volatility from the Black formula. It was found that for about 6.5% of all calls and about 7.5%
of all puts, implied volatility was undefined because the option traded below its intrinsic value.
Volatility Smile
The volatility smile is the relation between the implied volatility and the strike price of the
same maturity. Normally the smiles for equity options have a downward sloping curve and
they look alike for both put and call option. However, Prof. J. R. Varma in his paper “Mispricing
of Volatility in the India Index Options Market”, Working Paper 2002-04-01, April 2002, IIM,
Ahmedabad found V shaped smiles and the smiles markedly different for puts and calls. He
estimated volatility smiles separately for put and call options and established that the smiles
are sharply different for calls and puts. The implied probability distribution is more highly
peaked and has (except for deep-in-the-money calls) thinner tails than the normal distribution
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or the historical distribution. The market thus appears to be underestimating the probability
of market movements in either direction. Prof. Varma also noticed some overpricing of
deep-in-the-money calls and some inconclusive evidence of violation of put-call parity. However,
it was observed that the observed prices are rather close to the average of the intrinsic value of
the option and its Black-Scholes value disregarding the smiles.
Settlement
All derivative contracts are currently cash settled. During 2003-04, the cash settlement amounted
to Rs. 122,959.8 million with settlement of futures and of options accounting for Rs. 109,609
million and Rs. 13,351 million, respectively. The detail of the settlement statistics in the F&O
segment is presented in Table 7-11.
Table 7-11: Settlement Statistics in F&O Segment
(In Rs. mn.)
Month/Year Index/Stock Futures Index/Stock Options Total

MTM Final Premium Exercise
Settlement Settlement Settlement Settlement
2000-01 840.84 19.29 — — 860.13
Apr-01 80.43 0.88 — — 81.31
May-01 37.76 1.13 — — 38.88
Jun-01 48.52 0.10 14.69 2.75 66.07
Jul-01 66.95 1.35 58.76 14.28 141.35
Aug-01 45.94 1.36 98.31 50.62 196.22
Sep-01 336.87 5.00 156.22 139.09 637.18
Oct-01 112.69 1.01 179.61 114.22 407.53
Nov-01 283.75 7.09 245.55 202.14 738.52
Dec-01 789.41 37.62 174.67 82.14 1,083.84
Jan-02 1,125.28 21.69 305.71 177.55 1,630.22
Feb-02 1,088.70 122.14 244.00 88.57 1,543.42
Mar-02 1,036.18 19.88 170.08 68.10 1,294.25
2001-02 5,052.49 219.25 1,647.58 939.46 7,858.79
Apr-02 1,065.60 41.50 173.00 86.50 1,366.60
May-02 1,665.40 18.40 215.30 143.50 2,042.60
Jun-02 1,240.50 34.40 197.00 103.50 1,575.40
Jul-02 1,608.80 17.00 236.00 106.70 1,968.50
Aug-02 1,021.00 28.80 204.60 138.90 1,393.30
Sep-02 1,198.30 14.40 233.10 134.60 1,580.40
Oct-02 1,282.40 77.90 258.00 166.40 1,784.70
Nov-02 1,109.30 86.80 337.10 353.40 1,886.60
Dec-02 1,640.40 53.30 446.40 168.20 2,308.30
Jan-03 2,184.19 29.92 383.92 229.38 2,827.41
Feb-03 1,484.20 16.80 289.30 131.40 1,922.70
Mar-03 1,878.93 38.38 338.39 196.35 2,452.05
2002-03 17,379.02 457.60 3,312.11 1,958.83 23,108.56
Apr-03 2,058.06 47.93 459.95 300.07 2,866.01
May-03 1,635.92 57.42 380.39 304.30 2,378.03
Jun-03 2,202.33 38.58 487.81 464.99 3,193.71
Jul-03 3,897.88 80.24 694.32 447.68 5,120.12
Aug-03 5,696.01 85.82 773.16 588.14 7,143.14
Sep-03 10,318.74 92.38 781.23 304.09 11,496.44
Oct-03 11,880.49 141.09 991.48 603.07 13,616.13
Nov-03 9,393.49 238.60 634.00 221.13 10,487.22
Dec-03 9,054.58 178.99 699.91 410.95 10,344.44
Jan-04 26,682.05 128.24 1,074.58 426.73 28,311.59
Feb-04 13,296.98 164.00 682.56 244.20 14,387.74
Mar-04 12,103.23 136.18 930.00 445.84 13,615.25
2003-04 108,219.77 1,389.48 8,589.38 4,761.19 122,959.81
* Balance at the end of period.
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Policy Debates
Derivatives are being traded in India for about more than three years now. After a subdued
start, the trading volumes have picked up substantially thereafter. Some of the financial experts
and market participants are of the opinion that the full potential of the market is yet to be
realized. Few policy debates regarding the derivatives market are as discussed below:
Further Products
Derivatives trading in India have so far been introduced in a fairly limited range of products.
Index futures and options are available only on S&P CNX Nifty, CNX IT Index and BSE
Sensex, options and futures on individual stocks are available only on select 51 securities.
However, conceptually, there is no limit to the range of derivative products as can be seen from
the international experience. After the market gains some more familiarity with derivative
products, the logical next step would be to consider expanding the basket of derivative products
based on various other instruments available in financial markets. The index futures/options
could be extended to other popular indices, such as the Nifty Junior and Defty. Stock
futures/options could be extended to all active securities. The possibility of introducing
derivatives based on the exchange rate, interest rate and gold as the underlying could also be
explored.
Cross Margining
Cross-margining takes into account a member/client’s combined position across
products/market segments. This would imply that a member’s margin with an exchange for
one market could be used against the margin requirements of another market. Cross-margining
thus results in a far more efficient use of a member’s capital for trading in related products and
in more than one market. A clearing corporation can easily compute and levy a single net
margin amount based upon offsetting positions in different products/markets/exchanges.
In fact, the L. C. Gupta Committee which had suggested the regulatory framework for derivatives,
had recommended that cross margining (between spot and derivatives market) should
eventually be allowed, as this would optimally use resources. A SEBI constituted advisory
committee on derivatives under the chairmanship of Prof. J. R. Varma is currently looking into
cross margining.
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Annexure 1: Contract Specification for F&O
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Particulars Index Futures Stock Futures Index Options Stock Options Interest Rate Futures
Security Description N FUTIDX N FUTSTK —— N OPTIDX N OPTSTK —- N FUTINT
Underlying S&P CNX Nifty Index/ Individual Securities S&P CNX Nifty Index/ Individual Securities Notional 10 year bond (6% coupon),
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CNX IT Index CNX IT Index Notional 10 year zero coupon

bond and Notional 91 day T-Bill
Style of Option NA NA European American NA
Contract Size 200 or multiples thereof Multiples of 100, as may be 200 or multiples thereof Multiples of 100, as may be Permitted lot size is 2000
(minimum value of Rs. 2 lakh) specified by NSE (minimum value of Rs. 2 lakh) specified by NSE
Price Steps Rs. 0.05 Rs. 0.01
Expiration Months 3 near months One year
Trading Cycle A maximum of three month trading cycle - the near month (one), the next month (two) The concern shall be for a period of a
and the far month (three). New contract is introduced on the next trading day following the expiry of near month contract maturity of one year with three months
continuous contracts for the first three
months and fixed quarterly contracts for
the entire year
Last Trading/Expiration Day Last Thursday of the expiry month or the preceding trading day, if last Thursday is a trading holiday Last Thursday of the expiry month. If
last Thursday is a trading holiday, the
contracts shall expire on previous trading
day. Further, where the last Thursday
falls on the annual or half yearly closing
dates of the bank, the contract shall
expire on previous trading day
Price Bands Operating range of 10% of Operating range of 20% of Operating range of 99% of Operating range of 99% of NA
the base price the base price the base price the base price
No. of Strike Prices NA NA Minimum of 5 (two ‘in the Minimum of 5 (two ‘in the NA
money’, one ‘at the money’ and money’, one ‘at the money’ and
two ‘out of the money’) two ‘out of the money’) for
for every option type (i.e. call very option type (i.e. call
and put) and put)
Strike Price Interval (in Rs.) NA NA 10 Between 2.5 and 50 depending NA
on the price of underlying
Settlement In cash on T+1 basis In cash on T+1 basis In cash on T+1 basis Daily settlement on T+1 basis Daily Mark-to-Market settlement
and final settlement on T+2 and Final Settlement will be on
Derivatives Market
basis T+1 basis
Daily Settlement Price Closing price of futures Closing price of futures Premium Value (net) Premium Value (net) As may be stipulated by NSCCL
contracts on the trading day contracts on the trading day in this regard from time to time
Final Settlement Price Closing value underlying index/ Closing value underlying index/ Closing value of such Closing value of such As may be stipulated by NSCCL in this
security on the last trading security on the last trading day underlying security (index) underlying security (index) regard from time to time
day of the futures contract of the futures contract on the last trading day on the last trading day
of the options contracts of the options contracts
Settlement Day Last trading day
Margins Up-front initial margin on daily basis
ISMR
NA: Not applicable
Annexure 7-2: Business Growth of Derivatives Segment
Month/ Index Futures Stock Futures Interest Rate Futures Index Options Stock Options Total Average Open Interest
Year Daily at the end of
ISMR
No. of Turnover No. of Turnover No. of Trading Call Put Call Put
No. of Turnover Turnover
Contracts Contracts Contracts Value Contracts (Rs. mn.) (Rs. mn.) No. of Turnover
Traded (Rs. mn.) Traded (Rs. mn.) Traded (Rs. mn.) No. of Notional No. of Notional No. of Notional No. of Notional Traded Contracts (Rs. mn.)
Contracts Turnover Contracts Turnover Contracts Turnover Contracts Turnover
Traded (Rs. mn.) Traded (Rs. mn.) Traded (Rs. mn.) Traded (Rs. mn.)
Jun-00 to
Mar-01 90,580 23,650 - - - - - - - - - - - - 90,580 23,650 116
Apr-01 13,274 2,917 - - - - - - - - - - - - 13,274 2,917 154 1,430 319
May-01 10,048 2,305 - - - - - - - - - - - - 10,048 2,305 105 2,033 471
Jun-01 26,805 5,902 - - - - 5,232 1,185 3,429 766 - - - - 35,466 7,854 374 4,071 904
Derivatives Market
Jul-01 60,644 13,086 - - - - 8,613 1,908 6,221 1,352 13,082 2,902 4,746 1,057 93,306 20,306 967 14,040 2,948
Aug-01 60,979 13,046 - - - - 7,598 1,653 5,533 1,193 38,971 8,437 12,508 2,633 125,589 26,962 1,284 19,096 3,961
Sep-01 154,298 28,571 - - - - 12,188 2,432 8,262 1,687 64,344 13,221 33,480 6,900 272,572 52,810 2,640 16,204 2,780
Oct-01 131,467 24,848 - - - - 16,787 3,263 12,324 2,329 85,844 16,319 43,787 8,015 290,209 54,775 2,608 25,051 4,628
Nov-01 121,697 24,835 125,946 28,114 - - 14,994 3,099 7,189 1,453 112,499 23,722 31,484 6,379 413,809 87,601 4,380 60,414 13,291
Dec-01 109,303 23,393 309,755 75,147 - - 12,890 2,866 5,513 1,184 84,134 19,859 28,425 6,740 550,020 129,187 6,799 37,891 8,024
Jan-02 122,182 26,598 489,793 132,610 - - 11,285 2,528 3,933 853 133,947 38,361 44,498 12,529 805,638 213,479 9,282 78,384 17,753
Feb-02 120,662 27,472 528,947 139,395 - - 13,941 3,235 4,749 1,068 133,630 36,347 33,055 8,643 834,984 216,159 10,808 89,560 20,104
Mar-02 94,229 21,846 503,415 139,890 - - 10,446 2,487 4,773 1,113 101,708 28,628 37,387 10,936 751,958 204,899 10,784 93,917 21,499
2001-02 1,025,588 214,819 1,957,856 515,155 - - 113,974 24,657 61,926 12,998 768,159 187,795 269,370 63,830 4,196,873 1,019,254 4,127 93,917 21,499
Apr-02 73,635 16,562 552,727 150,651 - - 11,183 2,600 5,389 1,215 121,225 34,004 40,443 11,704 804,602 216,736 9,852 66,922 15,540
May-02 94,312 20,223 605,284 159,810 - - 13,070 2,945 7,719 1,687 126,867 34,901 57,984 16,432 905,236 235,998 10,727 55,839 12,053
Jun-02 99,514 21,228 616,461 161,783 - - 10,272 2,229 7,805 1,662 123,493 33,246 48,919 13,173 906,464 233,320 11,666 65,834 15,315
Jul-02 122,663 25,133 789,290 212,047 - - 16,637 3,498 7,688 1,616 154,089 43,406 65,530 18,369 1,155,897 304,069 13,220 85,369 17,997
Aug-02 152,375 29,778 726,310 178,806 - - 15,967 3,178 10,124 2,000 147,646 38,367 65,630 17,255 1,118,052 269,383 12,828 71,655 16,602
Sep-02 144,303 28,357 700,051 175,011 - - 16,578 3,318 12,543 2,507 151,291 40,160 80,038 22,051 1,104,804 271,404 13,570 67,261 13,858
Oct-02 164,934 31,448 856,930 212,134 - - 23,628 4,594 13,910 2,671 214,027 55,953 104,659 27,612 1,378,088 334,413 15,924 135,239 30,228
Nov-02 175,567 35,000 970,251 254,630 - - 25,413 5,090 17,191 3,360 261,600 71,060 104,529 29,220 1,554,551 398,360 20,966 94,615 22,134
Dec-02 277,403 59,580 1,217,873 355,316 - - 30,261 6,601 19,973 4,274 309,573 95,524 111,756 34,907 1,966,839 556,201 26,486 110,431 28,933
Jan-03 258,955 55,567 1,304,122 382,988 - - 26,376 5,769 16,805 3,635 322,876 101,743 132,021 41,790 2,061,155 591,400 25,717 100,764 23,888
Feb-03 237,803 50,403 1,198,564 324,448 - - 26,501 5,711 17,681 3,749 268,156 76,444 114,512 33,192 1,863,217 493,948 25,997 109,192 27,378
Mar-03 325,299 66,237 1,138,980 297,698 - - 53,788 11,165 35,739 7,397 255,658 71,634 140,540 39,186 1,950,004 493,317 24,666 97,025 21,943
2002-03 2,126,763 439,516 10,676,843 2,865,321 - - 269,674 56,698 172,567 35,772 2,456,501 696,441 1,066,561 304,891 16,768,909 4,398,548 17,524 97,025 21,943
Apr-03 362,157 69,939 1,291,493 297,492 - - 54,890 10,914 31,107 6,157 297,270 74,713 168,553 40,981 2,205,470 500,196 25,010 121,089 25,877
May-03 325,784 62,826 1,354,581 327,517 - - 53,198 10,387 30,109 5,784 332,529 88,606 155,849 39,113 2,252,050 534,233 25,440 101,396 20,066
Jun-03 439,151 93,475 1,694,505 465,047 9,768 1,819 55,874 12,065 34,895 7,351 383,603 113,026 132,498 37,390 2,750,294 730,173 34,770 132,383 36,892
Jul-03 641,002 147,430 2,282,426 705,146 963 193 87,149 20,395 50,669 11,634 495,853 161,801 162,501 51,895 3,720,563 1,098,495 47,761 254,332 74,811
Aug-03 990,731 249,886 2,620,897 912,876 50 10 96,875 24,769 54,649 13,616 434,526 160,276 116,370 42,191 4,314,098 1,403,625 70,181 161,027 55,300
Sep-03 1,676,358 458,610 3,122,432 1,138,735 0 0 110,014 30,877 69,920 19,250 401,660 163,785 101,555 40,252 5,481,939 1,851,509 84,160 192,544 66,084
Oct-03 1,866,407 564,351 3,469,563 1,463,771 0 0 89,794 27,613 60,330 18,128 405,706 185,581 97,405 44,201 5,989,205 2,303,645 100,158 179,670 66,773
Nov-03 1,557,909 494,862 2,761,725 1,224,630 0 0 71,696 23,135 48,281 15,342 269,032 133,135 61,295 30,610 4,769,938 1,921,714 96,086 179,704 69,197
Dec-03 1,875,468 653,777 3,334,468 1,509,326 0 0 87,683 31,002 68,394 23,552 294,596 140,951 63,426 30,460 5,724,035 2,389,067 108,594 230,109 100,038
Jan-04 2,611,649 998,776 3,791,114 1,957,883 0 0 105,431 41,204 72,869 27,929 327,135 178,041 67,825 36,797 6,976,023 3,240,630 154,316 182,708 76,158
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Feb-04 2,339,950 863,590 2,868,432 1,614,639 0 0 98,938 37,536 74,933 27,912 238,517 138,731 75,771 45,984 5,696,541 2,728,392 143,600 166,794 70,504
Mar-04 2,505,102 887,101 3,777,206 1,442,431 0 0 132,352 48,115 92,364 33,567 367,722 143,090 131,874 50,509 7,006,620 2,604,813 118,401 235,792 71,876
2003-04 17,191,668 5,544,625 32,368,842 13,059,493 10,781 2,022 1,043,894 318,011 688,520 210,222 4,248,149 1,681,736 1,334,922 490,384 56,886,776 21,306,492 83,884 235,792 71,876
Note: 1. Notional Turnover = (Strike Price + Premium) * Quantity.
2. Index Futures, Index Options, Stock Options and Stock Futures were introduced in June 2000, June 2001, July 2001 and November 2001, respectively.
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Knowledge Initiatives
Several initiatives have been taken over the last few years with a view to develop the skills of
market intermediaries, educate the investors and promote high quality research in the securities
market. In order to further improve the skills and widen the knowledge base of people involved
in the securities market, SEBI is planning to set up a global securities training centre, the
‘National Institute for Securities Training’.
Quality Intermediation
Given the large number of different intermediaries, who compete among themselves to
entice the investors to subscribe to their issues, the investors are in a dilemma as to
which intermediary is to be patronized. This dilemma is not restricted to only the
investors, but also to the issuers of securities. In this scenario, how does an investor/
issuer discriminate among them? How does he know that a particular intermediary really
understands his needs and can handle his money efficiently? Fortunately, all the
intermediaries in the securities market are now registered and regulated by SEBI. There
are codes of conduct prescribed for each intermediary as well as for their employees.
Further, there is a system to monitor and inspect their operations. In case of violation
of any regulation disciplinary actions are taken against them. All the intermediaries in
the market are mandated to have a compliance officer who reports independently to
SEBI about any non-compliance observed by him. Thus, a reasonably satisfactory
arrangement is in place to ensure good conduct of the intermediaries.
In some segments of the financial markets such as the insurance and banking, there
is conscious effort being made to equip the personnel joining these organizations with
the required expertise. The employees of insurance companies upgrade their skills by taking
associate and fellow examinations offered by the Insurance Institute of India. Similarly,
bank officials can take junior associate and certified associate examinations conducted
by Indian Institute of Bankers. However, in the securities market, there has been no such
effort initiated. As a result, the professionalization of intermediaries has been left, by
and large, to the market forces.
In some of the developed and developing markets, there is a system of testing
and certification for persons joining market intermediaries. This ensures that these
personnel have a minimum required knowledge about the market and the existing
regulations. The benefits of this system are wide spread. While the intermediaries are
assured of qualified staff, the employees get an opportunity to improve their career
prospects. This in turn instills confidence in the investors to be associated with the
securities market.
The formal educational or training programme on securities markets is not adequate
to cover their areas of operations. For instance, no academic course teaches how to
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maintain depository accounts or to sell mutual fund products, issue contract notes or clear
and settle trades on a stock exchange. As a result, a need for certification was being
increasingly felt by the regulators as well as by the securities industry.
Initiatives in India
With a view to improve the quality of intermediation, SEBI had set up a Committee to
prescribe standards of knowledge necessary for different types of specialized functions in the
securities industry at operational and supervisory levels. The committee recommended that
an examination based certification system was ideal to meet the requirements of the Indian
capital markets. In the initial period, the test may be offered on a voluntary basis, but after a
period of two years, the test is to be made mandatory. Thereafter, every person regardless of
his educational qualifications has to pass the certification test within a period of 12 months
from the date of his employment with the intermediary. Also, among the existing staff, two
persons or 20%, whichever is higher, have to obtain the certificate within 12 months from the
date on which the test becomes mandatory. If the intermediary is unable to employ the
minimum number of certified persons, then it would automatically be de-registered from the
date of the said violation. Initially there may be a single common test for all types of market
intermediaries, subsequently specialised tests may be introduced. The examination can be
taken by anyone, irrespective of qualifications, age, employment or experience. The Committee
designed an exhaustive syllabus with a view to test the understanding a candidate has acquired
of the securities market. It also tests his ability to provide sound advice to investors. Though
the testing and certification system as recommended by the committee is yet to be
operationalised, it has created an awareness of and need for certification among the market
participants.
The L. C. Gupta Committee was set up by the SEBI to develop appropriate
regulatory framework for derivatives trading in India. It recommended that the broker-
members, sales persons/dealers in the derivatives market must pass a certification
programme approved by the SEBI. This was reinforced by the Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Finance, which examined the derivatives bill. The standing committee
recommended that SEBI should in consultation with the stock exchanges endeavour to
conduct the certification programme on derivatives trading with a view to educate
investors and market players. Pursuant to this, SEBI has mandated that trading members
must have qualified approved users and sales persons, who have passed an approved
certification programme.
The Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) has taken a major initiative
to build a cadre of trained professional distributors of mutual fund products by starting
the AMFI certification for agents and distributors for mutual fund schemes. SEBI has
supported AMFI by mandating it for all MFs to appoint agents/distributors who have
obtained AMFI certification w.e.f November 1, 2001. In case of firms/companies, the
requirement of certification may be made applicable to the persons engaged in sales
and marketing.
NSE’s Certification in Financial Markets

National Stock Exchange’s Certification in Financial Markets (NCFM), a testing and
certification mechanism, has become extremely popular and is sought after by the
candidates as well as employers due to its unique on-line testing and certification
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programme. It offers all the certifications mandated by SEBI, IRDA, NSDL, AMFI,
FIMMDA and NSE itself. The entire process from generation of question paper,
invigilation, testing, assessing, scores reporting and certifying is fully automated-there is
absolutely no human intervention. It allows tremendous flexibility in terms of testing
centres, dates and timing by providing easy accessibility and convenience to candidates
as they can be tested at any time and from any location. The purpose is to test the
practical knowledge and skills that are required to operate in the financial markets, in a
very secure and unbiased manner.
NCFM offers a comprehensive range of modules covering many different areas in
finance. Some of these modules enjoy regulatory and/or industry patronage (Table 8-1).
A total of approximately 140,000 candidates have taken test of different modules of NCFM as
at end June 2004.
Table 8-1: NCFM Modules
Sl. Name of Modules Primary Inspiration

No.
1. Derivatives Core Module Regulatory Requirement

2. NSDL - Depository Operations Module Industry (NSDL) Initiative
3. Surveillance in Stock Exchanges Module Regulatory Persuasion
4. AMFI - Mutual Funds (Advisors) Module Industry (AMFI) Initiative
5. AMFI - Mutual Funds (Basic) Module Industry (AMFI) Initiative
6. Capital Market (Dealers) Module SRO’s Requirement
7. Pre-recruitment Examination for Life Insurance Agents Regulatory Requirement
8. Pre-recruitment Examination for General Insurance Agents Regulatory Requirement
9. FIMMDA - NSE Debt Market (Basic) Module Industry (NSE & FIMMDA) Initiative
10. Securities Market (Basic) Module Industry (NSE) Initiative
11. Commodities Market Module Industry (NSE) Initiative
Through a system of certification, it can be ensured that intermediation is carried out by

trained personnel. This would induce investors to use their services. Industry/SROs/Regulators
have made a modest beginning, but adequate attention is not given to this dimension of the
market. Though NCFM has been offering a wide range of modules, there is still scope to offer
such certifications for each category of intermediary/activity. SEBI should also specify
certification as a mandatory requirement for all operational level employees for all types of
intermediaries. For instance, IRDA has made it compulsory for all the life insurance agents and
general insurance agents.
Hence, it is required that all new employees joining the intermediaries and all
intermediaries joining the market, should be certified. For the existing intermediaries
and employees, a grace period of five years should be given to qualify for this
certification. The employees should also be required to update their skills and expertise
by seeking certification at intervals of five years. There should be an arrangement to
maintain a database of certified professionals and enforce a code of conduct for them
so as to enable prospective employers access the database to meet their personnel
requirements. This would enhance the knowledge and skill of the intermediaries
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(including regulators and SROs), who, in turn, can educate and guide the investors in
securities and issuers of securities.
Research Initiatives
The regulators and SROs have been actively promoting academicians and market participants
to carry out research about various topics in the various segments of securities market. The
initiatives by a few of them are presented below:
SEBI
In order to improve the understanding and knowledge about Indian capital market, and
to assist in policy-making, SEBI has been promoting high quality research in capital market.
It has set up an in-house research department, which brings out working papers on a regular
basis (Table 8-2). During the year, several research studies (topics as presented below) have
also been conducted viz., Cost Benefit Analysis of T+1, Development of Corporate Debt Market
in India, Behavioral Economics: Case of Irrational Behavior of Market Agents, Disclosures Standards
in Indian Stock Market: A Cross Country Comparison, IPO Analysis: Shareholding Pattern in the
Immediate Post-Listing Phase, Short Selling: Overview, Review and Issues, Corporate Governance: A
Brief Account of the Major Developments, Assessment of Securities Settlement System in India.
Table 8-2: Working Papers of SEBI
Sl. Title of Study

No.
1. Stock Market Volatility: An International Comparison

2. Transaction Cost for Equity Shares in India
3. Stock Market Volatility-A Comparative Study of Selected Markets
4. Transaction Cost for Equity Shares in India (Revised)
5. Dematerialisation: A Silient Revolution in the Indian Capital Market
6. Impact of Takeover Regulations on Corporate Sector in India - A Critical Appraisal
7. Trade Execution Cost of Equity Shares in India
8. Price Discovery and Volatility on NSE Futures Market
NSE Research Initiative

NSE administers a scheme called the NSE Research Initiative. This aims at improving the
market efficiency further. The initiative fosters research with a purpose to support and facilitate
stock exchanges to design market microstructure, to help participants frame their strategies,
assist regulators to frame regulations, and in general to broaden the knowledge horizon of
the securities market. The initiative has received tremendous response from the academics as
well as the market participants from within and outside the country. The studies completed/
under progress under the initiative are presented in Table 8-3.
Data Dissemination
NSE compiles, maintains and disseminates high quality data to market participants, researchers
and policy-makers. This acts as a valuable input for formulating strategy, doing research and
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making policies. NSE has been maintaining the historical database of all the details of every order
placed on its trading system and every trade executed. This data is disseminated through monthly
CD releases which are priced at a nominal rate. The following information is available on CDs:
! Summary information about each security’s high price, low price, closing price and last
traded price, turnover (value and volume), and number of trades for each trading day.
! Database of stock market indices computed by IISL. Both intra day and end of day
information is available for Nifty, Nifty Junior and Defty.
! Snapshots of limit order book of NSE at different points during a day.
! Database of circulars issued during the month. Every development in the market in
terms of market design is documented in these circulars.
Besides, NSE’s web-site itself is a storehouse of information.
Table 8-3: Studies under the NSE Research Initiative
Sl. Title of Study

No.
Completed Papers
1. Econometric Estimation of Systematic Risk of S&P CNX Nifty Constituents
2. Stock Market Development and its Impact on the Financing Pattern of the Indian Corporate Sector
3. Efficiency of the Market for Small Stocks
4. Determinants of Financial Performance of Indian Corporate Sector in the Post-Liberalization Era: An
Exploratory Study
5. Should pension funds invest in equities? An analysis of risk-return tradeoff and asset allocation decisions
6. Changes in liquidity following exposure to foreign shareholders: The effect of foreign listings, inclusion in
country funds and issues of American Depositary Receipts
7. Is the Spread Between E/P Ratio and Interest Rate Informative for Future Movement of Indian Stock Market?
8. Merger Announcements and Insider Trading Activity in India: An Empirical Investigation
9. Achieving an Individual Investor Friendly System using the power of the Internet
10. Improved Techniques for using Monte Carlo in VaR estimation
11. Short selling and its Regulation in India in International Perspective
12. Empirical investigation of multi-factor asset pricing models using Artificial Neural Network
13. Idiosyncratic Factors in Pricing Sovereign Bonds: An Analysis of the Government of India Bond Market
14. The Extreme Value Volatility Estimators and Their Empirical Performance in Indian Capital Markets
15. Equity Market Interlinkages: Transmission of Volatility – A Case Of US and India
16. Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance in India
17. Dividend policy of Indian Corporate Firms : An Analysis of Trends & Determinants
18. Market Microstructure Effects of Transparency of Indian Banks
19. Futures Trading, Information and Spot Price Volatility of NSE-50 Index Futures Contract
20. Measuring productive efficiency of stock exchanges using price adjustment coefficients
21. Do Futures and Options trading increase stock market volatility?
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22. Section switching stock market price effect in the Indian capital market and the policy implications thereof
23. Study of Common Stochastic Trend and Co-integration in the Emerging Markets - A case study India, Singapore
and Taiwan
24. Market Discipline in the Indian Banking Sector: An Empirical Exploration
25. Conditional CAPM and Cross sectional returns – A study on Indian Securities Market
26. Evaluating index fund implementation in India
27. Measuring Volumes in the Indian Financial Markets Some Terminological and Conceptual Issues
28. Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives by NSE NIFTY Companies – Content, Implementation Strategies
& Impact
29. Measures for Improving Common Investor Confidence in Indian Primary Market : A Survey
30. Informational Content of Trading Volume And Open Interest – An Empirical Study of Stock Options Market
In India
31. An analysis of the Dynamic Relationships Between South Asian and Developed Equity Markets
32. Corporate Governance and Market reactions
Papers under Progress
1. The Impact of Introducing Stock Futures Trading on the Cash Market in India
2. An analysis of the Dynamic Relationships Between South Asian and Developed Equity Markets
3. Insider Ownership and Corporate Governance
4. Price and Volume Effects of S & P CNX Nifty Index Reorganization
5. Understanding Speculative Bubbles in Stock Markets
6. Seasoned Capital Offerings: Earnings Management and Long-Run Operating Performance of Indian Firms
7. Estimating and Forecasting Volatility of Equity Market Using Asymmetric – GARCH Models
8. Indicators of Shareholder Wealth Maximization: A Comparative study of Indian Industries
9. Volatility Spillovers
10. Management Motivation for Share Buyback: An Empirical Study of Corporate India
11. Improving Index Fund Implementation in India
12. Untangling the web of Indian Pyramids
NSENEWS
NSENEWS, a monthly publication of NSE, is the most referred publication among professionals
in the securities market. Among other monthly data, it also puts out articles in order to educate
the market participants and investors about latest developments in the industry. These articles
analyse market developments in terms of the working of the market and provide theoretical
and empirical inputs for policy initiatives.
Investor Awareness
Investors are the backbone of the securities market. An educated and aware investor is not
only well acquainted with the functioning of the market, but is also aware of his rights and
obligations. As the class of educated investors increases, so does the width of the market. The
regulators, self regulatory organisations (SROs), non-government organisations (NGOs), and
investor fora/associations need to take steps to educate the investors.
SEBI had launched a nation-wide intensive investor education exercise aimed at creating
awareness among the investors in securities market in January 2003. Following the national
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launch, the campaign has already been extended to 12 states. SEBI has also put in place a
comprehensive investor grievances processing mechanism. Office of Investor Assistance and
Education (OIAE) is a single window interface of SEBI. It accepts complaints from aggrieved
investor for matters falling within its jurisdiction. These complaints received are acknowledged
and taken up with the concerned entities either directly by OIAE or by the Investor Complaint
Cell of the concerned department.
The Department of Company Affairs (DCA) also informs the general public about the
agency they should approach for redressal of their grievances. For complaints relating to
deposits in banking companies and non-banking financial companies, the investors should
approach the RBI. All complaints relating to listed companies are dealt by SEBI and for
unlisted companies by DCA. In the case of deposits from non-banking non-financial
companies, the depositors should approach the Company Law Board. If the orders passed by
the Board are not honored, then they should approach the concerned Registrar of Companies.
These complaints relate to non-registration of transfer of shares, non-refund of share application
money, non-receipt of dividends, non-receipt of duplicate shares, non-issue of share certificates,
non-issue of debenture certificates, bonus shares, share certificates on conversion, after
endorsement etc.
Investors’ Associations
SEBI registers and supports investor associations engaged in education of investors and redressal
of investor complaints. At the end of March 2004, the following Investors Associations were
registered with SEBI:
1. Consumer Education and Research Society, Ahmedabad
2. Consumer Unity & Trust Society, Jaipur
3. Ghatkopar Investors’ Welfare Association, Mumbai
4. Investors’ Grievances Forum, Mumbai
5. Jagrut Grahak Mandal, Patan (Gujarat)
6. Kolhapur Investor’ Association, Kolhapur
7. Midas Touch Investors’ Association, Kanpur
Investor Protection Fund

Despite the various efforts taken by the regulators and exchange, some problems do arise. A
cushion in the form of Investor Protection Funds (IPFs) is set up by the stock exchanges. The
purpose of the IPF is to take care of investor claims, which may arise out of non-settlement
of obligations by the trading members. The IPF is also used to settle claims of such investors
whose trading member has been declared a defaulter. Further, the stock exchanges have been
allowed to utilise interest income earned on IPF for investor education, awareness and research.
The Companies Act, 1956 also provides for an Investor Education and Protection Fund
(IEPF) to protect the interests of small shareholders. The fund is utilised for conducting
direct education programmes, organising seminars, promoting research activities and providing
legal assistance to genuine investor litigants through investor grievances forums. The fund is
managed by a committee comprising both government and non-government members. The
IEPF is constituted from grants received from the government and from the unclaimed
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dividends, share application money, matured deposits and unclaimed debentures of the
corporates.
IEPF provides financial assistance to any organisation/entity/person with a viable project
proposal on investors’ education and protection. The eligible entities are those registered
under the Societies Registration Act or formed as Trusts or incorporated Companies. They
should be in existence for a minimum period of 2 years employing a minimum of 20 members.
They should be governed by properly established rules, regulations and or by-laws prior to its
date of application for registration. In addition, they should not be a profit making entity.
The limit for each entity for assistance would be subject to 5% of the budget of IEPF during
that financial year and not exceeding 50% of the amount to be spent on the proposed
programme/activity.
Disclosures
The spread of information should be uniform across investors in a timely fashion so as to
increase the efficiency of the market. One of the major sources of information about a
company is the disclosure made by the company itself. The Companies Act has laid down
detailed guidelines for disclosures to be made by all companies. These have been supplemented
further by the Disclosure and Investor Protection Guidelines of SEBI, and the listing agreement.
Under the Companies Act, all companies have to prepare statutorily audited annual accounts,
which are to be sent to all shareholders and lodged with the Registrar of Companies, after
being approved by the company Board. The listed companies are also required to submit the
annual accounts to every stock exchange where they are listed. In addition, listed companies
have to prepare abridged unaudited financial summaries for every quarter and submit a cash
flow statement. The most substantive financial disclosures of companies are found in the
annual reports, particularly the balance sheet and profit and loss account.
It is only very recently that ICAI has issued accounting standards in the areas of
consolidation of accounts, segment reporting, deferred taxes, related party transactions and
earning per share and their applicability to continuous disclosure requirements. So that the
companies would provide fair disclosures of related party transactions and consolidated
accounts of subsidiaries and associate companies, which was not earlier.
While the quantity and quality of financial disclosures is an important issue, how these
disclosures are made is also important. Mostly companies have been making the disclosures
through the annual reports and the quarterly reports. All other important announcements
are made through the public media. It is, however, possible that such information reaches
common investors later than it is made available to some others. To impart healthy practices
in this regard, the companies are now required to make announcements regarding corporate
actions, such as declaration of dividends and bonus, and financial results of the company,
within 15 minutes from the close of Board meeting in which these decisions are taken.
Further, companies should be promoted to use the information technology for dissemination
of information. Some companies, however, may find it unaffordable to maintain web-sites. It
would be better to have a common web-site for providing information on various companies
at one place.
NSE has put in place a system that ensures proper, up-to-date and correct information
is available to the all investors. Such price-sensitive information as bonus announcements,
mergers, new line of business, etc. received from the companies is disseminated to all the
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market participants through the network of NSE terminals all over India. The Exchange initiates
action where such price-sensitive information is not provided to the Exchange at the prescribed
time. NSE has recently launched a new system, under which all corporate announcements
including that of Board meetings that needs to be disclosed to the market is handled in a
straight through and hands free manner. As and when the company submits the information in
electronic form the same is seamlessly broadcast to the market and also simultaneously displayed
on the NSE website.
NSE conducts various seminars and programs for the investors all over the country
with a view to educate them on their rights and obligations and also the precautions they
should take while dealing in the securities market.
EDIFAR
In association with National Informatics Centre (NIC), SEBI has set up an Electronic Data
Information Filing and Retrieval (EDIFAR) System. This system facilitates an electronic filing
of certain information by listed companies. This is an automated system for filing, retrieving
and disseminating of time sensitive corporate information, which are now being filed physically
by the listed companies. The primary objective is to centralize the information and accelerate
its dissemination and thereby enhance transparency and efficiency for the benefit of various
classes of market participants.
The system is being introduced in phases and is applicable to 2,544 companies. In the
first phase, the information that is filed online are: (i) financial statements comprising of
balance sheets, profit and loss account and full version of annual report, half yearly financial
statements including cash flow statements and quarterly financial statements, (ii) corporate
governance reports, (iii) shareholding pattern statement, (iv) statement of action taken against
the company by an regulatory agencies and (v) such other statement, information or report
as may be specified by SEBI from time to time in this regard.
These filings are in addition to the filings made by the companies with the stock exchange
in compliance with the provisions of the listing agreement. Gradually the physical filing
should be discontinued and both the number of companies as well as disclosure statements
should be expanded to cover all the actively traded companies for all the disclosure statements.
EDIFAR is available at http: //sebiedifar.nic.in.
www.nseindia.com
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Volume VII 2004

National Stock Exchange of

Copyright © 2004 by National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (NSE)

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be produced, stored in a

This publication reviews the developments in the Indian Securities Market up

Cor porate Communications Division:

Chapter 1 Securities Market in India – An Overview ....................................... 1

Chapter 2 Primary Market ................................................................................ 27

Credit Rating .................................................................................. 36

Chapter 3 Collective Investment Vehicles ........................................................ 49

Chapter 4 Secondary Market — Trading ......................................................... 67

Market Design .......................................................................................... 79

Chapter 5 Secondary Market — Clearing and Settlement ............................... 115

Settlement Process .................................................................................. 127

Chapter 6 Debt Market ................................................................................. 139

Chapter 7 Derivatives Market ........................................................................... 183

Chapter 8 Knowledge Initiatives ...................................................................... 215

Research Initiatives .................................................................................. 218

ADB Asian Development Bank

CPSS Committee on Payment and Settlement Issues

FSAP Financial Sector Assesment Program

MNCs Multi National Companies

PRISM Parallel Risk Management System

VaR Value at Risk

Securities Market in India – An Overview

Products and Participants

Table 1-1: Market Participants in Securities Market

Market Participants Number as on March 31

* DCA, DEA, RBI & SEBI.

Particulars USA UK Japan Germany Singapore Hongkong China India

Source: S&P Emerging Stock Market Factbook, 2004

A comparative study of concentration of market indices and indices stocks in different

Market Concentration in the World Index as on End 2003

Markets Market Capitalisation Turnover Ratio Listed Domestic

Source: World Development Indicators 2004, World Bank.

Dependence on Securities Market

Year Share (%) of Securities Market in

Source: RBI Annual Report

Investor Population and Perception

Table 1-8: Resources Mobilised through Public Issues

Table 1-10: Secondary Market - Selected Indicators

(Amount in Rs. mn.)

At the End of Turnover of Non-Repo

Source: SEBI & NSE

Rules, Regulations & Regulators

Reforms in Indian Securities Markets

Government Securities Market

Research in Securities Market

Testing and Certification

Principles of Securities Regulation

Enforcement of Securities Regulation

15. Holders of securities in a company should be treated in a fair and equitable

Collective Investment Schemes

27. Regulation should promote transparency of trading.

Recommendations for Securities Settlement Systems

7. Delivery versus payment (DVP): CSDs should eliminate principal risk by

World Federation of Exchanges Trading Survey 2002

stringent disclosure norms in September 2003. As a result, the resources mobilised by

Book Building Guidelines

Contents of Offer Document

Guidelines for Issue of Advertisements

II. Debenture Trustees Regulations, 2003

III. Unlisted Public Companies (Preferential Allotment) Rules, 2003

DIP Guidelines, 2000

Contribution of Promoters and lock-in

Category II To act as adviser, consultant, co-manager, underwriter, portfolio manager 0.50

Category III To act as underwriter, adviser, consultant to an issue 0.20

Category IV To act only as adviser or consultant to an issue Nil

IPOs 6 10,387 17 32,766

Table 2-3: Sector-wise Distribution of Resources Mobilised

Sl. Name of Company Date of Issue Close Close Price Price

Book Building through On-line IPO System

Year No. of Company Target Actual

1991-92 47 2,500 3,038

Private Placement of Debt