Before the 1991 reforms, the foreign exchange market was virtually absent. Exchange earners were required to buy and sell foreign currencies through Authorised Dealers at the Reserve Bank reference rate. In this highly regulated system, very few transactions used to take place among the authorised dealers, and trades were required to be squared off by…
Government security (G-sec) is a form of security issued by the Government through a notification in the official Gazette. These securities are created by the Government to raise loans from the public or for any other purposes. A Government Promissory Note (GPN) payable to or to the order of a certain person; a bearer bond…
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was set up in 1988 and made the regulator of the capital market under the SEBI Act, 1992. In May 1992, the Government abolished the Capital Issues Control Act, and the functions of the capital issues controller were entrusted to SEBI. As a regulator of the Capital…
Broadly, a credit market is a market for borrowing money in the form of bank loans, bonds, etc. The credit market is also known as the debt market since it deals in fixed-income instruments like bonds, treasury bills, commercial paper, and debt offerings such as notes and securitized obligations, collateralized debt obligations (CDOs)/(mortgage-backed securities), and…
The Payment and Settlement System (PSS) Act, 2007 provides for the regulation and supervision of payment systems in India and designates the Reserve Bank of India (Reserve Bank) as the authority for that purpose and all related matters. The rapid developments in Payment Systems and technology have led to the implementation of major reforms of…
‘Corporate Debt Security’ means non-convertible debt securities, which create or acknowledge indebtedness, including debentures, bonds, and such other securities of a company or a body corporate constituted by or under a Central or State Act, whether constituting a charge on the assets of the company or body corporate or not, but does not include debt…
An economy may be divided into the real sector and the nominal sector. The real sector of the economy deals with the production side, while the nominal economy deals with the financial side. The primary and secondary sectors of an economy are examples of real economy. Primary sector is accountable for securing raw materials and…
Economic reforms refer to changes introduced by the government to bring an improvement in the economy of a country through various reforms and policies to solve the prevalent economic problems. A transformation is a complete change in the appearance or character of something or someone, especially so that that thing or person is improved. Economic…
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