Major Initiatives Taken by Sebi

CONTENTS
Page No. List of Tables ...................................................................................................... List of Charts ..................................................................................................... List of Boxes ....................................................................................................... Abbreviations ..................................................................................................... CHRONOLOGY OF MAJOR INITIATIVES BY SEBI ..................... vi ix x xi xiv

PART ONE:

POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES 1. 2. GENERAL MACRO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT .............. REVIEW OF POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES ....................... I. Primary Securities Market ....................................................... II. Secondary Securities Market ................................................... III. Mutual Funds .............................................................................. IV. Foreign Institutional Investors ................................................. V. Custodians .................................................................................... VI. Investor Assistance and Investor Education......................... VII. Retrospect and Prospects .......................................................... 5 10 10 14 18 20 22 22 25

PART TWO:

REVIEW OF TRENDS AND OPERATIONS 1. PRIMARY SECURITIES MARKET ............................................... I. Resource Mobilisation ............................................................... II. Sector-wise Resource Mobilisation ......................................... III. Size-wise Resource Mobilisation ............................................. IV. Industry-wise Resource Mobilisation .................................... 2. SECONDARY SECURITIES MARKET ......................................... I. Equity Market in India: An Overview .................................. II. Performance of Sectoral Indices