India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stands next to Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur (L) as she leaves her office to present the federal budget in the parliament in New Delhi, India, February 1, 2021. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
In India’s 2021 budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed merging the four acts that presently govern capital markets and securities, namely the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (SEBI Act), the Depositories Act, 1996 (Depositories Act), Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (SCRA) and Government Securities Act, 2007 (Government Securities Act), to form a single securities markets code.
WHY IS THERE A NEED FOR A CONSOLIDATED CODE?
Nomination facility for your joint holdings
Nita Mukherjee
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There is a positive development for holders of Government of India bonds who are using the demat account of Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited (SHCIL). Since 13th April, their ‘system’ has started accepting applications for nomination in the case of joint-holders of GoI Bonds.
Moneylife. More so since it is really a case of
Moneylife impact!
For several years, I have been putting a small part of my savings into GoI bonds subscribed through SHCIL. All the holdings are in joint names. While making the application, I was informed that for joint holdings, there is no provision for nomination. The usual pitch was that it was not necessary because the holdings were in joint names. And, while I did not accept the logic, I had not really gotten down to insisting on my right to nominate, for a relatively easier way of transmission of the holdings.
Pillars of retail G-Sec market
Key reform India is the third country to allow retail participation in government securities market
Key reform India is the third country to allow retail participation in government securities market×
Creating a conducive and investor-friendly environment is key to enhancing retail investment in G-Secs
In the Union Budget for FY 2021-22, the government proposed to consolidate various statutory Acts, namely the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Act, 1992, and the Government Securities Act 2007, etc. into a rationalised single securities markets code.
Consequently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowed retail investors to participate in the government securities (G-Sec) market both primary and secondary through ‘Retail Direct’, an online portal for trading.
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