Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992

The Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 is an act that was enacted for regulation and development of securities market in India. It was amended in the years 1995, 1999, and 2002 to meet the requirements of changing needs of the securities market.

It was the 15th Act of 1992. The Act provides for the establishment of Securities and Exchange Board of India following the Harshad Mehta scam.

The Act contains 10 Chapters and 91 Sections.

Preamble

The Securities and Exchange Board of India is the sole regulator of the Indian Securities Market. Its Preamble describes its basic function as "...to protect the interests of investors in securities and to promote the development of, and to regulate the securities market and for matters connected therewith or incid thereto"

Management of the Board

The management of Board is run by its members appointed by the central Government:

(a) Chairman

(b) Two members from the Ministry of Finance of the Union.

(c) One member from the Reserve Bank

(d) five other members.

Functions of Board

(1) Protect the interest of investors in securities market, regulate the securities market in India.

(2) Registering the depositories, investment schemes, mutual funds.

(3) Promoting fundamental education needed to invest in securities markets.

See also

• Securities and Exchange Board of India

References

1. Securities and Exchange Board of India
2. Financial regulation in India
3. Insider trading
4. OTC Exchange of India
5. Stockbroker
6. Debtors' prison
7. Securities Appellate Tribunal
8. Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956
9. National Stock Exchange of India
10. List of acts of the Parliament of India
11. Securities Laws (Amendment) Act, 2014
12. Bombay Stock Exchange
13. IDBI Bank
14. Reserve Bank of India
15. Central Industrial Security Force
16. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
17. P. V. Narasimha Rao
18. National Security Guard
19. ICICI Bank
20. Exim Bank of India