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At a time when the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has itself come under a cloud, an ex-parte order, issued on 2nd January against Ketan Parekh (KP) and 21 associates, makes for fascinating...
It is perhaps fitting that we are starting 2025, which marks the end of the first quarter of the 21st century, with serious introspection, triggered by the passing of former prime minister (PM) Manmohan Singh in India and President Jimmy...
If there is one area where the government and its regulators cannot be faulted, it is their tireless effort to warn citizens about cybercrime and fraud. All regulators, banks, stock exchanges, depositories, financial intermediaries and...
Many of us missed this 22nd November report, where the securities appellate tribunal (SAT), once again, imposed a penalty of Rs1 lakh on the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for passing a ‘mechanical order’...
Shaktikanta Das, the 25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), demitted office on Monday, leaving an impressive legacy of navigating several crises during his six-year tenure. Taking charge after his predecessor Urjit Patel’s...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has received an explosive new whistle-blower letter that may call into question the merger valuation of ICICI Securities with ICICI Bank, which is already subject to contentious litigation....
Amid the uproar surrounding the indictments and arrest warrants in the sprawling Adani bribery scandal, the glaring silence of a central player—Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)—stands out.
The policies of SECI,...
Asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) were designed to clean up the banking sector by resolving non-performing assets (NPAs). Consequently, people outside the banking, finance and investment world had nothing to do with them nor had they...
Every political formation in India pays lip-service to the critical role of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Contributing nearly 30% to India’s GDP and employing over 1.24mn (million) people, MSMEs are the backbone of the...
Every few days, social media highlights the relentless struggles of India's marginalised communities: caste discrimination, bonded labour, lack of healthcare, inadequate infrastructure, rampant corruption and exploitative interest...
When asked to address serious charges of conflict of interest, by Hindenburg Research and the Congress Party which have made media headlines for the past two months, Madhabi Puri Buch, the chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board...
On 24th October, the public accounts committee (PAC) of Parliament is scheduled to meet officials of the finance ministry, regulators and tax departments and the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The multi-party PAC, headed...