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The Securities And Exchange Board Of India Act

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SEBI was established under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992. Its jurisdiction is specifically related to the securities market. Its objective is to protect the interests of investors in securities and to regulate and promote the development of the securities market.
Further, under the Section 32 of the Act provides that the act shall be applicable in addition to any other law in force at a particular time which implies that the powers of SEBI co-exist with and cannot over-ride other regulators in the market. Several regulations have been framed under the SEBI Act for regulating different aspects of the securities market. In addition to its enabling Act, SEBI also operates under other legislations, which include the …show more content…

Therefore, it has to ensure the monetary stability, operate the currency and credit system of the country, foreign exchange and reserve management, government debt management, financial regulation and supervision and acting as banker to the banks and to the government.
Banking Regulation 1949 is another legislation which governs the functions of RBI. Section 44 A of this Act lays down the procedure for amalgamation of banking companies and also states that bank mergers need to be sanctioned by RBI before taking effect. Among other issues, the Section could probably be the basis of the contentious issues which resulted in the delay of the notification of the whole Competition Act, followed by further delays in the notification of Sections of the Act dealing with mergers.
RBI is expected to ensure that they constantly check the vulnerability of banks, as borrowings make them constantly exposed to risks. It also has to ensure that, as the banks source money for lending by pooling short-term demand deposits (which they invest in long-term loans), they fund only viable projects for which there would be return, and given that the money loaned out would be belonging to various creditors.

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