The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is not in favour of creating a separate department to regulate the commodities market after commodity market regulator Forward Markets Commission (FMC) is merged with the capital market regulator. According to two persons directly involved in the discussions, the proposed merger is likely to be completed by September and the departments of Sebi that monitor brokers and exchanges would be utilized to oversee commodity brokerages and bourses, respectively.
“The view within Sebi is that a separate division will only lead to duplicity of work related to brokerages and exchanges. The better approach would be to seamlessly integrate these commodity market entities with their securities segment counterparts to best utilize the regulatory resources,” said a person on condition of anonymity as he is not authorized to speak to the media...............................................Full Article: Source
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