| The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) will soon spell out exit route for commodity exchanges. The move will pave the way for closure of defunct ones to apply for voluntary exits. At present, there are 12 commodities exchanges, of which six are nationalised,while the rest is regional.
If an exchange is not working for a year or has annual trading turnover on its platform of less than Rs 1,000 crore will be asked to wind-up,sources said. Some exchanges is learnt to have asked Sebi for voluntary exit. Former commodities market regulator Forward Markets Commission (FMC) had also suggested some names to the government as it did not have the power to derecognise any exchange...............................................Full Article: Source
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