Sebi@25: Greater powers after the Harshad Mehta scam

This includes tax arrears of Rs 1,16,773.77 crore by major defaulter Hassan Ali Khan, Chandrika Tapuriah and (Late) Harshad S Mehta, FM said.

PM urges Sebi to work towards rooting out the "disease of insider trading" from stock markets TEXT SIZE : A | A | A TOOLS Picture by Reuters RELATED STORIES Celebrating its Silver Jubilee, the Security & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on 24 May ...

It has been an eventful 25 years for the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), transforming India's securities market into one of the world's finest, though the journey has seen scams and controversies that could not be nipped in the bud.

As Sebi celebrates its 25 years of existence, Chairman U K Sinha says this has been an eventful journey for the capital markets regulator and it has created market infrastructures that are better than those in many other countries, including some ...

The current political situation brings back memories of 1989. The Prime Minister then was under a cloud in the Bofors scam. Many of his close associates like Lalit Suri and Ajitabh Bachchan were accused of wrong-doing. Today, Prime Minister Manmohan ...

The Cobrapost sting operation and its aftermath have driven a coach and horses through the Indian banking system's ability to comply with international norms and Indian laws designed to prevent money laundering and funding of terrorism through know ...

SEBI, the , has completed 25 years since it emerged as a concept in 1988. The Prime Minister and Finance Minister along with a galaxy of dignitaries are participating in its silver jubilee function later this week. It was time for stocktaking with ...

"My friends wondered how I was selected for the job. I said it was sheer destiny," this is how G V Ramakrishna, the second chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and the man who would chart the future course of the regulator ...

Basically, it began in the 80's with liberalisation around the corner, the Indian corporate world was straining at the leashes, and investors wanted in on the action. However, the resultant euphoria brought with it the menace of manipulation and ...