The Share Market In India:
India has a well developed share market system, which is one of the best in the developing world. It has one of the oldest stock markets in Asia. The first stock exchange was established in 1875 in Bombay (Mumbai), when the stock brokers against at their plight following the severe depression in securities, decided to form an association to protect the character and interest of native share and stock brokers.
India has the second largest share holding population with around 1.5 crore shareholders; next only to the United States of America which has about 5 crore shareholders. India is significantly ahead of countries like Japan, United Kingdom and France in this regard, the Indian figure may look impressive, but it constitutes only 1.5 percent of the total population.
The country also has a large number of debenture holders, whose figure stands at around 50 lakhs (5 million). Here, it is important to note that most of the debenture holders are prospective shareholders as they are waiting for the conversion of their debentures into equity shares. The enhanced interest in capital market is a result of increasing industrialization, growing awareness among people and globalization of the capital market.
Indian capital market can be divided into primary market (new issues market) and secondary market.
India has a well developed share market system, which is one of the best in the developing world. It has one of the oldest stock markets in Asia. The first stock exchange was established in 1875 in Bombay (Mumbai), when the stock brokers against at their plight following the severe depression in securities, decided to form an association to protect the character and interest of native share and stock brokers.
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India has the second largest share holding population with around 1.5 crore shareholders; next only to the United States of America which has about 5 crore shareholders. India is significantly ahead of countries like Japan, United Kingdom and France in this regard, the Indian figure may look impressive, but it constitutes only 1.5 percent of the total population.
The country also has a large number of debenture holders, whose figure stands at around 50 lakhs (5 million). Here, it is important to note that most of the debenture holders are prospective shareholders as they are waiting for the conversion of their debentures into equity shares. The enhanced interest in capital market is a result of increasing industrialization, growing awareness among people and globalization of the capital market.
Indian capital market can be divided into primary market (new issues market) and secondary market.
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