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TMI BlogFM Chairs Fifth FSDC Meeting; Discusses Issues Relating to Addressing of External Sector Vulnerabilities, Development of Corporate Bond Market and Report of the FSDC Sub- Committee to the CouncilX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... FM Chairs Fifth FSDC Meeting; Discusses Issues Relating to Addressing of External Sector Vulnerabilities, Development of Corporate Bond Market and Report of the FSDC Sub- Committee to the Council X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... elopment Council (FSDC) was held here today under the Chairmanship of the Union Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram. The meeting was attended by Dr. D. Subbarao, Governor, RBI, Shri U. K. Sinha, Chairman, SEBI, Shri Yogesh Agarwal, Chairman, PFRDA, Shri R.K. Nair, Member, IRDA, Dr. Arvind Mayaram, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Shri D. K. Mittal, Secretary, Department of Financial Ser ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... vices and other senior officials of the Ministry of Finance. The following issues were discussed in the meeting: i) Addressing External Sector Vulnerabilities ii) Development of Corporate Bond Market iii) Report of the FSDC Sub- Committee to the Council The Council reviewed the recent global developments, specifically in the Eurozone and the US. It assessed the external sector vulnerabiliti ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... es as also risks arising out of the same. Recent steps taken by the Government and the financial sector Regulators to address the concerns were briefly discussed. It discussed various policy suggestions on mitigating the vulnerabilities through moderating imports, promoting exports and encouraging capital flows through progressive liberalization. On the development agenda, the steps taken so far ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... towards developing the corporate bond market were reviewed. The need for a roadmap for a structural shift towards a diverse financial system with an adequate emphasis on corporate bond instruments was discussed. The Council also discussed a number of steps to be taken for rationalizing the framework for regulation of corporate debt with an aim to remove regulatory constraints for issuers and prote ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ct investors, encourage participation of long term investors, reduce cost of public issuance and increase liquidity through improving the market infrastructure. FSDC was apprised of the progress made by the Sub-Committee on three broad fronts i.e. assessing and addressing risks to financial stability, inter-regulatory coordination issues and issues related to financial inclusion and financial lit ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... eracy. Action taken by the Sub-Committee for putting in place an effective mechanism for supervision of the financial conglomerates, a resolution regime for financial institutions and regulation of investment advisers were noted by the Council. The Sub-Committee also informed the Council, inter alia, that a draft National Strategy for Financial Education has been released for wider consultation an ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d that a roadmap for finalization and implementation of the strategy is being drawn.
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