SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India)

Overview:

SEBI Established:	April 12, 1988.
SEBI Headquarters:	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

SEBI Objective:	To protect the interests of investors in securities, to promote the development and to regulate the securities market.
SEBI Parent Organization:	Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

What is SEBI?

SEBI stands for the Securities and Exchange Board of India. The SEBI is the regulatory body for securities and commodity markets in India and works under the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

Establishment of SEBI:

SEBI was established as a non-statutory body on April 12, 1988, through a resolution of the Government of India, and acquired as a statutory body status in the year 1992 and the provisions of the SEBI Act, 1992 came into force on January 30, 1992.

Objectives of SEBI:

The main objectives of SEBI are to protect the interests of investors in securities, to promote the development and to regulate the securities market.

Headquarters of SEBI:

The headquarters of SEBI is situated in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Preamble of SEBI:

The Preamble of the Securities and Exchange Board of India describes the basic functions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India as "...to protect the interests of investors in securities and to promote the development of, and to regulate the securities market and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto“.