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Capital market regulator Sebi is examining the application seeking voluntary exit of the Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) from its business, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said on Monday. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Chaudhary said Sebi has constituted a Working Group on the matter and appointed a valuation agency for verification and valuation of CSE's assets and liabilities. Certain information sought by Sebi from CSE is awaited, he said. "Sebi would be passing a speaking order giving an exit to CSE from stock exchange business after taking a view on exclusively listed companies of CSE, its assets and liabilities, and relaxation from any regulations in order to facilitate exit," he said. The Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE), in its February 18, 2025, letter to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), sought voluntary exit as a Stock Exchange under the Sebi Exit Policy for stock exchanges. "The proposal is at the stage of examination befor
Buoyed by positive indications from the market regulator, the Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) hopes on making a comeback as the third equity exchange of the country by March-April 2024, a senior official said on Sunday. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) barred the CSE from trading on its platform in April 2013 due to regulatory and compliance issues. "We will come back as the third equity bourse of the country soon. There is positive feedback. We have to adhere to some measures, which will be done by January," CSE chief general manager Dhiraj Chakraborty told PTI. "We hope to resume as an independent exchange again by March-April with new technology, which will be the best in the industry," he said. Currently, the CSE is surviving by providing its members with facilities to trade on the NSE platform. "With the approval of SEBI and subject to the decision of the Calcutta High Court, CSE expects to resume its trading and settlement functions on its own platform in the