NSE gets Sebi approval to launch Social Stock Exchange as separate segment

Eligible NPOs can begin by registering on the SSE segment. Post-onboarding, NPOs can initiate the fund mobilisation process by issuing instruments

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has received final approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on February 22, 2023, to set up a Social Stock Exchange (SSE) as a separate segment of the NSE, according to a press release from the exchange.

The SSE aims to provide a new avenue for social enterprises to finance social initiatives, give them visibility, and increase transparency in fund mobilisation and utilisation by social enterprises. Any social enterprise, Non-Profit Organisation (NOPs) or For-Profit Social Enterprises (FPEs), that establishes its primacy of social intent can get registered or listed on the Social