The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) organised a National seminar on ‘Investor Education and Protection for Inclusive Growth’ at Bhubaneswar, recently.
On the occasion, Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister, Odisha was the chief guest and inaugurated the seminar. Patnaik talked about safeguarding of the money of the investors through strict regulations and education.
Mr UK Sinha, chairman, SEBI said that SEBI has taken several initiatives to protect the interest of the common investors. Commenting about the recent amendments, SEBI has been empowered to initiate stringent action against the unauthorised chit funds and other financial agencies who are running their business violating the rules and regulations. President, council of the ICSI, CS SN Ananthasubramanian said that the ICSI has been associated with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, for organising such programmes across the country. This will help pool the fund of the investors for inclusive growth.