Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Banks can wait to trade in commodity futures

........Way back in 2006, the Gupta Committee report released by Reserve Bank of India argued in favour of allowing banks, MFs and FIIs to trade commodity futures. The policymakers kept the recommendation on hold, and for good reasons. India was not ready then for rabid financialisation of commodity markets whose activities touch the lives of almost everyone in some way or the other. This is especially true of sensitive agricultural commodities – food articles – that have a high weightage in consumer price index. The situation is no different even today.............

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