INDIA INVESTOR WEEK, 2010

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs organized India Investor Week

from July 12-17, 2010 in order to bring a national focus on the subject of

investor awareness. The Ministry partnered with the professional

institutes, trade and industry chambers, stock exchanges, SEBI, RBI, DPE

etc. for organizing a large number of investor awareness programmes

throughout the year in order to reach out to the investors. During India

Investor Week, five national events were organized in five metros, namely,

Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai. The Ministry’s

investor education website, www.iepf.gov.in , was launched in Assamese,

Bangla, Telegu, Kannada and Tamil by the Hon’ble Minister of Corporate

Affairs during IIW. Further, a book titled “Investors’ Guide to the Capital

Market” and a booklet titled “A Beginner’s Guide to the Capital Market”

were also released by the Hon’ble Minister of Corporate Affairs. The

booklet “A Beginner’s Guide to the Capital Market” was also translated into

various regional languages with the assistance of the participating

organizations and the same was also released during the functions.

2. The initiatives of the Ministry for spreading investor awareness in

association with all other Institutes and organizations are a step forward

in creating a congenial climate for the growth of the informed retail

investors and would eventually contribute towards the growth and stability

of the Indian Capital Market.