Futures trade in agricultural commodities in the modern exchange era has so far proven beneficial only in the cases of a few commodities/contracts that fulfil the basic criteria of selection for futures trading accompanied by stringent and timely regulatory actions while it has impacted...

Analysis of forward premia behaviour was carried out across three term structures viz., one-month, three-month and six-month with the backdrop of forward premium puzzle. The results suggested that the behaviour of forward premium varied across different term structures in the Indian forward...

India's foreign exchange market has been witnessing extreme volatility trends for the past three years. In this context, foreign exchange derivatives become important tools for market risk management. While the over the counter (OTC) derivatives, forwards, are widely used in the post...

India's rural households continued to remain financially excluded prominently compared to urban households particularly with respect to their access to institutional credit. Nearly half (44%) of the credit requirements of rural households is still met through non-institutional sources of finance...

India has witnessed a limited progress in Agricultural Market Information Services (AMIS) confining to dissemination of the available information rather than improving its extent of coverage, quality and timeliness. The paper attempts to discuss the critical gaps in the existing system of AMIS...

Nation wide trading in commodities futures in India was introduced for many agricultural commodities and later trading in futures was banned for few commodities due to pressure on spot prices of these commodities. The paper studies the impact of futures trading in three important commodities...

Indian gold derivatives market has a Century old history with the inception of the famous Bombay Bullion Association (BBA) in 1919 though subjected to ban subsequently similar to other commodities. Following their revival in the early 2000s, gold futures volumes have witnessed a healthy growth...