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Indian Terminology

If you are based outside India, you may like to familiarise yourself with some of the Indian terminologies used by us in this website.

Rs. : Rupees (Indian Currency)
Conversion Rate : Appr. 1 US$ = Rs. 65.00
Crore : 10,000,000
Lakh/Lac : 100,000
Merchant Banker : Investment Banker
RBI : Reserve Bank of India, the apex Central Bank
SEBI : Securities and Exchange Board of India, the Indian regulatory body
Public Issue : Offer to the public through a prospectus. Includes both IPOs as well as secondary offerings made by listed companies to public
Rights Issue : Offer by a listed company only to its existing shareholders

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