National Stock Exchange

of India 1
2
 National Stock Exchange of India 1
Since its inception in 1992, National Stock Exchange of India has been at the vanguard of change
in the Indian securities market. This period has seen remarkable changes in markets, from how
capital is raised and traded, to how transactions are cleared and settled.

The market has grown in scope and scale in a way that could not have been imagined at the time.
Average daily trading volumes have jumped from ` 17 crore in 1994-95 when NSE started its Cash
Market segment to ` 16,959 crore in 2009-10. Similarly, market capitalization of listed companies
went up from ` 363,350 crore at the end of March 1995 to ` 6,009,173 crore at end March 2010.
Indian equity markets are today among the most deep and vibrant markets in the world.

NSE offers a wide range of products for multiple markets, including equity shares, Exchange
Traded Funds (ETF) , Mutual Funds, Debt instruments, Index futures and options, Stock futures and
options, Currency futures and Interest rate futures. Our Exchange has more than 1,400 companies
listed in the Capital Market and more than 92% of these companies are actively traded. The debt
market has 4,140 securities available for trading. Index futures and options trade on four different
indices and on 190 stocks in stock futures and options as on 31st March , 2010. Currency futures
contracts are traded in four currency pairs. Interest Rate Futures (IRF) contracts based on 10 year
7% Notional GOI Bond are also available for trading.

Incorporation and Management

NSE was incorporated in November 1992, and received recognition as a stock exchange under
the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 in April 1993. It is managed by professionals who
do not directly or indirectly trade on the Exchange. The trading rights are with trading members
who offer their services to the investors. The Board of NSE comprises of senior executives from
promoter institutions and eminent professionals, without having any representation from trading
members. While the Board deals with the broad policy issues, the Executive Committees (ECs),
which include trading members, formed under the Articles of Association and the Rules of NSE for
different market segments, set out rules and parameters to manage the day-to-day affairs of the
Exchange. The day-to-day management of the Exchange is delegated to the Managing Director who
is supported by a team of professional staff. Therefore, though the role of trading members at NSE
is to the extent of providing only trading services to the investors, the Exchange involves trading
members in the process of consultation and participation in vital inputs towards decision making.

Tables 1-1 and 1-2 gives the composition of its Board of Directors and the Executive Committees.

Market Segments and Products

NSE provides a trading platform for of all types of securities for investors under one roof – Equity,
Corporate Debt, Central and State Government Securities, T-Bills, Commercial Paper (CPs),
Certificate of Deposits (CDs), Warrants, Mutual Funds (MFs) units, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs),
Derivatives like Index Futures, Index Options, Stock Futures, Stock Options Currency Futures and
Interest Rate Futures. The Exchange provides trading in 4 different segments viz., Wholesale Debt
Market (WDM) segment, Capital Market (CM) segment, Futures & Options (F&O) segment and the
Currency Derivatives Segment (CDS).

The Wholesale Debt Market segment provides the trading platform for trading of a wide range of
debt securities which includes State and Central Government securities, T-Bills, state development
loans (SDLs), bonds issued by public sector undertakings (PSUs), floating rate bonds (FRBs),
zero coupon bonds (ZCBs), index bonds, commercial papers (CPs), certificate of deposits (CDs),

3
 corporate debentures, SLR and non-SLR bonds issued by financial institutions (FIs), bonds issued
by foreign institutions and units of mutual funds (MFs).

However, along with these financial instruments, NSE also launched various products e.g. FIMMDA-
NSE MIBID/MIBOR owing to the market need. NSE also started the dissemination of its yet another
product, the ‘Zero Coupon Yield Curve’. This helps in valuation of sovereign securities across all
maturities irrespective of its liquidity in the market. The increased activity in the government
securities market in India and simultaneous emergence of MFs (Gilt MFs) had given rise to the
need for a well defined bond index to measure the returns in the bond market. NSE constructed
such an index, ‘NSE Government Securities Index’. This index provides a benchmark for portfolio
management by various investment managers and gilt funds. The average daily turnover in the
WDM Segment was ` 2,359 crore (US $523 million) during 2009-10.

The Capital Market (CM) segment offers a fully automated screen based trading system, known
as the National Exchange for Automated Trading (NEAT) system. This operates on a price/time
priority basis and enables members from across the country to trade with enormous ease and
efficiency. Various types of securities e.g. equity shares, warrants, debentures etc. are traded on
this system. The average daily turnover in the CM Segment of the Exchange during 2009-10 was
` 16,959 crore. (US $3,757 million).

Futures & Options (F&O) segment of NSE provides trading in derivatives instruments like Index
Futures, Index Options, Stock Options, Stock Futures. The futures and options segment of NSE
has made a mark for itself globally. In the Futures and Options segment, trading in S&P CNX Nifty
Index, CNX IT index, Bank Nifty Index, Nifty Midcap 50 index and single stocks are available.
Trading in Mini Nifty Futures & Options and Long term Options on S&P CNX Nifty are also available.
The average daily turnover in the F&O Segment of the Exchange during 2009-10 was ` 72,392 crore
(US $ 16,097 million).

Currency Derivatives Segment (CDS) at NSE commenced operations on August 29, 2008 with the
launch of Currency futures trading in US Dollar-Indian Rupee (USD-INR). On the very first day of
operations a total number of 65,798 contracts valued at ` 291 crore were traded on the Exchange.
Since then trading activity in this segment has been witnessing a rapid growth.

Trading in Currency Futures contracts in other pairs- Euro-INR, Pound Sterling-INR and Japanese
Yen-INR commenced on February 01, 2010. The average daily turnover in the Currency Futures
during 2009-10 was ` 7,428 crore (US $ 1,646 million).

Trading in Interest Rate Futures (IRF) commenced on August 31, 2009. Interest Rate Futures
contracts are based on 10 year 7% Notional GOI Bond. On its first day of trading, 14,559 contracts
were traded with a total value of ` 267.31 crores.

Trading Value
( ` crore)
Segment/Year 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

CM 1,945,287 3,551,038 2,752,023 4,138,023

F&O 7,356,271 13,090,478 11,010,482 17,663,665

WDM 219,106 282,317 335,952 563,816

Currency Futures * -- -- 162,272 1,782,608

Interest Rate Futures ** -- -- -- 2,975

Total 9,520,664 16,923,833 14,260,729 24,151,088

* Trading in Currency Futures commenced on August 28, 2008
** Trading in Interest Rate Futures commenced on August 31,2009

4
 Market Capitalisation (As at end March)
( ` crore)
Segment/Year Mar-07 Mar-08 Mar-09 Mar-10
CM 3,367,350 4,858,122 2,896,194 6,009,173
WDM 1,784,801 2,123,346 2,848,315 3,165,929
Total 5,152,151 6,981,468 5,744,510 9,175,102

NSEs Worldwide Ranking in 2009 (Jan-Dec)

• 4th in Number of Trades in Equity Shares.
• 2nd in terms of Number of Contracts traded in Single Stock Futures.
• 3rd in terms of Number of Contracts traded in Stock Index Futures.
• 2nd in terms of Number of Contracts traded in Stock Index Options.
• 7th Largest Derivatives Exchange in the World.
Source:WFE & FIA

Achievements/Milestones

Month/Year Event
November 1992 Incorporation
April 1993 Recognition as a stock exchange.
June 1994 WDM segment goes live.
November 1994 CM segment goes live through VSAT.
October 1995 Became largest stock exchange in the country.
April 1996 Commencement of clearing and settlement by NSCCL.
April 1996 Launch of S&P CNX Nifty.
November 1996 Setting up of National Securities Depository Ltd., first depository in India, co-promoted
by NSE.
December 1996 Commencement of trading/settlement in dematerialised securities.
December 1996 Launch of CNX Nifty Junior.
May 1998 Promotion of joint venture, India Index Services & Products Limited (IISL) (along with
CRISIL) for index services.
May 1998 Launch of NSE’s Web-site : [Link].
July 1998 Launch of ‘NSE’s Certification Programme in Financial Markets’ (NCFM)
October 1999 Setting up of [Link] Ltd.
June 2000 Commencement of Derivatives Trading (in Index Futures).
September 2000 Launch of Zero Coupon Yield Curve.
June 2001 Commencement of Trading in Index Options
July 2001 Commencement of Trading in Options on Individual Securities
November 2001 Commencement of Trading in Futures on Individual Securities
January 2002 Launch of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).
August 2003 Launch of Futures and Options on CNX IT Index
June 2005 Launch of Futures & Options on BANK Nifty Index
August 2006 Setting up of NSE Infotech Services Ltd.
December 2006 ‘Derivative Exchange of the Year’, by Asia Risk magazine
March 2007 Launch of Gold BeES- Exchange Traded Fund (ETF).(First Gold ETF)
January 2008 Launch of Mini Nifty derivative contracts
March 2008 Launch of long term option contracts on S&P CNX Nifty Index.

Contd...

5
 Contd...
Month/Year Event
April 2008 Launch of Securities Lending & Borrowing Scheme
April 2008 Launch of - India VIX* - The Volatility Index
April 2008 Direct Market Access (DMA)
June 2008 Setting up of Power Exchange India Ltd.
July 2008 Launch of NOW ‘Neat on Web’
August 2008 Launch of Currency Derivatives Segment with commencement of trading on Currency
Futures on August 29, 2008.
September 2008 Launch of ASBA (Applications supported by Blocked Amount)
February 2009 Cross Margining Benefit in CM and F&O Segment
March 2009 Launch of NSE E-Bids for Debt Segment
August 2009 Launch of Interest Rate Futures
November 2009 Launch of Mutual Fund Service System
December 2009 Commencement of settlement of corporate bonds
February 2010 Trading in Currency Futures on additional currency pairs
February 2010 Listing of Hang Seng BeES ETF on NSE
March 2010 NSE and CME Group announced cross-listing relationship
March 2010 NSE and Singapore Exchange sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
April 2010 NSE and NSCCL receive Asian Banker awards

Developments during the year.

– The innovation of new market products and services continued during 2009-2010. National
Stock Exchange became the first exchange to receive approval from SEBI to introduce Exchange
traded Interest Rate Futures (IRF) contracts for trading on the Currency Derivatives Segment
of the exchange. Trading in IRF commenced on August 31, 2009. On its first day of trading,
14,559 contracts were traded with a total value of ` 267.31 crores.

– In November 2009, SEBI allowed transaction in Mutual Fund schemes through the stock exchange
infrastructure. Consequently, NSE launched India's first Mutual Fund Service System (MFSS)
on November 30, 2009 through which an investor can subscribe or redeem units of a mutual
fund scheme.

– The clearing and settlement of corporate bonds was operationalised at NSCCL on December
01, 2009. As per SEBI circular dated October 16, 2009, all trades in corporate bonds between
specified entities, namely, mutual funds, foreign institutional investors/ sub-accounts, venture
capital funds, foreign venture capital investors, portfolio mangers, and RBI regulated entities
as specified by RBI are required to be cleared and settled through the National Securities
Clearing Corporation Limited (NSCCL) or the Indian Clearing Corporation Limited (ICCL). This
is applicable to all corporate bonds Over The Counter (OTC) or on the debt segment of Stock
Exchanges. All transactions are to be cleared and settled in terms of the norms specified by
NSCCL and ICCL.

– Trading in Currency Futures contracts on additional currency pairs - Euro-INR, Pound

Sterling-INR and Japanese Yen-INR in the Currency Derivative Segment (CDS) of the Exchange
commenced from February 01, 2010.

– Hang Seng BeES ETF - India’s first Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) tracking an overseas stock
market index was launched on NSE on February 15, 2010. The open ended ETF aimed to
**
“VIX” is a trademark of Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated ("CBOE") and Standard & Poor’s has granted a license to NSE, with
permission from CBOE, to use such mark in the name of the India VIX and for purposes relating to the India VIX.

6
 provide domestic investors exposure to companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
that constitute the Hang Seng index. There are 42 constituent companies in the Hang Seng
index such as HSBC Holdings, Hutchison, Cathay Pacific Airways, China Mobile, and PetroChina
etc. This product would give Indian markets an exposure to the Chinese market- which is the
fastest growing economy in the world.

– The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) and CME Group, announced cross-listing
arrangements, including license agreements covering benchmark indexes for U.S. and Indian
equities on March 10, 2010.

They also entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with respect to other areas of
potential cooperation, including related to development and distribution of financial products
and services. Under the cross-listing arrangements, the S&P CNX Nifty Index (the Nifty 50), the
leading Indian benchmark index for large companies accounting for 22 sectors of the Indian
economy, will be made available to Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), for the creation and
listing of U.S. dollar denominated futures contracts for trading on CME, and the rights to the
S&P 500® and Dow Jones Industrial Average™ (DJIA® ) will also be made available to NSE
for the creation and (subject to regulatory approval) listing of Rupee-denominated futures
contracts for trading on NSE. The license to the Nifty 50 from NSE’s affiliate India Index
Services & Products Ltd. (IISL), which is exclusive to CME Group within the Americas and
Europe, is in addition to the existing licensing arrangement between Singapore Exchange Ltd.
(SGX) and IISL. The sublicenses to the S&P 500 and DJIA indexes, which are exclusive to NSE
for Rupee -denominated futures contracts traded within India, are being made available via
sublicenses from CME Group and each of Standard & Poor’s and Dow Jones, respectively.

– The National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) and Singapore Exchange (SGX) signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on March 10, 2010 to cooperate in the development
of a market for India-linked products. Under the MOU, both exchanges aim to explore future
collaboration in the expansion, development and promotion of India-linked products and
services to be listed on SGX. Subject to regulatory approval, these products may include
equity products and other asset classes. The two exchanges also will look into a bilateral
securities trading link to enable investors in one country to seamlessly trade on the other
country’s exchange.

– NSE has been awarded ‘The Asian Banker Financial Derivative Exchange of the Year Award”
and NSCCL has been awarded ‘The Asian Banker Clearing House of the Year Award” in April
2010. This is the highest award for exchanges that outperform their regional peers in terms
of growing financial derivatives related products and trading business and for clearing houses
in Asia Pacific region respectively.

The objectives of this award programme was to recognize exchanges, depositories, alternative
markets service providers, etc. who are leading the industry in creating sustainable and highly
liquid markets of the future, to recognize the use of technology and business models to
revolutionize the industry and create global access in an efficient and seamless manner, to
validate the leadership of the regional players that maintain the integrity of financial markets,
protect investor interests and still lead in innovation, to identify emerging best practices as
well as product and process innovations that set the benchmarks for all players to improve
their competitive profile. The Asian Banker, is one of Asia’s foremost intelligence provider
to the financial services industry. The Asian Banker Markets & Exchanges Achievement Award
Programme was instituted in 2010 to recognise the competition amongst exchanges, broker-
dealers, financial institutions, fund managers and others in this fascinating and fast changing
industry. The programme is also designed to be a repository of evolving best practices from
which players can benchmark their own products and processes over the long term.

7
 FACTS AND FIGURES
The growth in the stock market activity across the different market segments and hightest attained
records is visible from the below facts and figures.

Figures as on March 31, 2010

Listed Companies 1,470

Trading Members 1,297
VSATS 2,527
Number of cities having VSATS 186
Securities available for trading in the CM segment 1,806
Contracts available for trading equity derivatives segment @ 23,533

Records reached (data from inception to March 31, 2010)

Parameter Date Magnitude

Capital Market Segment

Number of trades May 19, 2009 11,260,392

Traded Quantity May 19, 2009 19,225.95 lakh

Turnover May 19, 2009 ` 40,151.91 cr. (US $ 8,894.97 mn.)

Market capitalisation January 07, 2008 ` 6,745,724.00 cr. (US $ 1,687,696.77 mn.)
S&P CNX Nifty Index value January 08, 2008 6357.10

CNX Nifty Junior Index value January 04, 2008 13209.35

Futures & Options Segment

Number of trades January 28, 2010 1,971,214

Number of Contracts Traded January 28, 2010 6,300,279

Turnover January 28, 2010 ` 166,193.03 cr. (US $ 36,817.24 mn.)

Currency Derivatives Segment (Currency Futures)

Number of trades January 11, 2010 78,935

Number of Contracts Traded March 30, 2010 4,353,053

Turnover March 30,2010 ` 19,927 cr. (US $ 4,414 mn.)

Wholesale Debt Market Segment

Turnover August 25, 2003 ` 13,911.57 cr. (US $ 3,179.79 mn.)

@ No. of contracts available for trading in F&O segment as on 31st March 2010 includes 3 Nifty
index Futures, 3 CNX IT Futures , 3 Bank Nifty Futures, 3 CNX 100 Futures , 3 Nifty Junior Futures,
3 Nifty Midcap50 futures, 3 Mini Nifty Futures, 570 stock futures, 628 Nifty index options,
114 CNX IT options, 140 Bank Nifty options, 86 Nifty Midcap50 options, 98 Mini Nifty Options,
21,882 stock option

Technology and Application Systems in NSE

Technology has been the backbone of the Exchange. Providing the services to the investing
community and the market participants using technology at the cheapest possible cost has been
its main thrust. NSE chose to harness technology in creating a new market design. It believes that
technology provides the necessary impetus for the organization to retain its competitive edge and
ensure timeliness and satisfaction in customer service. In recognition of the fact that technology
will continue to redefine the shape of the securities industry, NSE stresses on innovation and

8
sustained investment in technology to remain ahead of competition. NSE is the first exchange in
the world to use satellite communication technology for trading. It uses satellite communication
technology to energize participation from about 2,493 VSATs from nearly 185 cities spread all over
the country.

Its trading system, called National Exchange for Automated Trading (NEAT), is a state of-the-art
client server based application. At the server end all trading information is stored in an in-memory
database to achieve minimum response time and maximum system availability for users. It has
uptime record of 99.999%. For orders entered by the user, the response time within trading system
is around 5ms. NSE has been continuously undertaking capacity enhancement measures so as to
effectively meet the requirements of increased users and associated trading loads. NSE has also
put in place NIBIS (NSEs Internet Based Information System) for on-line real-time dissemination of
trading information over the Internet.

As part of its business continuity plan, NSE has established a disaster back-up site at Chennai along
with its entire infrastructure, including the satellite earth station and the high-speed optical fiber
link with its main site at Mumbai. This site at Chennai is a replica of the production environment
at Mumbai. The transaction data is backed up on near real time basis from the main site to the
disaster back-up site through the 3 STM-4 (1.86 GB) high-speed links to keep both the sites all the
time synchronized with each other. The various application systems that NSE uses for its trading
as well clearing and settlement and other operations form the backbone of the Exchange. The
application systems used for the day-to-day functioning of the Exchange can be divided into (a)
Front end applications and (b) Back office applications.

The various application systems that NSE uses for its trading as well clearing and settlement and
other operations form the backbone of the Exchange. The application systems used for the day-to-
day functioning of the Exchange can be divided into (a) Front end applications and (b) Back office
applications. In the front office, there are 7 applications:

NEAT-CM system takes care of trading of securities in the Capital Market segment that includes
equities, debentures/notes as well as retail Gilts. The NEAT – CM application has a split architecture
wherein the split is on the securities and users. The application runs on three Stratus systems with
communication over TCP IP protocol. The application has been benchmarked to support 60,000
users and handle more than 30 million trades daily. This application also provides data feed for
processing to some other systems like Index, OPMS through TCP/IP. This is a direct interface with
the trading members of the CM segment of the Exchange for entering the orders into the main
system. There is a two way communication between the NSE main system and the front end
terminal of the trading member.

NEAT-WDM system takes care of trading of securities in the Wholesale Debt Market (WDM) segment
that includes Gilts, Corporate Bonds, CPs, T-Bills, etc. This is a direct interface with the trading
members of the WDM segment of the Exchange for entering the orders/trades into the main
system. There is a two way communication between the NSE main system and the front end
terminal of the trading member.

NEAT-F&O system takes care of trading of securities in the Futures and Options (F&O) segment that
includes Futures on Index as well as individual stocks and Options on Index as well as individual
stocks. This is a direct interface with the trading members of the F&O segment of the Exchange
for entering the orders into the main system. There is a two way communication between the NSE
main system and the front end terminal of the trading member.

Neat-IPO system is an interface to help the initial public offering of companies which are issuing
the stocks to raise capital from the market. This is a direct interface with the trading members of
the CM segment who are registered for undertaking order entry on behalf of their clients for IPOs.

9
 NSE uses the NEAT IPO system that allows bidding in several issues concurrently. There is a two way
communication between the NSE main system and the front end terminal of the trading member.

NEAT – MF system is an interface with the trading members of the CM segment for order
collection of designated Mutual Funds units

NEAT- CD system provides interface for trading in currency derivatives and Interest Rate Futures

NEATPLUS NSE is offering a multi-market front end application NEATPlus to its members. This
application provides a common trading platform to NSE members to trade in Capital Market as
well as Futures and Options Market segments at NSE. Members can take login in CM and F&O
segments in a single terminal with ability to monitor and trade in Equity securities as well as Equity
derivatives from single screen. Members can use the existing VSAT/Leased Line connectivity for
accessing the NEATPlus application. Multiple market watch screens with Excel like features, ability
to select various fonts, customizable color schemes and themes are some of the other salient
features of the NEATPlus application.

The exchange also provides a facility to its members to use their own front end software through
the CTCL (computer to computer link) facility. The member can either develop his own software
or use products developed by CTCL vendors.

In the back office, the following important application systems are operative:

Nationwide Clearing and Settlement System NCSS is the clearing and settlement system of the
NSCCL for the trades executed in the CM segment of the Exchange. The system has 3 important
interfaces – OLTL (Online Trade loading) that takes each and every trade executed on real time
basis and allocates the same to the clearing members, Depository Interface that connects the
depositories for settlement of securities and Clearing Bank Interface that connects the 13 clearing
banks for settlement of funds. It also interfaces with the clearing members for all required reports.
Through collateral management system it keeps an account of all available collaterals on behalf of
all trading/ clearing members and integrates the same with the position monitoring of the trading/
clearing members. The system also generates base capital adequacy reports.

Future and Options Clearing and Settlement System (FOCASS) is the clearing and settlement
system of the NSCCL for the trades executed in the F&O segment of the Exchange. It interfaces
with the clearing members for all required reports. Through collateral management system it keeps
an account of all available collaterals on behalf of all trading/clearing members and integrates the
same with the position monitoring of the trading/clearing members. The system also generates
base capital adequacy reports.

Currency Derivatives Clearing and Settlement System (CDCSS) is the clearing and settlement
system for trades executed in the currency derivative segment. Through collateral management
system it keeps an account of all available collateral on behalf of all trading /clearing members
and integrates the same with the position monitoring of the trading/clearing members. The System
also generates base capital adequacy report.

Surveillance system offers the users a facility to comprehensively monitor the trading activity and
analyze the trade data online and offline

Online Position Monitoring System (OPMS) OPMS is the online position monitoring system that
keeps track of all trades executed for a trading member vis-à-vis its capital adequacy.

Parallel RISk Monitoring System (PRISM) is the parallel risk management system for F&O trades
using Standard Portfolio Analysis (SPAN). It is a system for comprehensive monitoring and load
balancing of an array of parallel processors that provides complete fault tolerance. It provides

10
real time information on initial margin value, mark to market profit or loss, collateral amounts,
contract-wise latest prices, contract-wise open interest and limits. The system also tracks online
real time client level portfolio base upfront margining and monitoring.

Parallel RISk Monitoring System – Currency Derivatives (PRISM-CD) is the risk management system
of the currency derivatives segment. It is similar in features to the PRISM of F&O Segment.

Data warehousing that is the central repository of all data in CM as well as F&O segment of the
Exchange.

Listing system captures the data from the companies which are listed in the Exchange for
corporate governance and integrates the same to the trading system for necessary broadcasts for
data dissemination process.

Membership system that keeps track of all required details of the Trading Members of the
Exchange.

The exchange operates and manages a nationwide network. This network includes 9 POPs (Points of
Presence) setup across the country and catering to 3070+ leased lines. All the POP’s are connected
to DC and DR over high Speed links (Mainly STM’s). All the members are given a 2mb point to point
connection to the nearest POP. All the members have a choice of selecting the POP’s based on their
office location. Also there are plans to setup additional POPs based on member requirements. The
old X.25 VSAT and Leased Line network has been decommissioned completely.

NSE’s existing POPs are build on highly redundant infrastructure connecting to Core and DR setup
via high speed redundant backbone links from multiple service providers. Mini POP with low
connectivity requirement is fully owned and operated by NSE is proposed to be built in with
redundant Infrastructure at Rajkot. Member links would terminate at Mini POP and the traffic
would be routed via a dual backbone pipe to nearby Mini POP. In keeping up with the global
trends the Exchange is providing to its members a co-location facility for their DMA and ALGO IT
infrastructure at NSEIL premises in BKC shortly.

NOW

NSE is also offering internet based trading services to NSE members. This facility is branded as NOW
‘Neat on Web’ NOW provides an internet portal for NSE members and their authorized clients to
transact orders and trades to the various market of NSE viz. CM, F&O and Currency. The members
can also access NOW through their existing VSAT/ Leased line, in addition to internet links. The
various features provided by NOW are (a) comprehensive Administration features, flexible risk
management system, high speed dealer terminals and online trading facility for investors.

NSE Family
NSCCL

The National Securities Clearing Corporation Ltd. (NSCCL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NSE, was
incorporated in August 1995 and commenced clearing corporation in April 1996. It was the first
clearing corporation in the country to provide novation/settlement guarantee that revolutionized
the entire concept of settlement system in India. It was set up to bring and sustain confidence in
clearing and settlement of securities; to promote and maintain short and consistent settlement
cycles; to provide counter-party risk guarantee, and to operate a tight risk containment system.
It carries out the clearing and settlement of the trades executed in the equities and derivatives
segments of the NSE. It operates a well-defined settlement cycle and there are no deviations
from the same. It is the first clearing corporation in the country to establish the Settlement
Guarantee Fund (SGF) in June 1996. It has been managing, clearing and settlement functions since

11
 its inception without a single failure or clubbing of settlements. NSCCL has also introduced the
facility of direct payout to clients account on both the depositories viz., NSDL and CDSL.

Today NSCCL settles trades under the T+2 rolling settlement. It has the credit of continuously
upgrading the clearing and settlement procedures and has also bought Indian financial markets in
line with international markets

NSDL

To promote dematerialization of securities NSE joined hands with UTI and IDBI to set up the first
depository in India called the “National Securities Depository Limited” (NSDL). The depository
system gained quick acceptance and in a very short span of time it was able to achieve the
objective of eradicating the paper from the trading and settlement of securities, and was also
able to get rid of the risks associated with fake/forged/stolen/bad paper. Dematerialized delivery
today constitutes almost 100% of total of the total delivery based settlement.

NSE Infotech Services Ltd

NSE Infotech Services Ltd Information Technology has been the back bone of conceptualization,
formation, running and the success of National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE). NSE
has been at the forefront in spearheading technology changes in the securities market. It was
important to give a special thrust and focus on Information Technology to retain the primacy in the
market. Towards this a wholly owned subsidiary M/s. NSE Infotech Services Limited (NSETECH) was
incorporated to cater to the needs of NSE and all it’s group companies exclusively.

[Link]

[Link] Limited, a 100% subsidiary of NSE was setup in 1999 to provide thrust to NSE’s technology
edge, concomitant with its overall goal of harnessing latest technology for optimum business
use. A Vertical Specialist Enterprise, [Link] offers end-to-end Information Technology (IT)
products, solutions and services. [Link] has expertise in a wide range of business applications
including high-end mission critical applications requiring real-time processing speeds. Additionally,
[Link] specializes in providing complete IT solutions to Stock Exchanges, Clearing Corporations,
Brokerage Firms, Insurance Firms and other organizations in the financial sector. [Link] is focused
on developing mission-critical technology solutions for the Financial Services market and the
facilitation of change within these markets.

IISL

India Index Services and Products Limited (IISL), a joint venture of CRISIL and NSE, was set up
in May 1998 to provide indices and index services. It has a licensing and marketing agreement
with Standard and Poor’s (S&P), the world’s leading provider of investible equity indices, for
co-branding equity indices. IISL is India’s first specialized company focusing upon the index as a
core product. It provides a broad range of services, products and professional index services. It
maintains over 96 equity indices comprising broad-based benchmark indices, sectoral indices and
customised indices. Many investment and risk management products based on IISL indices have
developed in the recent past, within India and abroad. These include index based derivatives on
NSE and on Singapore Exchange, India’s first exchange traded fund, a number of index funds, and
Licensing of the Index for various structured products.

DOTEX INTERNATIONAL LTD.

The data and info-vending products of NSE are provided through a separate company DotEx
International Ltd., a 100% subsidiary of NSE, which is a professional set-up dedicated solely for

12
this purpose. DotEx data provides products like : On-line streaming data feed, Intra-day Snapshot
data feed, end of day data and Historical Data.

NCDEX

NSE joined hand with other financial institutions in India to promote the NCDEX which provides for
a world class commodity exchange platform for Market Participants to trade in wide spectrum of
commodity derivatives. It was incorporated in the year 2003. Currently NCDEX facilitates trading
of agro based commodities, precious metal, base metal, energy products and polymers.

NCCL

National Commodity Clearing Limited (NCCL) is a company promoted by National Stock Exchange
of India Limited (NSEIL). It was incorporated in the year 2006. One of the objectives of NCCL is
to provide and manage clearing and settlement, risk management and collateral management
services to commodity exchanges. NCCL is having the requisite experience and exposure in
providing clearing and settlement facility, risk and collateral management services in the
commodities market including funds settlement with multiple clearing banks. Currently NCCL is
providing clearing and settlement services to NCDEX.

PXIL

A National Level Power Exchange by the name of Power Exchange India Limited (PXIL) has been set
up through a Joint Venture by India's two leading Exchanges, National Stock Exchange of India Ltd
(NSE) and National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Ltd (NCDEX). PXIL has got the in-principle
approval from CERC to set up and operate the power exchange and will operate as a National Level
electricity exchange covering the entire Indian electricity market.

13
 Table 1-1 : Board of Directors *

1 Dr. Vijay L Kelkar Chairman

Former Chairman, Finance Commission, India Former Union
Finance Secretar y and Advisor to the Finance Minister

2 Mr. Ravi Narain Managing Director

National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.

3 Ms. Chitra Ramkrishna Joint Managing Director

National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.

4 Mr. C. Achuthan Director

Former Presiding Officer, Securities Appellate Tribunal

5 Mr. Anjan Barua Director

Deputy Managing Director & Group Executive
(Global Markets)
State Bank of India

6 Mr. A. P. Kurian Director

Chairman
Association of Mutual Funds in India

7 Dr. Rajiv B. Lall Director

Managing Director & CEO
IDFC Limited

8 Mr. Anand G. Mahindra Director

Vice Chairman & Managing Director
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

9 Mr. S. B. Mainak Director

Executive Director
(Investment-Risk Management and Research)

10 Mr. Y. H. Malegam Director

Chairman Emeritus
M/s. S.B. Billimoria & Co.
Chartered Accountants

11 Mr. S. B. Mathur Director

Secretary General, Life Insurance Council &
Former Chairman, Life Insurance Corporation of India

12 Dr. KRS Murthy Director

Professor & Former Director
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

13 Dr. R. H. Patil Director

Chairman
The Clearing Corporation of India Ltd.

14 Ms. Bhagyam Ramani Director

General Manager & Director, GIC

15 Dr. V. A. Sastry Director

Director, MUSA Software Engineering Pvt. Ltd.
Former Director, Infosys Technologies Ltd.

16 Mr. Deepak M Satwalekar Director

Former Managing Director & CEO
HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Ltd.

17 Mr. Justice [Link] (Retd.) Director

Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
* As on July 8, 2010

14
 Table 1-2 : Executive Committees *

I CM & WDM SEGMENTS

1 Mr. Ravi Narain Managing Director, National Stock Exchange Chairman
of India Ltd.
2 Mr. D. C. Anjaria Director, International Financial Solutions Public Representative
Pvt. Ltd.
3 Mr. D. Balasundaram Chairman, M/s. Coimbatore Capital Limited Trading Member
4 Mr. Vimal Bhandari Country Manager – India AEGON International Public Representative
NV.
5 Mr. Atul Goel Partner, M/s. Pace Financial Services Trading Member
6 Mr. Y. H. Malegam Chairman Emeritus, M/s. [Link] & Public Representative
Co., Chartered Accountants
7 Mr. Gagan Rai Managing Director & CEO, National Other Nominees
Securities Depository Limited
8 Ms. Chitra Ramkrishna Joint Managing Director, National Stock Other Nominees
Exchange of India Ltd
9 Mr. Mayank Shah Director, M/s. Anagram Capital Limited Trading Member
10 Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Singh Managing Director & CEO, M/s. Shriram Trading Member
Insight Share Brokers Limited
11 Mr. P. M. Venkatasubramanian Former Managing Director, GIC Other Nominees
II F&O MARKET SEGMENT
1 Mr. Ravi Narain Managing Director, National Stock Exchange Chairman
of India Ltd.
2 Mr. [Link] Director, International Finance Solutions Public Representative
Pvt. Ltd.
3 Prof. V. Ravi Anshuman Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Public Representative
Bangalore
4 Ms. Madhabi Puri Buch Managing Director & CEO, M/s. ICICI Trading Member
Securities Limited
5 Mr. Shailesh Haribhakti Executive Chairman & Managing Partner, Public Representative
BDO Haribhakti
6 Mr. M. Raghavendra Former General Manager, General Insurance Other Nominees
Corporation of India
7 Mr. A.V. Rajwade Forex Consultant Public Representative
8 Ms. Chitra Ramkrishna Joint Managing Director, National Stock Other Nominees
Exchange of India Ltd
9 Mr. Rajendra Dolatrai Shah Director, M/s. Nirpan Securities Private Trading Member
Limited
III CD SEGMENT
1 Mr. Ravi Narain Managing Director, National Stock Exchange Chairman
of India Ltd.
2 Mr. M. [Link] Former Chairman, Bank of India Public Representative
3 Mr. Conrad D’souza Senior General Manager, Treasury, Housing Public Representative
Development Finance Corporation Ltd
4 Dr. R. H. Patil Chairman, The Clearing Corporation of India Public Representative
Limited
5 Mr. S. Rajendren General Manager- International Banking & Trading Member
Treasury Union Bank Of India
6 Ms. Chitra Ramkrishna Joint Managing Director, National Stock Other Nominees
Exchange of India Limited
7 Mr. Suresh Senapaty Chief Financial Officer & Director,Wipro Public Representative
Limited
8 Mr. V. Srikanth Managing Director, Head of Markets, Citi Trading Member
South Asia, Citibank N.A.
* As on July 8, 2010

15
16