Indian securities markets have undergone significant transformations in the recent past. The paper discusses and documents initiatives taken by the market regulator to expand and deepen the securities markets, including encouraging innovations in financial instruments, improving market efficiency by appropriate and timely regulatory interventions, expanding issuers’ base and investors’ participation for inclusive growth, ensuring regulatory compliance for fair play of market forces. The study helps investors, intermediaries, and regulators outside India to gain insights into recent developments and opportunities they offer to make the Indian securities market their preferred investment destination. The study concludes with the papers’ key findings on “Investor interest and innovative instruments” in the special issue.

印度证券市场最近经历了重大变革。本文讨论并记录了市场监管机构为扩大和深化证券市场而采取的举措，包括鼓励金融工具创新、通过适当和及时的监管干预提高市场效率、扩大发行人基础和投资者参与包容性增长、确保监管市场力量公平竞争的合规性。该研究帮助印度以外的投资者、中介机构和监管机构深入了解最近的发展和他们提供的机会，使印度证券市场成为他们的首选投资目的地。该研究以特刊中关于“投资者兴趣和创新工具”的论文的主要发现作为结尾。