Parl panel questions Sebi chief on NSE case, Paytm issue price

Functioning of crypto currency exchanges also came up when Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch appeared before parliamentary panel on finance, say people in the know

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance on Tuesday sought details from new Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch on a host of issues like the status of the probe into lapses at the National Stock Exchange (NSE), Paytm’s issue price, and the functioning of crypto currency exchanges, said people in the know.

The panel, chaired by Bharatiya Janata Party MP and former Union minister Jayant Sinha, reviewed the outcome of the measures taken by Sebi in key cases, including the NSE matter, and Buch is learnt to have apprised the committee about it.

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