Milestones
- November 1992 Incorporation
- April 1993 Recognition as a stock exchange
- May 1993 Formulation of business plan
- June 1994 Wholesale Debt Market segment goes live
- November 1994 Capital Market (Equities) segment goes live
- March 1995 Establishment of Investor Grievance Cell
- April 1995 Establishment of NSCCL, the first Clearing Corporation
- June 1995 Introduction of centralised insurance cover for all trading members
- July 1995 Establishment of Investor Protection Fund
- 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
- June 1996 Establishment of Settlement Guarantee Fund
- November 1996 Setting up of National Securities Depository Limited, first depository in India, co-promoted by NSE
- November 1996 Best IT Usage award by Computer Society of India
- December 1996 Commencement of trading/settlement in dematerialised securities
- December 1996 Dataquest award for Top IT User
- December 1996 Launch of CNX Nifty Junior
- February 1997 Regional clearing facility goes live
- November 1997 Best IT Usage award by Computer Society of India
- May 1998 Promotion of joint venture, India Index Services & Products Limited (IISL)
- May 1998 Launch of NSE's Web-site: www.nse.co.in
- July 1998 Launch of NSE's Certification Programme in Financial Market
- August 1998 CYBER CORPORATE OF THE YEAR 1998 award yes.
- February 1999 Launch of Automated Lending and Borrowing Mechanism
- April 1999 CHIP Web Award by CHIP magazine
- October 1999 Setting up of NSE.IT
- January 2000 Launch of NSE Research Initiative
- February 2000 Commencement of Internet Trading
- June 2000 Commencement of Derivatives Trading (Index Futures)
- September 2000 Launch of 'Zero Coupon Yield Curve'
- November 2000 Launch of Broker Plaza by Dotex International, a joint venture between NSE.IT Ltd. and i-flex Solutions Ltd.
- December 2000 Commencement of WAP trading
- 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
- December 2001 Launch of NSE VaR for Government Securities
- January 2002 Launch of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
- May 2002 NSE wins the Wharton-Infosys Business Transformation Award in the Organization-wide Transformation category
- October 2002 Launch of NSE Government Securities Index
- January 2003 Commencement of trading in Retail Debt Market
- June 2003 Launch of Interest Rate Futures
- August 2003 Launch of Futures & options in CNXIT Index
- June 2004 Launch of STP Interoperability
- August 2004 Launch of NSE’s electronic interface for listed companies
- March 2005 ‘India Innovation Award’ by EMPI Business School, New Delhi
- June 2005 Launch of Futures & options in BANK Nifty Index
- December 2006 'Derivative Exchange of the Year', by Asia Risk magazine
- January 2007 Launch of NSE – CNBC TV 18 media centre
- March 2007 NSE, CRISIL announce launch of IndiaBondWatch.com
- June 2007 NSE launches derivatives on Nifty Junior & CNX 100
- October 2007 NSE launches derivatives on Nifty Midcap 50
- January 2008 Introduction of Mini Nifty derivative contracts on 1 January 2008
- March 2008 Introduction of long term option contracts on S&P CNX Nifty Index
- April 2008 Launch of India VIX
- April 2008 Launch of Securities Lending & Borrowing Scheme
- August 2008 Launch of Currency Derivatives
- 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 Launch of Currency Futures on additional currency pairs
- October 2010 Launch of 15-minute special pre-open trading session, a mechanism under which investors can bid for stocks before the market opens.
NSE was promoted by leading Financial Institutions at the behest of the Government of India and was incorporated in November 1992 as a tax-paying company unlike other stock exchanges in the country. 2010-20152006-20102001-20051996-20001991-1995 March 22, 2012 NSE and India Post start Unique Financial Inclusion Initiative "Jagruti" March 14, 2012 NSE launches “EMERGE” – SME Platform December 2011 NSCCL Rated “CCR AAA” for fourth consecutive year - 28th Dec 2011 September 2011 Launch of derivatives on CNX PSE and CNX Infrastructure Indices August 2011 Launch of derivatives on Global Indices July, 2011 Commencement of trading in 91 Day GOI Treasury Bill - Futures January, 2011 NSE receives "Financial Inclusion" Award. For More History and Milestones visit : History and Milestones
NSE also set up as index services firm known as India Index Services & Products Limited (IISL).
About IISL
India Index Services & Products Limited (IISL), a joint venture between NSE and CRISIL Ltd. (formerly the Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited), was setup in May 1998 to provide a variety of indices and index related services and products for the Indian capital markets. 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. Know more about IISL services : Click here for IISL Products and services
These indices are broad-market indices, consisting of the large, liquid stocks listed on the Exchange. They serve as a benchmark for measuring the performance of the stocks or portfolios such as mutual fund investments.
- S&P CNX Nifty
- CNX Nifty Junior
- CNX 100
- CNX 200
- S&P CNX 500
- CNX Midcap $
- Nifty Midcap 50
- CNX Smallcap Index
- S&P CNX Defty
- S&P CNX Nifty Dividend
- CNX Midcap 200 $$
- India Vix
$ CNX Midcap - Introduced from July 18, 2005 $$ CNX Midcap 200 - Discontinued from July 18, 2005
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