The Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) comprising market regulators that met under the chairmanship of finance minister Arun Jaitley, weighed in on issues and challenges facing the Indian economy. Also, the Council highlighted the need to keep constant vigil on them and be in a state of preparedness of handling any external and internal vulnerabilities. Besides, it pointed out that the country has macro-economic stability today on the back of improvements in macro-economic fundamentals, structural reforms with the launch of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), action being taken to address the Twin Balance Sheet (TBS) challenge and extraordinary financial market confidence.
The Council, in its 17th meeting, pointed out that market confidence by investors is reflected in high and rising bond and especially stock valuations and long-term positive consequences of demonetization. It also took note of the progress of Financial Sector Assessment Program for India, jointly conducted by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. It directed that the assessment report should be finalized by the end of this calendar year.
To strengthen cyber security, the apex-level body reviewed developments and progress made in setting up of the Computer Emergency Response Team in the Financial Sector (CERT-Fin) and the Financial Data Management Centre and discussed measures for time-bound implementation of the institution building initiative. Further, FSDC discussed on the Central KYC Registry (CKYCR) system and took note of the initiatives taken in this regard by the members and discussed the issues/suggestions in respect of operationalisation of CKYCR. It also deliberated on strengthening the regulation of the credit rating agencies.
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