Regulatory Agenda
SEBI to set up working group to develop non-agri commodity market, says Chairman Pandey
This story was originally published at 16:36 IST on 17 September 2025
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MUMBAI – The Securities and Exchange Board of India will set up a working group to develop the non-agricultural commodity space, including metals, Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said at an event organised by the Multi Commodity Exchange of India on Wednesday. The SEBI board has already constituted a committee to recommend measures for deepening the agricultural commodities segment, he added.
"Strengthening India's commodity markets is high on SEBI's regulatory agenda," Pandey said. He said SEBI will include commodity-specific brokers in the Samuhik Prativedan Manch, a unified compliance reporting platform for stockbrokers, by the end of 2025. "This will ease their compliance requirements."
The chairman listed four steps to develop the commodities markets. "First, we will continue to strengthen the integrity and safety of our markets.... Second, we will foster market development and innovation." As metal derivatives grow, other peripheral services, such as, advisory, intermediation, financing, warehousing, and logistics, are also likely to grow in parallel, he added.
"Third, we aim to deepen and widen participation. Our markets are for large corporations, traders, importers, and SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises)....Fourth, we will run targeted awareness and education programs to make these markets more accessible and relevant to all," Pandey said.
The Chairman said SEBI is also planning to allow banks and pension funds to participate in commodities derivative trading. It will also consider allowing foreign portfolio investors to trade in non-agricultural commodities. End
Reported by J. Navya Sruthi
Edited by Ashish Shirke
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