The website was launched at India Investor Week 2010 being held in the city.
Union Minister for Corporate Affairs Salman Khurshid on Thursday launched the Telugu version of the Investor Education And Protection Fund website at Hyderabad.
He also released the Beginner's Guide To The Capital Market (in Telugu) at a function organized by the Federation Of Andhra Pradesh Chambers Of Commerce And Industry (FAPCCI) in partnership with the Institute Of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) as part of India Investor Week (IIW) 2010. With this launch in Telugu, the common man now can access the Investor Education And Protection Fund Website in 5 Indian languages - Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Marathi and Telugu. The site will presently be launched in more languages.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs had kickstarted the India Investor Week on 13th July, with the first national event at Kolkata. IIW is a part of the year-long programme of the ministry to mainstream investor awareness in partnership with SEBI, RBI, ICAI, ICSI, ICWAI, CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, UTI-MF, BSE, NSE, MCS-SX, IMC, IAIA and PHD Chamber, among others.
During the IIW, Salman Khurshid outlined the need to reach out to the common man to not only make him aware but also encourage and hand-hold him so that he can gainfully channelize his savings into the corporate economy through informed investment decisions. He has stated that the investors' programmes are an effort to bring the aam admi into the mainstream of economic growth.
This year, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs will be organizing 3,000 programs hroughout the country. The India Investor Week is being organized for the first time by the ministry, to bring a national focus on the subject of investor awareness.
Courtesy: INN News