Dear Comrades,
Patiala, Jun 13 (PTI) The National Stock Exchange (NSE)
has started a financial literacy initiative in partnership
with India Post, to take the equity cult to small towns and
cities of India.
As a part of the agreement, NSE is putting up large-sized
screens at more than 50 post offices in the country, including
one at Patiala head post office.
The screens will carry messages from both NSE and India
Post, to increase awareness in people on safe investing and
investor friendly products, to empower them financially.
The screen at the Patiala head post office was
inaugurated by senior officials from NSE and India post.
"We have constantly been trying to reach out to the tier
two and tier three cities, to bring more people into the
formal financial system," NSE Joint Managing Director Chitra
Ramkrishna said.
"Patiala is an important industrial hub and is home to
many reputed educational institutions. We hope this financial
literacy initiative will help people to realise their dreams,"
Ramkrishna added.
This initiative will lend a tremendous help to numerous
traders engaged in stock market, B C Sharma, senior
superintendent, India Post Office, Patiala, said.
The screen will carry information on the prices of Nifty
stocks and different NSE indices, Sharma said adding that it
will also convey information on other products.
It will also carry information on products of India Post,
like Online money transfers, Electronic money orders, Speed
post, Savings certificates, Postal life insurance and
logistics solutions for Corporates, he said.
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