In May 2021, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
issued a discussion paper on the consolidation of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue
and Listing of Debt Securities) Regulations, 2008, and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue
and Listing of Non-convertible Redeemable Preference Shares)
Regulations, 2013, with the intent to ease compliance obligations,
and to harmonise and ensure consistency with other listing related
regulations.
On 9 August, SEBI released the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue
and Listing of Non-Convertible Securities) Regulations, 2021 (NCS
regulations), and on 10 August issued the Operational Circular for
the issue and listing of Non-convertible Securities, Securitised
Debt Instruments, Security Receipts, Municipal Debt Securities and
Commercial Paper (operational circular), consolidating previous
operational instructions on the listing of debt securities.