Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : Call Money Market
The correct answer is Call Money Market. - Call Money Market is the most volatile part of the organised Money Market in India.
- Call Money
- Call money is mainly used by the banks to meet their temporary requirement of cash.
- They borrow and lend money from each other normally on a daily basis.
- It is repayable on demand and its maturity period varies in between one day to a fortnight.
- The rate of interest paid-on-call money loan is known as the call rate.
- Call Money Market is the most volatile part of the organised Money Market in India
- Government Security Market
- Government securities are government debt issuances used to fund daily operations, and special infrastructure and military projects.
- They guarantee the full repayment of invested principal at the maturity of the security and often pay periodic coupon or interest payments.
- Government securities are considered to be risk-free as they have the backing of the government that issued them.
- Certificate of Deposit Market
- Certificate of Deposit (CDs) is short-term instruments issued by Commercial Banks and Special Financial Institutions (SFIs), which are freely transferable from one party to another.
- The maturity period of CDs ranges from 91 days to one year.
- These can be issued to individuals, co-operatives and companies.
- Commercial Paper
- Commercial paper (CP) is a popular instrument for financing working capital requirements of companies.
- The CP is an unsecured instrument issued in the form of the promissory note.
- This instrument was introduced in 1990 to enable corporate borrowers to raise short-term funds.
- It can be issued for a period ranging from 15 days to one year.
- Commercial papers are transferable by endorsement and delivery.
- The highly reputed companies (Blue Chip companies) are the major player of the commercial paper market.
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