CURRICULUM - NSDL–DEPOSITORY OPERATIONS MODULE
1. Overview of the Capital Market
      1.1   Overview of relevant laws, regulations
      1.2   Primary Market
      1.3   Secondary Market
      1.4   Capital Market Intermediaries
  2. Overview of NSDL
      2.1   Features of Depository System
      2.2   Legal Framework
      2.3   Organisation structure of NSDL
      2.4   Bye-Laws & Business Rules of NSDL
      2.5   NSDL System & Connectivity
  3. Business Partners of NSDL
      3.1 Business Partners of NSDL
        Eligibility, Joining – Procedure/steps, Services, Records and
    Reconciliation, Rights & Obligations
      3.2 CCs/ CHs
            Eligibility, Admission criteria
      3.3 Issuers and Registrar & Share Transfer Agents
            Eligibility, Services, Records and Reconciliation, Rights & Obligations,
            Role of RTAs in demat and remat
      3.4   NSDL Application software
      3.5   Hardware Requirements of business partners
      3.6   Service Standards
      3.7   Benefits & Safety
  4. Services Offered by Depository
      4.1 Account Opening
            Beneficiary Account - Salient Features, Procedure, Precautions
            Clearing Member Account - Salient Features, Procedure, Precautions
            Intermediary Account - Salient Features, Procedure, Precautions
      4.2 Transmission & Nomination
      4.3 Dematerialisation
            Salient Features, Procedure, Precautions
      4.4 Rematerialisation
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       Salient Features, Procedure, Precautions
    4.5 Trading & Settlement
       Salient Features, Off-market/market transfers, Pay-in, Pay-out,
       Settlement of Trades, Precautions
    4.6 Internet initiatives by NSDL
       Speed-e, Ideas, Steady
5. Special Services
    5.1 Pledging/ Hypothecation
       Salient Features, Procedures for Creating, Confirming, Closing and
       Invoking a Pledge, Precautions
    5.2 Securities Lending & Borrowing
       Salient Features, Procedures for lending & borrowing, Repay of
       securities borrowed, Recall of securities lent
    5.3 Corporate Actions
       Non-cash Corporate Actions
       Cash Corporate Actions
       Payment of interest on Debt instrument by NSDL
    5.4 Public Issues
    5.5 Units of Mutual Funds
       Salient Features, Procedure, Precautions and Distinguishing features
  in
       respect of US-64
    5.6 Debt instruments
       Salient Features, Mode of Operations, Procedure for Certificate of
       Deposits (CD), Commercial Papers etc.
    5.7 Government Securities (G-Sec)
       Salient Features, Procedure for dematerialisation & rematerialisation
  of
       physical certificates, G-sec in SGL form to Depository a/c, Precautions
    5.8 NSC/KVP in Dematerialisation
       Features and advantages
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   5.9 Dematerialisation of Warehouse Receipts - Features
   5.10 MAPIN & TIN – Overview
6. Charges
   Salient Features, NSDL Charges and DP Charges
7. Safety
   General, Specific and System Level, Benefits and Safety
8. Progress
   (Numbers as given in the NEST update)
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