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West Bengal Government Announces Plan to Revive Calcutta Stock Exchange

Sabyasachi Chandra

The West Bengal government announced plans in its 2026-27 budget to revive the dormant Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE).

The 118-year-old regional exchange has not facilitated a single trade since SEBI suspended its operations in April 2013.

The state aims to lower the cost of capital for SMEs in Eastern India and reverse the migration of financial professionals to Mumbai.

To solve the initial liquidity problem, the government plans to list profitable state-owned enterprises on the revived platform.

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