Bhilwara, Rajasthan, India, February 11, 2006

CUTS Centre for Consumer Action, Research & Training (CUTS-CART) is actively involved in the Securities Market Awareness Campaign (SMAC) with the support of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) since May 2004. Under the first and second rounds of the campaign, 10 workshops were conducted in various remote areas of Rajasthan. The third round of the campaign started in August 2005 and will continue till April 8, 2006.

The eighth workshop in the series will be organised at Bhilwara, Rajasthan on February 11, 2006. The aim of this workshop, like the previous ones, is to acclimatise the investors with the functioning of the securities market, such as the basic fundamentals of investment and risk management and their rights and responsibilities.