New Delhi, April 25 -- Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs. Nirmala Sitharaman delivered the keynote address at the 38th Foundation Day Programme of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), in Mumbai today.

Sitharaman also digitally launched SEBI's nationwide investor awareness initiative 'Mission Jagrook' on the occasion.

In her keynote address, the Union Finance Minister urged SEBI to be ready to meet the emerging challenges, the most pressing of which is cybersecurity challenges. A single successful cyberattack on a major exchange, depository, clearing corporation, or large broker could disrupt markets at national scale, erase wealth, and shake public confidence in ways that take years to rebuild, stated. Sitha...