Commodity trading in India in India a long history. In fact, commodity trading in India started much before it started in many other countries. However, years of foreign rule, droughts and periods of scarcity and Government policies caused the commodity trading in India to diminish. Commodity trading was, however, restarted in India recently. Today, apart from numerous regional exchanges, India has three national commodity exchanges namely, Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) and National Multi-Commodity Exchange (NMCE). The regulatory body is Forward Markets Commission (FMC) which was set-up in 1953.
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Forward Markets Commission
Multi Commodity Exchange
National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange
National Multi-Commodity Exchange