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Pursuant to announcement made by the Hon’ble Finance Minister in her budget speech for FY 2019-20 regarding Social Stock Exchanges, SEBI had constituted a Working Group (WG) on Social Stock Exchange (SSE) in September, 2019 under the Chairmanship of Shri Ishaat Hussain. The WG made appropriate recommendations relating to - permitting participation of Social Enterprises on SSE, minimum reporting requirements, possible means/ mechanisms of raising finance, creation of separate Self-Regulatory Organizations (SROs) for Social Auditors etc. This report was put in public domain for comments. While analysing the comments received on this report, it was felt that further expert advice and clarity may be needed on certain critical operational issues before comprehensively firming up views in the matter.