STRICT WATCH

`7,273cr monetary penalty was levied on 103 companies in FY16 for indulging in fraudulent and unfair trade practices as compared to `241.7 crore in FY15 1,726 prohibitive directions were issued by Sebi in FY16 while 496 entities were warned for their activities in FY16 SEBI INITIATED investigations in 84 cases relating to market manipulation and price rigging, which is a significant jump from 41 in FY15 SEBI HAS also started investigation in nine cases of issue related to manipulations and 12 insider trading cases during the same period