We have enormous fulfillment in presenting the first edition "Commodity Markets" written for students of Post Graduation courses. The subject matter is written in a simple and easily understandable language with adequate support from realistic information. This is an endeavor to provide the students with thorough understanding of stock and commodity market concept. While writing this book we have benefited greatly from the studies of a number of books and the articles written by various scholars. In writing the book special care has been taken to avoid gaps in the sequential arrangement of topics in the syllabus and logically developed the various topics such as Commodity Markets and Exchange, Quality Assurance, Commodity Derivatives, Warehousing Trading and Settlement, Trading on Commodity Exchanges, Regulatory Framework Topics covered are discussed, as far as possible, in a fairly self-contained manner. Contents - Unit ? 1 Commodity Markets and Exchanges Unit ? 2 Quality Assurance Unit ? 3 Commodity Derivatives Unit ? 4 Warehousing Trading and Settlement Unit ? 5 Trading on Commodity Exchange Unit ? 6 Clearing and Settlement on Commodity Exchange Unit ? 7 Regulatory Framework of Commodities Board in India