NSE Launches Nifty500 Ahimsa Index

On 10th July 2026, NSE Indices, a subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), launched the Nifty 500 Ahimsa Index, a new thematic index that tracks companies from the Nifty 500 whose businesses follow the principle of ahimsa, or non-violence.

What Nifty500 Ahimsa Index?

  • Rule-based Equity Index:It is India’s first specialized, rules-based equity index designed specifically to screen and track companies free from animal cruelty.
  • Ethical Investors: It offers ethical investors a structured way to direct capital away from industries that cause harm to animals.
  • Developed by: The index has been developed in collaboration with the Ahimsagain Foundation, which evaluates companies ....
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