Money market is a market purely for short-term funds or financial assets called near money.

(i) Certificate of deposits are short-term deposit instruments issued by banks and financial institutions to raise large sums of money.
(ii) Certificate of Deposits are issued in the form of usance promissory notes.
(iii) The Certificate of Deposit is transferable from one party to another.

The certificate of deposits are available for subscription by individuals, corporations, trusts, associations and NRIs.

The purchase of one security against the sale of another security carried out by the RBI in the secondary market as part of its open market operations is described as switching.

In India, till 1986, only a few instruments were available. They were as follows:
(i) Treasury Bills in the Treasury Market
(ii) Money at call and short Notice in the call Loan Market
(iii) Commercial Bills and Promissory Notes in the Bill Market
Now in addition to the above, the following new instruments are available:
(i) Commercial Papers
(ii) Certificate of Deposits
(iii) Inter-Bank participation Certificates
(iv) Repo Instruments.

(i) Bills that are drawn and payable in India on a person who is resident in India are called inland bills.
(ii) Bills that are drawn outside India and are payable either in India or outside India are called foreign bills.

(i) Bills that are accompanied by documents of title to goods are called documentary bills.
(ii) Clean bills are drawn without accompanying any document.
(iii) Example: Railway Receipt and Lorry Receipt.

A well-developed money market serves the following objectives :
(i) Providing an equilibrium mechanism for ironing out short-term surplus and deficits.
(ii) Providing a focal point for central bank intervention for influencing liquidity in the company.
(iii) Providing access in uses to users of short term money to meet their requirements at a reasonable price.

Features of certificate of deposits are:
(i) Document of title to time deposit
(ii) It is unsecured negotiable instruments.
(iii) It is freely transferable by endorsement and delivery.
(iv) It is issued at discount to face value.
(v) It is repayable on a fixed date without grace days.

Treasury bills are issued to the public and other financial ínstitutíons for rneeting the short-tern financial requirernents of theCentral Governnent. These bills are freely rnarketable and they can be bought and old at any tíme and these bilis are tradable in secondary market as well.
On the basis of periodicity, Treasury bills maybe classified into three. They are:
     (a) 91 days Treasury bills
     (b) 182 days Treasury bills and
     (c) 364 days Treasury bills
(i)Ninety one days Treasury bills are issued at a fixed discount rate of 4 per cent as well as through auctions.
(ii)The RBI holds 91 days and 182 days Treasury bills and they are issued on tap basis throughout the week.
(iii)364 days Treasury Bills do not carry any fixed rate.The discount rate on these bills are quoted in auction by the participants and accepted by the authorities. Such a rate is called cut off rate.

The features of commercial bills are:
(i) Drawer
(ii) Acceptor
(iii) Payee
(iv) Discounter
(v) Endorser
(vi) Assessment
(vii) Maturity
(viii) Credit rating
Types of commercial bills are:
(i) Demand and usance bills:
(a) A demand bill is one wherein no specific time of payment is mentioned.
(b) So, demand bills are payable immediately when they are presented to the drawee.
(ii) Clean bills and documentary bills:
(a) Bills that are accompanied by documents of title to goods are called documentary bills.
(b) Clean bills are drawn without accompanying any document.
(c) Example: Railway receipt and Lorry receipt.
(iii) Inland bills and Foreign bills:
(a) Bills that are drawn and payable in India on a person who is resident in India are called inland bills.
(b) Bills that are drawn outside India and are payable either in India or outside India are called foreign bills.
(iv) Indigeneous bills: The drawing and acceptance of indigenous bills are governed by native custom or usage of trade.
(v) Accommodation and supply bills: Accommodation bills are those which do not arise out of genuine trade of transactions.

(i) Short-term Funds:
It is a market purely for short-term funds or financial assets called near money.
(ii) Maturity Period:
It deals with financial assets having a maturity period upto one year only.
(iii) Conversion of Cash :
It deals with only those assets which can be converted into cash readily without loss and with minimum transaction cost.
(iv) No Formal Place:
Generally, transactions take place through phone i.e., oral communication.Relevant documents and written communications can be exchanged subsequently.
(v) Sub-markets :
It is not a single homogeneous market. It comprises of several sub-markets each specialising in a particular type of financing. 
(vi) Role of Market :
The components of a money market are the Central Banks, Commercial Banks, Non-Banking Financial Companies,Discount Houses and Acceptance House.Commercial banks generally plays a dominant role in this market.