‘Foods India Ltd.’ is a company engaged in the production of packaged juice since 2010. Over this period, a large number of competitors have entered the market and are putting a tough challenge to ‘Foods India Ltd.’. To face this challenge and to increaseits market share, the company has decided to replace the old machinery with an estimated cost of Rs.100 crores. To raise the finance, the company decided to issue 9% debentures. The Finance department of the company has estimated that the cost of issuing the 9% debentures will be Rs10,00,000. The company wants to meet its floatation cost

.(a) Explain the instrument that the company may issue for this purpose.

(b) In which type of financial market, is the instrument explained in (a) above traded? Also explain how safe the instruments are in this market.