MUMBAI, INDIA and CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - April 30, 2010) - The Options Industry Council (OIC), the primary U.S. resource for options education, has partnered with India's Financial Technologies Group (FTIL Group) to help achieve the objective of increasing financial literacy in India by offering education on the proper use of options as a risk-mitigating tool and providing an understanding of the benefits and risks of options trading.