Demat Accounts

Can banking regulator consider a 'check' tool for online deposit safety?

The Reserve Bank of India has already put in place a detailed fraud risk management framework for all regulated entities

Demat account additions fall 40% in 9M 2025 amid volatile markets

Demat account additions dropped 40% in the first nine months of 2025 as volatility, weak returns, and fewer IPOs dampened retail investor participation

Demat account openings slow in August; total count rises to 205 million

Market participants said account openings have moderated in recent months as equity returns plateau

Stock exchanges freeze more promoter demat accounts for non-compliance

The BSE froze promoter demat accounts in 457 companies, according to data from the Securities and Exchange Board of India's (Sebi's) 2024-25 annual report released on August 12

With 3 mn new entries, demat a/cs see biggest spike in July since Dec

With seamless onboarding and the continued allure of equities fuelling demand, July's additions pushed the nationwide demat count beyond 200 million

NSDL IPO opens today: How Harshad Mehta scam led demat revolution in India

From the 1992 Harshad Mehta scam to its public listing in 2025: How NSDL helped modernise and build the dematerialised capital market ecosystem in India

NRIs hold back on market bets amid tax knots and regulatory hurdles

Non-residents have tax deducted at source in India, along with potential taxation in their home countries

Retail participation in mkts increase; demat accounts surge to 194 mn: Sebi

The Indian market is witnessing remarkable participation from retail investors, with a surge in demat accounts to 19.4 crore in 2025 from 3.6 crore in 2019, a senior Sebi official said on Tuesday. Meanwhile, domestic institutional ownership in listed companies has increased from 13 per cent to 20 per cent, while foreign ownership has declined from 22 per cent to 17 per cent. Speaking at an event organised by IVCA Renewable Energy Summit 2025, Ruchi Chojer, Executive Director at Sebi, said that trust is the cornerstone of investment, and India has earned that trust. "At Sebi, our regulatory approach has focused on balancing capital formation with systemic stability and investor protection. Trust is the cornerstone of investment, and India has earned that trust," she was quoted in a statement issued by IVCA. She shared that retail participation has surged from 3.6 crore demat accounts in 2019 to 19.4 crore in 2025. Highlighting the evolution of capital markets in the country, Chojer

Demat accounts rise by 2.5 million in June, near 200 mn milestone

June also marked the second consecutive monthly increase after a steady decline from January to April

Demat accounts grow by 2.2 million in May, total hits 196.6 million

May snaps a four-month slide with 2.2 million new accounts, pushing the total towards 200 million

Highest-ever 192.4 mn demat accounts opened in FY25, brokerages add 41.1 mn

The monthly average of 3.42 million new accounts also set a new record for a financial year

At 2.26 mn, February sees lowest demat account additions in 21 months

Worst rout in broader markets since Covid-19 impacts new investor influx

Putting the skids on: When market volatility punctures demat growth's tyres

STUCK IN NEUTRAL: New demat accounts sputter, slipping to a 14-month low of 2.84 million

Multiple demat accounts held against single PAN surge 500% since FY17

Unique accounts now below 60% of total

Sebi may mandate issuance of new securities in demat form after stock split

To encourage demat holding of securities, Sebi on Tuesday proposed mandating listed companies to issue securities only in demat form following stock split, consolidation of face value of shares, and merger or demerger. In case an investor does not have a demat account, the issuer companies will be required to open a separate demat account with a suitable ledger of ownership or suspense escrow account for dealing with such securities, Sebi proposed in its consultation paper. Dematerialisation of securities has several benefits, including reduction of frauds and forgery, elimination of loss and damage of securities, faster and more efficient transfers, improved transparency and regulatory oversight, mitigation of legal disputes, cost reduction of investors and companies, etc. Considering this, while Sebi is encouraging holding of securities in demat form by the investors, at present a few investors hold securities in physical form. Although it is legally permissible to hold securitie

Record SIP closures in Dec amid market volatility; inflows stay strong

Investors open 5.4 million accounts, close 4.5 million last month

Broker claims 1,103 dependent children accounts; Sebi slaps Rs 9 lakh fine

Sebi had carried out a detailed and thematic inspection of the Stocking Services Limited with the theme 'Multiple UCCs mapped to common email ID or common mobile number'

Demat tally surges to 185 million in 2024 with 46 million new additions

In the first nine months of 2024, 36 million demat accounts were added, buoyed by gains in the secondary market and record initial public offerings (IPOs)

Sebi orders bank, demat accounts' attachment of Reliance Big Entertainment

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Monday ordered the attachment of bank accounts as well as shares and mutual fund holdings of Reliance Big Entertainment to recover dues of Rs 26 crore. Before this, the markets watchdog on November 14 sent a notice to Reliance Big Entertainment Pvt Ltd (now known as Rbep Entertainment Pvt Ltd) and asked the entity to pay dues within 15 days in a case pertaining to illegal diversion of funds in the matter of Reliance Home Finance Ltd (RHFL). The attachment notice came after Reliance Big Entertainment failed to pay the fine imposed on it by the markets watchdog. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has ordered the attachment of bank, demat accounts and mutual fund folios of the entity to recover the pending dues. Going by the notice, dues of Rs 26 crore were pending with Reliance Big Entertainment, which included interest and recovery costs. As per the notice, Sebi said there is sufficient reason to believe that the defaulter may dispos

Direct payout of securities: Sebi extends deadline to November 11

Timeline extended almost by a month for smoother implementation