SEBI to push regulatory simplification, tech-led oversight as markets scale up: Chairman

SEBI Chairperson Tuhin Kanta Pandey
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India’s market regulator will step up efforts to simplify rules, deepen technology-led supervision and assist capital formation as home markets increase in scale and complexity, Tuhin Kanta Pandey mentioned on Friday.

Talking on the thirty eighth basis day of Securities and Trade Board of India (SEBI), Pandey outlined a ahead agenda centred on easing compliance, strengthening governance and aligning innovation with investor safety.

“We’ll speed up our drive to simplify and rationalise rules for ease of doing enterprise… and proceed to put money into technology-led supervision,” he mentioned. The occasion was attended by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Indian markets have grown sharply in each measurement and participation, with over 5,900 listed firms and greater than 140 million buyers, Pandey aaid. Market capitalisation has expanded at about 15 per cent yearly over the previous decade, whereas mutual fund property have grown over 20 per cent a yr.

“The deeper shift is in participation,” he mentioned, including the entry of a youthful, digitally linked investor base and growing world linkages. This growth, he mentioned, brings new dangers. “Innovation should not outpace safeguards; entry should not dilute consciousness; and development should stay sustainable.”

Over the previous yr, SEBI has labored on easing regulatory friction and enhancing readability by way of stakeholder consultations. “These reforms aren’t remoted steps… they’re a part of a steady effort to construct belief, effectivity and innovation into the market,” Pandey mentioned.

New techniques corresponding to digital communication platforms and an e-adjudication mechanism, alongside elevated use of information analytics, AI instruments and real-time monitoring, he mentioned.

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