SEBI Chairman to inaugurate SEBI Pavilion at India International Trade Fair, New Delhi

Shri  Ajay  Tyagi,  Chairman, SEBI will inaugurate  the  SEBI  Pavilion  at the  India International  Trade  Fair  (IITF),  2021  at Hall  No.12A,  Pragati  Maidan,  New  Delhi  on November14,  2021.With  a  view  to  showcasing  the  well  regulated  securities  market and  spreading  awareness  about  the  capital  market, SEBI  is  setting  up  a  Pavilion 'BHARAT KA SHARE BAZAAR' in the 40th India International Trade Fair (IITF), 2021 (November 14-27, 2021)  in  association  with  market  infrastructure  institutions/ trade bodiesviz., NSE,  BSE,  NSDL,  CDSL,  AMFI,  NCDEX,  MCX,  CPAI,  BBF, ANMIand NISM. The theme of the event is ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Ke Atmanirbhar Niveshak’. SEBI has been at the forefront for spreading financial literacy and investor awareness tothe general public at large.

At the event,SEBI will be organising activities such as talk shows by market experts, quizzes,  skits,  muppet  shows,  display  of investor  friendly  policies & facilities  and  live demo  of  SCORES to educate  the  public  at  large  about  the  Indian securities  market, provide  information  for  various  investment  products,  spread  investor  education  and awareness including cautioning the public against illegal money mobilization schemes.

 In its efforts towards spreading financial literacy, investor education and cautioning the public   against   illegal   money   mobilization   schemes,   SEBI   along   with   Market Infrastructure   Institutions,   Resource   Persons,   Securities   Market   Trainers   and Commodities  Derivatives  Trainers  etc.,  conducted  over  47,000  workshopsincluding webinars,all over the country in lastthree years. Various investor friendly reforms have been  introduced  to  further  strengthen  investor  protection  and  enhancefairness, transparency  and  integrity  of  the  securities  market.These  include  starting  investor helpline in variouslanguages, online grievance redressal system i.e. SCORES (SEBI Complaints Redress System), introduction of SCORES app, sending end of day alerts by  SMS/email  regarding  transactions,  increasing  the  number  of  investor  grievance redressal and arbitration centers in multiple towns, etc.

In  recent  times,  SEBI  has  facilitated  e-KYC  enabling  easier  onboarding  of  investors, introduced risko-meter tool to help investors make better decisions for investments in mutual funds, mandated segregation of client collaterals in order to protect the clients from misutilization by Trading Member/Clearing Member,prescribed that margins to be given  in  form  of  securities  by  clients  shall  be  by  way  of  pledge  thereby significantly curbing  the  misutilization of clients’ securities, introduced Unified Payment Interface (UPI) with facility of blocking Funds (ASBA facility) for investing through IPOs, reduced time period for listing of issues, etc.

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