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India's Capital Markets Boom: Rs 1.7 Lakh Crore Raised via 311 IPOs This FY

SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey highlighted the rapid scaling of India's capital markets, noting a massive surge in unique investors from 4.3 crore to 13.7 crore. In the current financial year, a staggering Rs 1.7 lakh crore has been mobilized through 311 initial public offerings. He also detailed a smarter regulatory architecture, including newly notified stockbroker regulations and a revised framework for technical glitches to ease compliance. The new glitch framework, applicable only to brokers with over 10,000 clients, is expected to relieve approximately 60% of stockbrokers from certain reporting burdens.

Key Points: SEBI Chairman on India's Capital Market Growth & IPO Boom

  • Investor base tripled to 13.7 crore since FY20
  • Rs 1.7 lakh crore raised via 311 IPOs this fiscal
  • New framework eases compliance for small brokers
  • Smarter regulatory architecture safeguards market integrity
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India's capital markets scaled rapidly in last 10 years, Rs 1.7 lakh crore raised in current fiscal through 311 IPOs: SEBI Chairman

SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey reveals Rs 1.7 lakh crore raised via 311 IPOs this fiscal, with investor base tripling since FY20.

"The number of unique investors has surged from 4.3 crore in FY20 to 13.7 crore, as of today. - Tuhin Kanta Pandey"

Chennai, January 10

The Securities and Exchange Board of India Chairman, Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Saturday highlighted that India's capital markets have scaled rapidly over the last decade across equity, derivatives, Mutual Funds, REITs, InvITs and corporate bonds.

Highlighting the performance in the current Financial Year, he said, "The number of unique investors has surged from 4.3 crore in FY20 to 13.7 crore, as of today. The first nine months of this financial year have seen 1.7 lakh crore raised through 311 IPOs (Initial Public Offerings), with total equity mobilisation already crossing 3.8 lakh crore."

While speaking at the Association of National Exchanges Members of India (ANMI) 15th International Capital Market Convention 2026 in Chennai, Pandey also talked about the regulatory architecture saying, "We are building a smarter regulatory architecture, one that streamlines compliance and removes duplication while safeguarding investor protection and market integrity. Recently, we notified the SEBI stockbrokers regulations 2026. We have permitted diversification into activities overseen by other financial sector regulators, subject to prescribed safeguards."

"A revised framework to address technical glitches in the stockbrokers' trading system was issued yesterday. The new framework will ease compliance for small stockbrokers, as it is applicable only to stockbrokers with a sizable clientele and technology dominance," he said.

Notably, on Friday, SEBI announced a major overhaul of its framework for addressing technical glitches in stock brokers' electronic trading systems, aiming to reduce compliance burden and improve ease of doing business for market intermediaries.

The framework is now applicable to stock brokers having more than 10,000 registered clients. As a result of new eligibility criteria approximately, 60% of stock broker would be moving out of this framework and consequently reduce their overall compliance requirement, SEBI said.

The revised framework simplifies the reporting requirement by providing the extension of time for reporting of technical glitches (from one hour to two hours), consideration to the trading holiday's while submitting reports and streamlining the reporting requirement from reporting to all the exchanges to a single reporting platform (i.e. Common Reporting Platform).

According to the National Stock Exchange's (NSE) annual highlights for Calendar Year (CY) 2025, the mainboard IPOs collectively mobilised Rs 1.72 lakh crore, up 8% year-on-year. Maharashtra, Delhi-NCR and Karnataka led mainboard IPO activity by both volume and value.

- ANI

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Sarah B
As someone who started investing during the pandemic, it's encouraging to see SEBI focusing on simplifying compliance, especially for smaller brokers. The move to a single reporting platform is a sensible step to reduce red tape. Hope this ease of doing business translates to lower costs for end investors too.
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Vikram M
While the growth numbers are impressive, we must ensure this isn't a bubble. So many new investors might not fully understand the risks. SEBI's investor protection focus is crucial. Also, hope the diversification rules for brokers are implemented with strong oversight to prevent conflicts of interest.
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Priya S
Great to see Maharashtra, Delhi-NCR, and Karnataka leading, but what about financial inclusion in other states? SEBI and exchanges should run more investor awareness programs in Tier 2/3 cities and rural areas. The real scaling will happen when investing becomes as common in Bihar or Odisha as it is in Mumbai.
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Rohit P
The technical glitch framework update is a welcome relief for smaller brokers. Running a sub-brokerage in Jaipur, the compliance costs were becoming a headache. Extending the reporting time from 1 to 2 hours is a practical move. More power to SEBI for listening to ground realities! 🙏
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Michael C
Working in the fintech sector here in Bangalore, the depth and innovation in India's capital markets are now a global talking point. The surge in unique investors is a demographic dividend in action. The regulatory architecture needs to keep pace with this tech-driven growth, and it seems SEBI is trying.

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