Overview

• Chair Tuhin Kanta Pandey said enabling remote, secure KYC for NRIs is an urgent goal so investors do not need to travel to India, with work underway in consultation with RBI and UIDAI.
• SEBI plans a portal-based, single-window registration for foreign portfolio investors, calling it a process simplification being coordinated with RBI and the Income Tax Department.
• The regulator is moving to predictive oversight by revamping its data warehouse to generate role and rule‑based alerts that flag pump‑and‑dump activity and fraudulent bulk trades.
• Citing rising algorithmic and high‑frequency trading volumes, SEBI pledged to keep updating the market framework to ensure fair and resilient trading conditions.
• Cyber and operational safeguards include a published cybersecurity framework, forthcoming air‑gap guidance with MIIs, live disaster‑recovery drills, a clearing‑corporation redundancy model active since Dec. 20, 2023, and a possible safety net for depository participants, alongside a December target to finalize revised broker rules and data‑driven reviews of SLBM and short‑term derivatives.