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 Securities and Exchange Board of India shortly we all knows SEBI formed on on 12th April 1992, recently launched Saarthi, a mobile app on investor education. It aims to protect the interests of the investors in securities along with promoting and regulating the securities market.

The original purpose of Sarrthi will look to create awareness among the investors about the basic concept of the securities market, KYC (Know Your Customer) process, trading and settlement, mutual funds, recent market development and investor grievances redressal mechanism, among others.

The application provide knowledge in both Hindi and English language. It is available for both IOS and android users. In future, the app will be made available in the local language as well.

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Why was the application launched?

With the recent surge in individual investors entering the market and more importantly a large proportion of trading being mobile phone-based this app will be helpful in easily accessing the relevant information.

Also, the new investors are using smartphones to do trading. Thus, they are being assisted through mobile apps.

In India, individual investors have been increasing. Their share was 39% in 2020. In 2021, it has increased to 45% according to NSE (National Stock Exchange) date.

Why raise in Investors?

One of the key reasons for this unprecedented increase in individual investors has undoubtedly been the pandemic. The interest rates in the banks are reducing. The Fixed Deposit rates are varying between 2.9% and 5.4%. Thus, the returns from such investment are very low.

Firstly, the penetration of the internet to the remotes corners of the nation opened up a whole new world of online access for Indians. This also meant improved accessibility to investment education, market news and growing awareness of various forms of investment.

SEBI app SCORES  to lodge complaint by investors

SCORES (Sebi Complaint Redress System) is the Mobile Application designed by SEBI to lodge grievances by investors against listed companies, registered intermediaries and market infrastructure institutions. This app is a convenient way to lodge complaints by investors as the complaint lodged through this app is directly lodged on SCORES system. The grievances lodged by investors are taken up with the concerned entity and continuously monitored.