With a view to achieve wider financial inclusion, encourage holding of demat accounts and to reduce the cost of maintaining securities in demat accounts for retail individual investors, it has been decided that all depository participants (DPs) shall make available a Basic Services Demat Account (BSDA) with limited services and reduced costs.
Considering the present role of sub-broker where he is not permitted to deal with funds and securities of the investors, in consultation with the major stock exchanges and stock brokers’ associations, it has been decided to rationalize the procedure for surrender of sub-broker registration, as follows
