SEBI Launches India Largest Investor Survey 2025 Covering 90000 Households

SEBI Investor Survey 2025: Essential Highlights.

1. Survey Overview:

• By: Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
• Partners AMFI, NSE, BSE, NSDL and CDSL.
• Scale: Scale is one of the biggest household surveys in India that was undertaken in 400 cities and 1,000 villages with a sample size of over 90,000 households.
• Aim: To determine awareness, penetration, barriers, and behavior of the investors in the securities market.

2. The major results include Awareness vs. Participation.

• Awareness: 63 percent of Indian households (estimates 213 million) know of at least one security market product (such as stocks, mutual funds).
• Participation: 9.5 percent only (about 32 million) of households (as compared to 100% participation) actually invest in the markets indicating a large awareness-participation gap.

3. Local Geographic segregation:

• Urban vs. Rural: Urban participation (15%) is two times higher than the rural participation (6%).
• Best States: Delhi has the best participation of 20.7, then Gujarat (15.4%).

4. Investor Risk Profile:

• Low-Risk: 79.7% of households
• Moderate-Risk: 14.7% of households
• High-Risk: 5.6% of households

5. Recommendations for Growth:

• According to the survey, the increase of trust, simplicity, and financial education in the language of the region may contribute to increased participation.
• Growth is possible, with 22 percent of non-investor aware people intending to invest one year later.

About SEBI:

• Complete Name Securities and Exchange Board of India.
• Formation: Received statutory authority on 30 January 1992 through SEBI Act, 1992.
• Headquarters: Mumbai
• Role: The Indian securities and commodity market regulation authority, which exists under the ministry of finance.