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Mumbai News: SEBI chairman Tuhin Kant Pandey said on Monday that digital infrastructure has made the markets quite easy for us, but it has also equipped fraudsters with new tools to cheat investors.

SEBI chief said that securities markets are the development engines of our country and it is our shared responsibility to ensure that this engine runs on a strong foundation of honesty and transparency.

At the inauguration of the World Investor Week 2025 event, which runs from 6 to 12 October, Sebi Chairman Pandey said that I am very happy to present here to inaugurate the World Investor Week 2025 week -long ceremony in India today. It is a global campaign to highlight the importance of investor education and protection by iOSCO.

He said that this year the theme of organizing India for India has been kept in fraud and scams, Prevention and Basics of Investing.

Giving information, SEBI chairman Pandey said that we have recently released the findings of an investor survey, which SEBI had conducted with AMFI, NSE, BSE, NSDL and CDSL.

SEBI chief said, “This huge survey provides us with a clear, data-driving picture of India’s investment scenario. The information obtained from this survey will be guides for us as we are working to make our markets more inclusive and safe.”

He said that the rise of Indian investors has been appreciated in the last few years. The number of unique investors in securities market ecosystem has increased to 134 million due to increased access, simple onboarding and comprehensive awareness.

Citing the survey, he said that 63 percent of Indian families, ie 213 million families, are known about at least one securities market product. However, our focus should be on travel from awareness to action.

He said that the survey shows that only 9.5 percent of the families i.e. about 32 million families have real participation.

SEBI chief said, “This number highlights the huge possibilities of development, but the most important figures are that only 36 percent of investors have high or moderate knowledge of the security market. This difference of knowledge is a weakness that highlights our investors to risks and makes them sensitive to fraud.”

Talking to the media after the program, SEBI chief said that whenever our team identifies non-registard influencers in SEBI or we get complaints about them, we do thorough investigation. If we come to know that they are misleading the public or violating SEBI rules, then we convey the case to platform providers.

He said, “platforms like Google, Meta, X and Telegram take action to remove them. As far as data is concerned, we compile and share it every three months. When the next data comes, we also analyze it.” -With agency input