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Currently, the Indian stock market operates on a T+1 settlement cycle for all scripts.T+0 means all settlements will happen on the same day.

Sebi is proposing to start same-day settlement from March, before moving to a real-time process in 2025. The shorter cycles will be optional for investors and run alongside the existing system where trades are settled in one day, or T+1 in industry parlance.

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Currently, under the T+1 settlement cycle, securities and funds are settled by the next day of the trade. How can the proposed system be made more conducive to Indian investors? Here's what a recent Sebi consultation paper has said.

As per the Sebi consultation paper, an optional T+0 settlement cycle (for trades till 1:30pm) is envisaged in Phase 1 with settlement of funds and securities to be completed on the same day by 4:30pm; Phase 2 will see instant settlement for all trades done till 3:30pm 

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has recently unveiled a Consultation Paper introducing potential changes to settlement cycles in the stock market. These proposed changes include the introduction of two optional settlement cycles; T+0 Settlement Cycle and Instant Settlement Cycle. Unlike the traditional T+1 (Trade Day + 1 day) cycle, these new options aim to provide market participants with flexibility and faster settlement alternatives.

Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch said the Sebi board suggested on Saturday that the regulator analyse more data pertaining to delisting norms before coming up with proposals

India Business News: Sebi said that it will go ahead with a plan to allow the settlement of equity market trades within the same day as it looks for ways to help Indian re

Now, as the full implementation of T+1 settlement across all scrips is rolled out wholly by October 1, 2023, the SEBI Chairperson has communicated about an intended move towards real-time settlement. In her press briefing in the month of July earlier this year, she mentioned that “One of the things that we think is not very far off is an instantaneous settlement on the stock exchanges.