India has introduced the Securities Markets Code Bill, 2025, in Parliament on December 18, 2025, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposing a sweeping consolidation of securities regulation. The proposed legislation is designed to consolidate and amend multiple existing laws governing trading contracts, market oversight, and depository operations. It would bring together the Securities Contract Regulation Act, 1956, the SEBI Act of 1992, and the Depositories Act, 1996—potentially reshaping how regulators and market participants comply going forward.
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