News & Media 11th Mar 2024
A staggering 42 lakh new accounts were opened in December alone—50% higher than the previous month—taking the total number of demat accounts to 13.93 crore. The trading volume on stock exchanges has increased over tenfold since 2019-20. However, brokers are finding it tough to handle this frenetic activity. In recent months, users of several broking platforms have been crying foul after facing recurring outages and disruption in services.
Sanket Dhanorkar from The The Economic Times Times writes on “If you encounter a technical glitch on your stock broking platform, here’s what you should do” with insights from Yashojit Mitra, Partner, Economic Laws Practice (ELP).