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SEBI Investor Complaints on SCORES Platform Drop 9% in FY26
SEBI is the group in charge of watching over the stock market, where people buy and sell pieces of companies.
It has a special website called SCORES where investors can tell SEBI when something goes wrong.
In the last financial year, fewer people complained through this website.
The number of complaints dropped by more than nine percent.
Investors sent in 61,788 complaints, compared with 68,132 the year before.
Many of the complaints were about stockbrokers, the people who help investors buy and sell shares.
Complaints about stockbrokers also went down, from 26,073 to 20,756.
Experts think fewer complaints happened because SEBI is watching more closely and security is better.
Fewer complaints can mean the market is becoming safer for regular people.
Investor complaints on SEBI's SCORES platform fell by over 9% in FY26 to 61,788, down from 68,132 in FY25.
Complaints against stockbrokers dropped to 20,756 in FY26 from 26,073 the previous year.
Stockbrokers drew the largest number of complaints because of their prominent consumer-facing role in investing.
Experts attributed the decline to increased regulatory scrutiny, lower volumes, and enhanced security measures.
The figures come from SEBI's latest annual report.
- Who
- Investors filing complaints through SEBI's SCORES platform, with stockbrokers as the most complained-about entities.
- What
- Investor complaints on SEBI's SCORES platform dropped by over 9% in FY26 to 61,788, including 20,756 against stockbrokers.
- Where
- India, via the markets regulator SEBI's SCORES platform.
- When
- Financial year 2026 (FY26), compared with FY25.
- Why
- Experts attributed the drop to increased regulatory scrutiny, lower volumes, and enhanced security measures.
Key facts
- Regulator
- SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India)
- Complaints platform
- SCORES (Complaints Redress System)
- Total complaints in FY26
- 61,788
- Total complaints in FY25
- 68,132
- Year-on-year change
- Decline of over 9%
- Complaints against stockbrokers in FY26
- 20,756
- Complaints against stockbrokers in FY25
- 26,073
- Data source
- SEBI's latest annual report




