SEBI to review short selling and SLBM frameworks 11 November 2025India Reporter: Carmella Haswell
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The Թ and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is to review short selling, as well as Թ Lending and Borrowing Mechanism (SLBM) frameworks.
The announcement was made by SEBI Chairman Shri Tuhin Kanta Pandey at the Global Leadership Summit, where he revealed plans to form a working group to undertake this task.
Pandey says the regulatory body is focused on deepening the cash equities market in India to spur capital formation.
In his speech, he noted: “An active securities lending and borrowing scheme is critical for improving price discovery and facilitating interlinkage between the cash and derivatives segments.
“From a borrower’s perspective, it facilitates the settlement of securities sold short, while lenders can earn a fee on their idle securities.”
The framework for short selling was introduced in 2007 and has remained unchanged, while the SLBM was introduced in 2008 and modified a few times subsequently.
Pandey says this segment remains “significantly underdeveloped” compared to other jurisdictions.
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