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Reading regulatory filings, sourced and dated.
Plain-English guides to the public filings Flock tracks: 13F reports, NSE and BSE shareholding patterns, bulk and block deals, and FII/DII flows. Every claim links to its source. Research, not advice.
How to Check a Company's Investor Complaint Record
How to check a company's investor complaint record: the four counts filed every quarter, where the filing now lands, and the fine for missing it altogether.
What Is SCORES 2.0? SEBI's Complaint Redressal System
SCORES 2.0 is SEBI's investor complaint platform: a 21 day resolution clock, auto-routing to a Designated Body, two levels of review, and a one year limit.
What Is the SEBI ODR Portal? Conciliation to Arbitration
The SEBI ODR portal runs online conciliation then online arbitration for securities disputes, with fixed timelines, a fee scale and a Rs 5 lakh interim release.
What Is a Reconciliation of Share Capital Audit Report?
A quarterly audit filed with the exchanges reconciling a company's issued capital, listed capital and capital held in demat form, under D&P Regulation 76.
What Is SEBI's Large Corporate Borrower Framework?
SEBI's Large Corporate framework makes listed entities with Rs 1,000 crore of long term borrowings raise 25% of qualified borrowings from debt securities.
What Is an ESG Rating Provider? SEBI Registration Rules
An ESG rating provider is a SEBI registered entity rating listed issuers on ESG factors, in two categories with very different net worth and staffing bars.
What Is the MF Lite Framework? SEBI's Passive Fund Route
MF Lite is SEBI's lighter registration route for passive-only fund houses, now Chapter X of the Mutual Funds Regulations, 2026 in force from 1 April 2026.
What Is Omnibus Approval for Related Party Transactions?
Omnibus approval lets an audit committee clear repetitive related party transactions in advance, for one year, with a Rs 1 crore cap on unforeseen deals.
How to Read a Corporate Governance Report (SEBI LODR)
Read a corporate governance report table by table: board composition, committees, meetings, affirmations and the grievance counts, inside the Integrated Filing.
How to Check Credit Rating Revisions of a Listed Company
Two independent trails carry a rating revision: the company's Regulation 30 announcement and the rating agency's own press release. Here is how to read both.
Credit Rating Change Alerts India: What a Feed Can Carry
Rating change alerts in India run off two feeds on different clocks: the company's Regulation 30 announcement and the rating agency's own press release.
What Is the T+0 Settlement Cycle? SEBI's Rules
The T+0 settlement cycle settles an Indian equity trade the same day. It is optional, runs to 1:30 pm, and covers the top 500 scrips. Not investment advice.
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