The SMARTs programme is a new initiative of SEBI for enhancing the Investor Education activities. The need of hand holding the retail investors since there has been a surge of new investors in the securities markets in the last few months.
In the present scenario of uncertainty in economic growth and extra ordinarily buoyant market, there is a dire need to further ramp up the investor education and awareness efforts. In that sense there couldn’t have been any better time to launch SMARTs –an initiative of SEBI to strengthen the existing investor education framework
SMARTs is a new initiative of SEBI to enhance its investor education and awareness activities
Investor Awareness programmes are conducted under the aegis of SEBI and are monitored by SEBI directly. These programmes will also be conducted in the local language.
SMARTs programme is, therefore, likely to be a game changer as investor education programmes are taken directly to the investors. The education programs to be conducted by SMARTs will be free of cost to investors, while the cost of conducting the programme would be met from SEBI’s Investor Protection and Education Fund
These programs are conducted in both webinar mode and physical mode. For details of all programs please click here