1 crore new people connected in 8 months in NSE
Now the stock market in India is no longer the thing of big businessmen. Now common people from villages and towns to cities have also started investing. The country’s largest stock exchange, National Stock Exchange (NSE) said that 1 crore new people have been added in just 8 months from January to September 2025. Now the total number of investors on NSE has reached above 12 crore.
NSE told when Exchange If it was started, it took 14 years to add the first 1 crore investors. After this it took 7 years to add 1 crore. Then 1 crore joined in three years. Now the situation is such that every year one to one and a half crore people are joining the NSE. As of March 2021, there were only 4 crore investors on NSE, but now 1 crore new investors are joining every 6-7 months. This change shows that the stock market has now reached the common man.
Women and youth are investing in a big way
According to NSE, today one in four investors are women. Earlier, women used to hesitate a little about investment, but now they are also participating openly. Apart from this, the average age of investors has now come down to 33 years, which used to be 38 years ago till five years ago. That is, more and more young people are also coming in the stock market. Not only this, 40 percent of investors are under 30 years of age. This shows that today’s younger generation has become more vigilant and active than ever before investment.
99.85% Pincode people have joined the stock market
NSE said that now 99.85% of the country’s PINCode people have joined the stock market. Meaning every corner of India, whether it is a city or village, has now become a part of this market. There are three states where there are more than 1 crore investors. Maharashtra is at the forefront of this list, from here 1.9 crore people are associated with NSE. Uttar Pradesh is at number two, where there are 1.4 crore investors. Gujarat has come at number three, where the number of investors has reached 1.03 crore.
What is the reason behind the increase in investment?
According to NSE’s Chief Business Development Officer Shriram Krishnan, this lead is happening at a time when there is uncertainty about business and politics in the world. He said that people’s trust has increased due to the simple KYC process, ie early verification of documents, programs that make people aware, and constant good environment in the market, all these reasons have increased. Now people are also increasing interest in things like ETFS, Government Bonds, Real Estate Investment (Reits), not just shares. That is, now many investment avenues have been opened, and people have started adopting them.
How has this change so much?
There are many major reasons behind this fast as Digital India, investment facility through mobile apps, and help of fintech companies. Now no one needs to go to the office of the broker to invest, everything is happening on mobile. Also, campaigns are being conducted by institutions like the government and NSE to convince people, due to which people are no longer afraid of the stock market.