Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is set to take measures to reduce costs of regulation, said markets regulator Chairperson Tuhin Kanta Pandey on February 12, at an event at Mumbai.

“Cost of capital is an important cost and it should come down. For all productive sectors, the access to finance should be available. Which also includes not only availability but also the cost. Cost efficiency of all our measures is important. If you have to build competitiveness, then there is a compliance burden on regulation. It is too high in terms of cost and time,” said Mr. Pandey while speaking on the sidelines of the 6th Annual Capital Market Conference conducted by National Institute of Securities Market (NISM).

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Further, he highlighted the need to assess the impact of regulations and a committee for the same has been constituted under the leadership of the Chief Economic Advisor C. Anantha Nageswaran. Further he said that the SEBI will also form a unit under the Department of Economic Policy Analysis (DEPA). This is in addition to the centre of excellence to study regulatory impact, which is already in place under the NISM. The initiative is also in line with the announcements made in previous Budget (2025-26), he said.

Further, he said that the discussion regarding cutting costs was part of a larger inter-regulatory discussion. “It is a part of the whole exercise. Through FSDC, the inter-regulatory coordination is set up. They are looking at various ways to collect data, push research and then throw up ideas,” Mr. Pandey added.