Compliance Guidelines for Digital Accessibility Circular ‘Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and rules made thereunder- mandatory compliance by all Regulated Entities’ dated July 31, 2025 (Circular No. SEBI/HO/ITD-1/ITD_VIAP/P/CIR/2025/111)

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....ration and supervisory body-RAASB) Sir/Madam, Subject: Compliance Guidelines for Digital Accessibility Circular 'Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and rules made thereunder- mandatory compliance by all Regulated Entities' dated July 31, 2025 (Circular No. SEBI/HO/ITD-1/ITD_VIAP/P/CIR/2025/111) 1. SEBI issued circular on 'Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and rules made thereunder-mandatory compliance by all Regulated Entities' on July 31, 2025. 2. The Compliance Guidelines are enclosed at Annexure-A of this circular. 3. This circular is being issued in exercise of powers conferred under Section 11 (1) of the Securities and Exchange of India Act, 1992, to protect the interests of investors in securities and to pr....

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.... (latest updated as per SEBI circular no. SEBI/HO/ITD-1/ITD_VIAP/P/CIR/2025/121 dated August 29, 2025) Table B S/N Regulated Entity Reporting Authority 1 Stock Brokers/ Depository Participants Stock Exchanges/Depositories 2 Investment Advisor ("IAs") and Research Analysts ("RAs") BSE Ltd. 3 MIIs and rest of the REs SEBI This mechanism of compliance is applicable for all REs mentioned in row 3 of the table immediately above. It may be noted that the submission to SEBI in this regards shall be through email on [email protected] in the formats specified in Part C. For the REs having multiple Digital Platforms, the audit reports for the digital platforms shall be consolidated and submitted through email as per gui....

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....ls to be filled by RE 1 Name of IAAP Certified Accessibility Professional   2 Certification Details (IAAP ID/Certificate No.)   3 Date of Appointment   4 Scope of Audit (Websites, Mobile Apps, Portals, etc.) Note: Make sure to cover details of all digital platforms as applicable   5 Is the SEBI circular notified to the appointed auditor for compliance verification (Yes/No)   6 Contact Details of Auditor   3. Format for Submission of Initial Accessibility audit report for digital platforms. Email Subject: [RE Registration No.] Submission of Initial Accessibility audit report for digital platforms Email Body: Name of RE            Category fo....

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.... to be attached 4 Key Findings / Observations from Final Audit Consolidated PDF copy of the report(s) to be attached. The consolidated audit report is to be attached under the file name [Department]_Table-C4_[SEBI Reg No.] _DDMMYYYY.pdf* 5 Remediation Measures Undertaken   6 Status of Compliance (Fully Complied / Partially Complied / Pending)   7 Supporting Evidence (Screenshots, URLs, Certificates, Reports)   *Here, Department will be the "concerned department" corresponding to the RE category in Part D. DDMMYYYY is the date of the report where DD is 2-digit date of month, MM is 2-digit month of year and YYYY is 4-digit year. Part D: List of REs submitting compliance directly to SEBI Table D S/N RE....