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/CI
Summary
This circular mandates compliance with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 for all Regulated Entities regarding digital accessibility. It establishes a timeline for submitting lists of digital platforms, appointing IAAP certified auditors, conducting audits, and remediating findings. The document outlines specific submission formats, reporting authorities, and direct filing requirements for various entity categories.
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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.
The Compliance Guidelines are enclosed at Annexure-A of this circular.
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 promote the development of, and to regulate the securities market.
REs shall submit a list of digital platforms provided by them for the investors (Table-C1)
Appointment of IAAP certified accessibility professionals as Auditor.
Conduct of Accessibility Audit for the digital platforms.
Remediation of findings from the audit and ensuring compliance with this circular.
Annually give compliance to conducting annual accessibility audits of all the digital platforms and submit final report of such audit to SEBI
Stock Brokers/ Depository Participants report to Stock Exchanges/Depositories; Investment Advisors and Research Analysts report to BSE Ltd.; MIIs and rest of the REs report to SEBI.
The submission to SEBI in this regards shall be through email on digital_acc@sebi.gov.in 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 guidelines laid down in points 4 and 5 of Part C.
REs shall submit compliance to the respective reporting authorities in the formats mentioned below: Format for Information about Digital Platforms of the RE.
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