Don't want to push F&O retail investors to other investment, says Sitharaman
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--Sitharaman: Will keep focusing on awareness towards F&O
--Sitharaman: Don't want to forcefully shift F&O investors to other areas
MUMBAI – The government is not looking to push retail investors in futures and options tradings towards other ways of investments, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said at an event in Mumbai. The government is not looking to decide anything on futures and options trading right now and it only plans to improve awareness, she said.
"We address the risks related to investment (in F&O) through awareness," she said. "I cannot decide the route an investor will take as it is their money." She said investors should be free to decide where to invest.
Sitharaman's remarks come amid rising concern over the surge in retail participation in the derivatives market. A Securities and Exchange Board of India's study showed that 91% of individual traders had incurred losses in the equity derivatives segment in 2024–25. End
Reported by Anshul Choudhary and Shakshi Jain
Edited by Subhojit Sarkar
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