India, Sept. 22 -- The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed to ease its framework for reporting "technical glitches" at online stock brokerages to streamline errors for online trading platforms like Groww, Zerodha and Angel One. The consultation paper is open for feedback until October 12, with the new rules set to take effect from November 1, 2025.

Under the draft norms, only malfunctions directly tied to a broker's own trading or risk management systems during market hours will qualify as reportable "technical glitches". Outages caused by external players such as global cloud providers, payment gateways, or even disruptions in KYC onboarding will no longer count. Issues occurring outside trading hours are also exc...