IND NSE Penalties for Margin Violations


On Nov. 22, IND NSE amended table of penalty charges for violations.


  • IND NSE issued circular to member of commodity derivatives segment, futures and options segment, as well as capital market segment, on margin violation penalties.
  • Follows IND NSE Apr. 2024 issued consolidated circulars for segments, see #210197.
  • Document dated Nov. 22, 2024, received from IND NSE Nov. 26, summarized Nov. 28.
  • Amendments
  • Modifies item under violations and penalty in consolidated circular; penalties for margin violations will be levied monthly based on specified or revised slabs.
  • For 1st instance, a penalty of 0.07% per day will be levied; 2nd to 5th instances, the penalty will be 0.07% per day plus INR 5,000 per instance from 2nd instance onwards.
  • For the 6th to 10th instances, the penalty will be 0.07% per day, additional INR 20k for the 2nd to 5th instances, INR 10k per instance from the 6th to 10th instances.
  • From the 11th instance onwards, penalty will be 0.07% per day, additional INR 70k for the 2nd to 10th instances, INR 50k per instance from the 11th instance onwards.
  • Additionally, the member will be referred to the member committee for suitable action.
  • Instances refer to disablements during market hours within calendar month; revised penalty structure will be effective from Jan. 1, 2025, members are asked to take note.

Regulators IND NSE
Entity Types B/D; Exch
Reference Cir 0222/2024, NCL/COM/65181, 143/2024, NCL/CMPT/65179, 0221/2024, NCL/CMPT/65178, 11/22/2024
Functions Compliance; Financial; Operations; Trading; Treasury
Countries India
Category
State
Products Derivatives; Equity; Futures; Securities
Regions AP
Rule Type Final
Rule Date 11/22/2024
Effective Date 1/1/2025
Rule Id 234905
Linked to Rule :210197
Reg. Last Update 11/22/2024
Report Section International

Last substantive update on 11/29/2024