India continued to lead the world in the number of initial public offerings (IPOs) during FY2025–26 while securing the third position globally in terms of funds raised, according to the Securities and Exchange Board of India's (SEBI) Annual Report 2025–26.
The report highlighted the resilience of India's primary equity market, which maintained strong momentum despite global challenges, including geopolitical conflicts, trade tensions, volatile capital flows, and rapid technological changes.
SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said the Indian primary market demonstrated sustained strength during the year, with India ranking first globally by IPO count and third in capital raised.
To support this growth, SEBI introduced several regulatory reforms aimed at making capital raising easier while safeguarding investor interests.
Among the key measures, the market regulator linked minimum public offer requirements to issue size instead of company valuation. It also extended the timeline for the country's largest listed companies to comply with the mandatory 25% minimum public shareholding requirement to 10 years, providing greater flexibility for companies accessing public markets.
SEBI also allowed founders of new-age technology companies to retain employee stock option plans (ESOPs) granted before an IPO. The move is intended to preserve long-term employee incentives while ensuring transparency for public shareholders.
Pandey noted that India's capital markets remained resilient through one of the most challenging global environments in recent years, continuing to function efficiently despite geopolitical tensions, trade wars, and volatile asset prices.
He added that SEBI's regulatory approach has shifted towards building ‘resilience by design’ by strengthening market integrity through balanced regulation and AI-driven oversight while simplifying compliance requirements for market participants.
Looking ahead, Pandey said India will require significantly larger pools of capital to finance long-term development goals, including infrastructure, manufacturing, and the energy transition. He emphasized that these funding needs cannot be met by the banking system alone.
According to the report, SEBI's policy focus during FY26 remained on strengthening the equity market, corporate bond market, and alternative investment ecosystem to complement traditional financing channels and support India's journey towards becoming a developed economy by 2047.
Source: ANI
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