SEBI Grade A 2026
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SEBI Grade A
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SEBI Grade A tests capital markets, securities regulation, and SEBI circulars in depth. Crux curates exactly those topics — from SEBI board meeting outcomes to T+0 settlement updates — in the 4-layer format built for exam recall.
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SEBI Grade A 2026 — Exam Facts
Notification Expected
Oct–Nov 2026
Phase 1 Expected
Jan 2027
Vacancies (2025–26)
135 Officers
Salary
₹62,500 – ₹1,26,100
Streams
General · Legal · IT · Research
CA Coverage
Last 6–8 months
Notification expected Oct–Nov 2026. Start building your current affairs habit now — aspirants who prepare consistently for 6+ months before the notification have a significant edge.
What gets asked
SEBI tests what The Hindu skips.
SEBI Grade A GA goes deep on capital markets and regulatory developments. Generic current affairs preparation misses exactly what the exam tests.
SEBI Circulars & Board Decisions
Every SEBI board meeting produces circulars, new frameworks, and regulatory changes. These appear directly as MCQ questions in Phase 1 Paper 1 GA.
T+0 settlement — Phase 2 expansion timeline
SEBI SCORES 2.0 — investor grievance portal
Mutual fund lite framework for passive funds
Capital Markets Developments
Equity markets, bond markets, derivatives regulation, IPO frameworks, and market infrastructure changes. Core to all streams.
SME IPO framework — new SEBI guidelines 2025
Derivatives market — position limits revision
Bond market — corporate bond platform updates
Corporate Governance & ESG
SEBI’s listing obligations, ESG disclosure mandates, related party transaction rules, and independent director norms. Phase 2 essay material.
BRSR Core — mandatory ESG disclosures for top 150
Related party transaction threshold revisions
Insider trading — amended SEBI PIT regulations
Foreign Portfolio Investors
FPI registration norms, beneficial ownership rules, investment limits, and recent regulatory changes. Perennial SEBI exam topic.
FPI beneficial ownership — new disclosure thresholds
Overseas investment limits — debt and equity
High-risk FPI — granular ownership requirements
RBI–SEBI Intersection
Monetary policy impact on markets, bond yield movements post–rate cuts, CBDC and digital assets regulation. Bridges GA and markets knowledge.
Repo rate cut impact on bond yields & equity valuations
CBDC — retail digital rupee and capital markets
Gilt market — RBI OMO and yield curve
Securities Law (Legal Stream)
SAT rulings, SEBI adjudication orders, SCRA amendments, insider trading judgments. Critical for Legal stream candidates.
SAT — significant rulings on SEBI orders 2025
SEBI adjudication — penalty framework updates
Front–running cases — recent SEBI orders
See it in action
A real SEBI topic,
A real SEBI topic,
in all 4 layers.
This is exactly what you get in the app for every SEBI-relevant topic, every day.
SEBI’s T+0 Settlement Framework — Phase 2 Expansion
SEBI expanded its T+0 (same-day) settlement framework to 500 stocks in Phase 2, up from 25 in the pilot phase. The framework allows investors to receive funds and securities on the same day as the trade, running parallel to the existing T+1 settlement. The expansion follows a review of the pilot and addresses earlier concerns around liquidity and market maker participation.
T+0 settlement represents a fundamental shift in how Indian capital markets operate. Under the traditional model, trades settle one business day after execution (T+1). Same-day settlement means investors no longer need to wait overnight for their funds or securities — improving capital efficiency for active traders and reducing counterparty risk.
The challenge with T+0 is liquidity. Market makers — who provide buy and sell quotes — need to pre-fund positions in a T+0 environment, which increases their capital requirements. SEBI’s Phase 2 expansion came with revised market maker incentives to address this. The parallel-running model (T+0 optional alongside mandatory T+1) is a pragmatic approach that avoids forcing all participants to adapt simultaneously.
The challenge with T+0 is liquidity. Market makers — who provide buy and sell quotes — need to pre-fund positions in a T+0 environment, which increases their capital requirements. SEBI’s Phase 2 expansion came with revised market maker incentives to address this. The parallel-running model (T+0 optional alongside mandatory T+1) is a pragmatic approach that avoids forcing all participants to adapt simultaneously.
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T+0 Phase 2 expanded to 500 stocks — up from 25 in pilot
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T+0 runs parallel to T+1 — optional, not mandatory
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Settlement window: same day as trade execution
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Pilot phase: launched with 25 stocks on NSE and BSE
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Key challenge: market maker capital requirements — addressed in Phase 2 with revised incentives
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Regulator: SEBI — clearing corporations handle settlement execution
SEBI Grade A — Phase 1 MCQ
Tests specific numbers (500 stocks, Phase 2), the parallel model structure, and the role of clearing corporations. Watch for distractor options that confuse T+0 with T+1 or claim it replaces existing settlement.
“SEBI’s T+0 settlement framework, when expanded in Phase 2, covered how many stocks? (a) 25 (b) 100 (c) 500 (d) All NSE-listed stocks”
SEBI Grade A — Phase 2 Essay
Examiner wants analysis of market infrastructure development — benefits (capital efficiency, risk reduction), challenges (liquidity, market maker costs), and India’s position relative to global markets. Not just description.
“Critically evaluate SEBI’s T+0 settlement framework. What are its potential benefits for retail investors and institutional participants, and what structural challenges must be addressed for full-market adoption?”
Build the habit now
Why start SEBI prep
Why start SEBI prep
6 months early.
The SEBI 2026 notification is 5 months away. Aspirants who build a daily current affairs habit now will have covered the entire relevant period by exam time.
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Current affairs has a 6–8 month window
SEBI Phase 1 tests the last 6–8 months. If you start now, you will have covered exactly that window by the time the January 2027 exam arrives. Starting in October when the notification drops means scrambling to cover 6 months in 3.
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SEBI topics need repetition, not just reading
T+0 settlement, FPI norms, ESG frameworks — these are detail-heavy topics. Reading once isn’t enough. Crux’s spaced repetition ensures that by exam day, you’ve revised each SEBI topic 3–4 times at optimal intervals.
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20 minutes a day, exam angle built in
Set a study window — commute, lunch, or evening. Crux delivers 1–3 SEBI-relevant topics with the exact MCQ and essay angle for your stream. No daily decisions. No guilt for shorter sessions.
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Revision queue builds automatically
Every topic you read enters your spaced repetition queue. By October 2026 when the notification drops, you won’t need to re-read 6 months of current affairs — your revision queue has already done it for you.
FAQ
SEBI Grade A current affairs — common questions.
What current affairs topics are most important for SEBI Grade A?↓
The highest-weight topics are SEBI circulars and board decisions, capital markets developments (T+0 settlement, ESG disclosures, FPI norms), securities regulation updates, corporate governance changes, and RBI-SEBI intersection topics. SEBI announcements directly appear as MCQ questions in Phase 1 Paper 1 General Awareness. Crux importance-weights all topics using this distribution — ●●● SEBI circulars appear first in your daily feed.
Is The Hindu enough for SEBI Grade A current affairs?↓
The Hindu covers general news but rarely goes deep on SEBI circulars, capital markets regulation, or securities law developments — the exact areas SEBI Grade A tests. A typical Hindu edition might have one SEBI-relevant article per week. Crux tracks SEBI board meeting outcomes, new frameworks, and regulatory changes daily, filtering from primary sources including SEBI’s own publications.
When is the SEBI Grade A 2026 notification expected?↓
Based on previous recruitment cycles, the SEBI Grade A 2026 notification is expected in October–November 2026, with Phase 1 likely in January 2027 and Phase 2 in February 2027. The 2025–26 cycle had 135 vacancies across General, Legal, IT, Research, and other streams. Starting current affairs preparation now gives you 6+ months of coverage by the time the exam arrives.
How many months of current affairs for SEBI Grade A?↓
SEBI Grade A Phase 1 typically tests the last 6–8 months of current affairs. For Phase 2, questions are more conceptual and may draw from longer timeframes on structural topics like T+0 settlement or ESG frameworks. The advantage of starting now: by January 2027, you will have already covered and revised exactly the 6–8 month window the exam tests.
What is different about SEBI Grade A Legal stream current affairs preparation?↓
Legal stream candidates additionally need SAT (Securities Appellate Tribunal) rulings, SEBI adjudication orders, SCRA amendments, and insider trading judgments — on top of the standard General Awareness topics. Crux tags topics by stream relevance in the Why it matters layer, so Legal stream users see the securities law angle for every topic in addition to the general MCQ angle.
Notification in
Oct–Nov 2026.
Start building your SEBI current affairs habit today. 6 months of consistent prep beats 3 months of cramming.
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