dbo:abstract | - Central Depository Services (India) Ltd. (CDSL), the first listed Indian central securities depository, was founded in 1999. The main function of CDSL facilitates holding and transacting in securities in the electronic form and facilitates settlement of trades on stock exchanges. CDSL facilitates holding and transacting in securities in the electronic form and facilitates settlement of trades done on stock exchanges. These securities include equities, debentures, bonds, Exchange traded Funds (ETFs), units of mutual funds, units of Alternate Investment Funds (AIFs), Certificates of deposit (CDs), commercial papers (CPs), Government Securities (GSecs), etc. CDSL is currently the largest depository in India in terms of number of demat accounts opened. On February 28, 2022, CDSL became the first depository in India to open 60-million active demat accounts. The Depository holds assets worth INR 37.2 trillion as on March 31, 2022 and over 580 depository participants are associated with CDSL. (en)
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