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About SEBI Arth Yatra Contest 2025

A well-informed investor is a well-protected investor. As part of its mandate to protect investors and promote financial literacy, SEBI introduces the SEBI Arth Yatra Contest 2025 — a unique platform for citizens to creatively present key messages about investing wisely, understanding rights, and avoiding scams. The contest invites you to create and share short videos (30–60 seconds) or static posts based on one or more of these themes:

1. Invest Responsibly, Prosper Wisely – Smart, disciplined, long-term investing.

2. Initiatives to Empower Investors – Highlighting SEBI’s initiatives for safer, simpler investing.

3. Bust the Scam – Alerting investors to fraudulent practices and how to avoid them.

Who Can Participate?

  • Open to all college students, young professionals, creators,
    and passionate individuals
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Contest Themes

Three themes. One mission — to inspire, empower, and protect investors.

Theme 1: Invest Responsibly, Prosper Wisely

  • Invest as per your risk appetite and maintain appropriate asset allocation.
  • Diversify your portfolio across stocks, bonds, gold, commodities, etc. to minimise risk.
  • Understand the benefits of compounding and invest with a long-term perspective.
  • Always do your own research before investing.

Theme 2: Investor-Friendly Initiatives to Empower Investors

  • Digital onboarding (e-KYC) and Investor Charter outlining rights and obligations.
  • SCORES and Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) for easier grievance redressal.
  • MITRA platform to trace inactive and unclaimed mutual fund folios.
  • UPI Valid Handle, SEBI Check, and Trading Supported by Blocked Amount (TSBA) for safer transactions.

Theme 3: Bust the Scam

  • Beware of fake trading platforms/apps and unregistered investment advisors.
  • Watch out for deepfake videos, misleading content, and false “guaranteed returns” schemes.
  • Deal only with SEBI-registered intermediaries and use whitelisted trading apps.
  • Conduct transactions only through secure and verified platforms.


Submit your Entry!

Once you have uploaded your short video (30–60 seconds) or static post on your public social media profile (X, Instagram, or YouTube), make sure to:

1. Tag @SEBI_India and @NISM_Official.

2. Use the hashtag #SEBIArthYatraContest2025.

3. Add the mandatory disclaimer:
"This is an entry for the contest and views are personal. This has not been approved or verified by SEBI."

Then, fill out the submission form with your details and the link to your post.

Submit via Google Form
Contest Timeline
Contest Starts:
15th August 2025
  1. Open to all Indian citizens.
  2. Content must be original, respectful, and factually accurate.
  3. SEBI owns full rights to use submitted content.
  4. Offensive or misleading content will be disqualified.
  5. Decisions of the evaluation panel will be final.

Contact Us

contests@sebi.gov.in