Pledge facility on SPEED-e facility has been further enhanced to facilitate the Pledgee (i.e. target demat account holder in whose favour pledge instruction has been submitted in the NSDL depository system) to confirm the pledge instructions through SPEED-e. This facility has been made available to e-Token based users whose depository account is registered by their Participants for SPEED-e Direct Facility.
(Refer Circular No. NSDL/POLICY/2017/0059 dated October 9, 2017, available on www.nsdl.co.in)
Activation of New Participant(s)
Sr. No.
Depository Participant (DP) Name
DP ID
Location
1
Visual Securities Private Limited
IN304220
Kolkata, West Bengal
This takes the total number of operational Participants to 267 and the total number of operational DPM set-ups to 354.
In order to reach out to investors that are spread across the country to apprise them about the facilities available in NSDL depository system and educate them about financial markets, NSDL conducts various Programmes with Participants, Housing Societies, Institutions like SEBI, NSE, corporates etc. and also participates in various events. During October 2017, NSDL conducted / participated in 23 such programmes / events which were attended by 1,650 investors. Details are mentioned below:
Sr. No.
Particulars
1
Joint Awareness Programmes with DPs
No. of Programmes
Sharekhan Limited
7
CSE Capital Markets Private Limited
3
ICICI Bank Limited
3
Jhaveri Securities Limited
3
Acumen Capital Market (India) Limited
2
Axis Bank Limited
1
Kotak Securities Limited
1
Total Programmes
20
2
Joint Awareness Programmes with other Institutions
No. of Programmes
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
2
Total Programmes
2
3
Training Programmes for Institutes
No. of Programmes
Participants from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
Investor Accounts 
