Suhail Bhat

Srinagar, Oct 10 The number of investors from Jammu and Kashmir registered with the National Stock Exchange (NSE) has grown more than sevenfold in the past six years, outpacing the national average, according to the National Stock Exchange of India.

Speaking to a delegation of journalists from Jammu and Kashmir who visited the NSE headquarters in Mumbai as part of the Press Information Bureau’s (PIB) media outreach tour, Dr. Tirthankar Patnaik, Chief Economist of the National Stock Exchange of India, said that fifteen years ago Jammu and Kashmir had around 40,000 registered investors.

The number rose to 60,000 a decade ago and crossed the one lakh mark in 2019, just before the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, he said, the investor base has expanded sharply to 7.5 lakh, recordi

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