Citizen Observation 31 of 777 | SEBI Closing Auction Session | Same 20 Minutes. Different Liquidity Journeys. Can They Be Seen?

 Published 20^th August, 2026

The final 20 minutes are the same. Can we see how the journey changes each day?

Nayakanti Prashant
3rd Gen Banker & Citizen Lobbyist – Bengaluru

 

The Starting Point

Dear SEBI and Exchange Teams,

The market now has a new closing chapter.

From 3:15 PM to 3:35 PM, the Closing Auction Session creates a concentrated journey towards the closing price.

The closing price matters far beyond the final traded price — influencing index calculations, fund valuations and derivatives settlement.

Now imagine 3:15 PM.

In Mumbai, an institutional desk watches.

In GIFT City, another market participant watches.

In Bengaluru, an individual investor watches.

Different participants.

Different questions.

One 20-minute window.

The window is the same every market day.

The journey may not be.

What if that changing journey could be seen through one simple daily visual picture?

Act I — The Same Clock. A Different Journey.

It is 3:35 PM.

The closing picture has emerged.

But what happened between 3:15 and 3:35?

One day may show strong participation.

Another may show a different volume pattern.

Another may show a larger imbalance.

The clock remains the same.

The journey changes.

And perhaps the market already produces signals capable of telling that story.

Can the journey of those signals become visible too?

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Prospective Audience — Different Eyes. Different Questions.

In Mumbai, a fund manager could see how participation shaped the closing journey.

In GIFT City, a trading desk could watch how the auction behaved across trading days.

In Bengaluru, a researcher could look for patterns emerging over time.

In Delhi, a market-policy or surveillance team could view the same aggregated picture from another perspective.

And somewhere else in India, an individual investor may simply ask:

“What actually happened during those final 20 minutes?”

Different places.

Different purposes.

One common daily picture.

The picture need not tell anyone what to conclude.

Perhaps it simply needs to make the changing journey visible.

Illustrative only.

 

Act II — The Journey Behind the Number

The market reaches 3:15 PM.

For the next 20 minutes, the auction unfolds.

Orders enter.

Signals change.

Liquidity gathers.

Imbalances may appear.

And eventually, an equilibrium closing price emerges.

Today’s journey may look different from yesterday’s.

Tomorrow’s may look different again.

But once the session ends, much of the attention naturally moves to the final number.

Perhaps the more interesting citizen question is:

What happened on the way to that number?

 

Act III — One Journey. Many Daily Pictures.

Imagine opening a simple daily view after the market closes.

Not a prediction.

Not a recommendation.

Not another trading dashboard.

Just the journey.

3:15 PM → 3:20 PM → 3:25 PM → 3:30 PM → 3:35 PM

Perhaps the view could show selected aggregate signals at each stage.

One day, the journey may appear relatively smooth.

Another day, participation may build differently.

Another may show a more pronounced imbalance.

The important point is not to create a new interpretation of the market.

It is to preserve the same visual framework every day, so that the changing journey can be seen over time.

Same clock.

Different journey.

One common visual language.

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Act IV — One Citizen Illustration

Perhaps an aggregate end-of-day public view could look as straightforward as this:

 

Session	Aggregate Volume	Total Value (₹ Cr)	Journey View
Continuous Market	XXXXXXX	XXXXX	—
CAS — Order Entry	XXXXXXX	XXXXX	XXXXX
CAS — Matching	XXXXXXX	XXXXX	XXXXX
Closing Picture	XXXXXXX	XXXXX	XXXXX

 

Illustrative example only.

Perhaps the visual could also show the journey:

3:15 PM → 3:20 PM → 3:25 PM → 3:30 PM → 3:35 PM

with selected aggregate signals plotted along the way.

The actual fields, definitions, data schema, aggregation, frequency and safeguards would naturally belong to SEBI, the exchanges and market-infrastructure domain experts.

The citizen observation is simple:

If the closing mechanism is digital and the signals already exist, can the daily journey also become visible?

Because the final number tells us where the market arrived.

The journey could help us see how it got there.

Illustrative only.

The citizen observation is simply:

If every market day produces a 20-minute CAS journey, could that journey also leave behind one consistent daily visual picture?

Because the final number tells us where we arrived.

Perhaps the journey can tell us how we got there.

Illustrative only.

One Citizen Thought

The market already has its mechanisms.

The exchanges already generate the data.

Perhaps the opportunity is simply to make the journey easier to see over time.

The clock repeats.
The journey does not.

Not just a singular post-market total, but a simple visual narrative of the session's journey.

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The First Line on the Whiteboard

The clock repeats. The liquidity journey does not. Let us see it!

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A Citizen Observation

Could the exchanges, in an appropriate aggregated format, consider a daily visual journey of the Closing Auction Session?

Not a prediction.

Not a recommendation.

Simply a consistent visual picture of selected aggregate signals across 3:15 PM–3:35 PM.

The methodology, data points, aggregation, safeguards and implementation are best left to SEBI, the exchanges and domain experts.

Same 20 minutes. Different journeys. One visible picture.

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Closing Thought

At 3:15 PM, the journey begins.

At 3:35 PM, the closing picture emerges.

Perhaps we should  see the journey too.

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Disclaimer

This is a citizen observation based on publicly available information about SEBI's Closing Auction Session framework.

It is not financial, investment, trading, legal or regulatory advice.

All visual examples and suggested fields are illustrative. Actual methodology, data, aggregation, safeguards and implementation remain with SEBI, the exchanges and relevant domain experts.

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April 11 — Digital Transactions Day

Every digital journey leaves signals behind.

Start → Progress → Complete → Observe → Learn

Perhaps the opportunity is not merely to digitise the journey.

It is to make the journey visible.

The Joy of Digital Transactions

 

The Joy of Digital Transactions

Nayakanti Prashant
3rd Gen Banker & Citizen Lobbyist – Bengaluru
Advocating Digital Transactions Day (April 11)

Author’s Blogs

https://prashantrandomthoughts.blogspot.com
https://prashantnepayments.blogspot.com
https://innovationinbanking.blogspot.com

Citizen Observation 30 of 777 | Coffee Board | One Registration Journey — Successful and Not Completed | One Visible Daily MIS?

 Published on 18 August, 26

The registration is happening on Coffee Board App.  Let its journey become visible every day. Nothing More – Nothing Less.

Nayakanti Prashant
3rd Gen Banker & Citizen Lobbyist – Bengaluru

The Starting Point

Dear Coffee Board Team,

Thank you for choosing the App route for the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) declaration and compliance journey.

The reason is important.

The European Union is moving towards stronger traceability for commodities such as coffee, and the European Union accounts for around 45% of India’s coffee exports.

The Coffee Board has therefore developed a Grower Registration and EUDR Compliance module within the India Coffee App.

The journey can involve grower details, Aadhaar-based authentication and location information — including geolocation for smaller holdings and polygon mapping for larger holdings.

Now imagine a morning in Kodagu.

A grower opens the App.

In Chikkamagaluru, another begins the same journey.

In Wayanad, another may be doing the same.

Different places.

Different growers.

One digital journey.

Some registrations will be completed.

Some may not be.

And that makes me wonder:

What if the journey itself became visible every day?

Not just the final number of registered growers.

But perhaps:

Registrations initiated.
Successful registrations.
Registrations not completed.
Success rate.

A simple public daily MIS.

Updated every day.

Because a registration has an outcome.

Can the journey to that outcome become visible too?

Act I — The Daily Picture

It is 10:00 AM.

A Coffee Board outreach team in Kodagu checks the public MIS.

The numbers have moved since yesterday.

Some growers completed registration.

Some started but did not complete it.

In Chikkamagaluru, the picture may be different.

In Wayanad, different again.

The dashboard does not tell anyone what to think.

It simply shows the journey.

Registrations initiated.

Successful registrations.

Not successfully completed.

Success rate.

Perhaps even the stage at which the journey stopped.

Now imagine the same MIS being visible every day.

17 August.

18 August.

19 August.

The numbers change.

The journey becomes visible.

And when an outreach programme begins, the team is no longer speaking only from a request:

“Please register.”

It can speak from what the journey is showing.

Perhaps that is the small opportunity.

Make the registration journey visible every day — and let the people helping the journey learn from it.

Illustrative only.

Act II — The T-2 View

Now imagine the same public MIS being viewed two days before an outreach programme.

A Coffee Board team in Bengaluru sees the latest position.

A field team in Kodagu sees it.

Another team in Chikkamagaluru sees it.

The numbers are no longer just statistics.

They become conversation starters.

If successful registrations are progressing well, the team knows the journey is moving.

If the gap between initiated and successful registrations is widening, perhaps that deserves attention.

The MIS does not need to explain the reason.

It simply makes the signal visible.

 

Act III — When Visibility Meets the Field

Now take the dashboard to the outreach programme.

A grower asks:

“How are registrations progressing?”

Instead of a general answer, there is a live reference point.

This is where we are.

Perhaps one location is progressing faster.

Perhaps another is seeing more incomplete journeys.

Perhaps the overall success rate has improved from yesterday.

The field team can see the movement.

The grower can see that the journey is being watched.

And somewhere else, the App technology team may be looking at the same numbers.

A different question now emerges:

What can we do to make more journeys reach the successful end?

That is the quiet power of a visible MIS.

The same number can inform the field, the outreach and the technology team.

 

Act IV — One Citizen Illustration

Imagine a simple daily public view:

India Coffee App — Registration Journey

Updated: 10:00 AM

Journey	Today
Registrations initiated	XXXXX
Successfully completed	XXXXX
Not successfully completed	XXXXX
Successful registration rate	XX%

 

And perhaps below it:

Journey status

🟢 Completed

🟠 Not completed

The numbers are illustrative.

The definitions, data architecture, frequency, privacy safeguards and actual MIS design would naturally be for the Coffee Board and domain experts to determine.

The citizen observation is much simpler:

If the registration journey is digital, can its progress also be made visible every day?

Because what becomes visible can be discussed.

What can be discussed can be understood.

And what can be understood can perhaps be improved.

The bottom line is a high number of successful registrations. Nothing More – Nothing Less.

 

Part 3 — The Rest

One Citizen Thought

Perhaps a daily MIS does not need to answer every question.

It only needs to make the right questions visible.

If registrations are initiated but not completed, the number tells us that a part of the journey may need attention.

The reason may be connectivity.

It may be documentation.

It may be the user experience.

It may be something else entirely.

The MIS need not decide.

It can simply show the journey.

And perhaps that is enough for the field team, the outreach programme and the App technology team to start asking better questions.

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The First Line on the Whiteboard

A registration has an outcome. Can the journey to that outcome become visible every day?

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A Citizen Observation

Could the Coffee Board consider a public daily MIS for the India Coffee App registration journey?

Perhaps it could show, at an appropriate level of aggregation:

Registrations initiated.

Successful registrations.

Registrations not successfully completed.

Successful registration rate.

And, where technically and operationally appropriate, perhaps the stage at which registrations are not completed.

The actual definitions, data architecture, update frequency, privacy safeguards, geographical granularity and implementation are best left to the Coffee Board and domain experts.

The citizen suggestion is simply:

Make the journey visible.

Because a visible journey can help the ecosystem see where the journey is progressing — and where it may need attention.

 

Closing Thought

A grower in Kodagu may see an App.

A field officer in Chikkamagaluru may see a registration.

A Coffee Board team in Bengaluru may see a number.

The technology team may see a pattern.

But perhaps they can all see the same journey.

One registration journey.

One daily MIS.

One visible picture.

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Disclaimer

This Citizen Observation is based on publicly available information concerning the Coffee Board's India Coffee App, grower registration and the European Union Deforestation Regulation compliance journey.

It is a citizen observation and not a technology, regulatory or implementation recommendation.

The proposed MIS elements are illustrative only. The actual data points, definitions, privacy safeguards, access controls, update frequency, methodology and implementation would naturally be determined by the Coffee Board and relevant domain experts.

No individual grower information is proposed to be made publicly visible.

Additional Reading

Karnataka: Coffee Board of India asks growers to register on app @ https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2026/Aug/17/karnataka-coffee-board-of-india-asks-growers-to-register-on-app

 

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April 11 — Digital Transactions Day

Every digital journey creates information.

A payment has a transaction status.

A registration has a completion status.

A service request has a journey.

Perhaps the next step in digital public services is not merely to make the transaction digital.

It is to make the journey around the transaction easier to understand.

Start → Progress → Complete → Learn → Improve

That is also part of the larger idea behind Digital Transactions Day — April 11.

The Joy of Digital Transactions

 

The Joy of Digital Transactions

Nayakanti Prashant
3rd Gen Banker & Citizen Lobbyist – Bengaluru
Advocating Digital Transactions Day (April 11)

Author’s Blogs

https://prashantrandomthoughts.blogspot.com
https://prashantnepayments.blogspot.com
https://innovationinbanking.blogspot.com

 

Citizen Observation 29 of 777 | SEBI - Accredited Investors | One Portfolio. Multiple Risk Languages. One Common Visual Language?

 Published on 17 August,2026

Risk information exists. Can the investor see the whole picture?

Nayakanti Prashant
3rd Gen Banker & Citizen Lobbyist – Bengaluru

 

The Starting Point

Dear SEBI Team,

At the outset, looking forward soon to share my responses for the questions raised by your team on the draft circulars for Accredited Investors.

Readers, please note SEBI is reviewing its framework for Accredited Investors.

At the same time, it has proposed a Credit Risk-o-Meter for certain debt securities — an attempt to make credit risk easier to understand through a common visual language.

That combination caught my attention.

An Accredited Investor may hold investments across Mutual Funds, Specialized Investment Funds, Alternative Investment Funds, Portfolio Management Services, Angel Funds, Debt Securities and other eligible avenues.

Different investments.

Different managers.

Different disclosures.

Different ways of expressing risk.

Some may be rated.

Some may be unrated.

The information exists.

But does it speak one common visual language?

This Citizen Observation is not about deciding what is risky or safe.

It is not about creating a new risk methodology.

It is simply about asking:

Can technology help an Accredited Investor see the different risk information across the portfolio in one place?

And perhaps...

see the whole picture or at least the major part.

Act I — One Investor. Many Risk Languages.

Picture an Accredited Investor opening a digital view of the portfolio.

One investment carries a risk indicator.

Another carries a credit rating.

Another provides detailed risk disclosures.

Another may be unrated.

The investments are all visible.

The risk information is there.

But the languages are different.

And somewhere between the individual investments and the complete portfolio sits a simple citizen question:

Can all these different risk signals be brought into one common visual language — without pretending that they are the same thing?

Perhaps the technology can show the information.

Perhaps the methodology can remain with the domain experts.

Perhaps the investor simply needs a better way to see the whole picture.

 

Act II — One Investor. Many Managers. Many Risk Signals.

Imagine an Accredited Investor looking at the portfolio.

One investment sits with one manager.

Another sits with another.

A mutual fund may carry a prescribed Risk-o-meter.

A debt security may carry a credit rating.

An alternative investment may come with detailed risk disclosures.

Another investment may be unrated.

The investor is not short of information.

The challenge is that the information may arrive in different languages.

One says:

Low. Moderate. High.

Another says:

AAA. AA. A.

Another provides pages of disclosures.

And another may simply say:

Unrated.

Different instruments.

Different methodologies.

Different managers.

One portfolio.

 

Act III — Can the Languages Come Together?

Now imagine a digital tool.

The investor brings the portfolio together.

The tool does not decide what is safe or unsafe.

It does not replace the existing methodologies.

It simply brings the available risk information together and presents it through a common visual language.

Perhaps:

🟢 Lower risk information

🟡 Moderate risk information

🟠 Higher risk information

🔴 High risk information

And where a common assessment is not available:

⚪ Risk information not available / unrated

The important point is not the colour.

The important point is the translation.

Different risk information could remain attributable to its original methodology, while the investor gets a consolidated visual view.

 

Act IV — One Citizen Illustration

Perhaps the view could look something like this:

Investment	Existing Risk Information	Common Visual View
Mutual Fund A	Risk-o-meter	🟢
Debt Security B	Credit rating	🟡
AIF C	Risk disclosure	🟠
PMS D	Portfolio risk information	🔴
Investment E	Unrated / insufficient common information	⚪

Illustrative only.

The colours are not proposed classifications.

They are simply an illustration of how different forms of existing risk information might become visible through one common visual language.

And perhaps, for the first time, the investor could see:

not just the investments,

but the risk information surrounding the investments.

One Citizen Thought

Perhaps the future is not about creating one universal definition of risk.

Perhaps it is about making the different risk information already available easier to see together.

The methodology can remain with the regulators, rating agencies, asset managers and other domain experts.

The technology can simply help bring the information together.

Because an Accredited Investor may not need another opinion.

Perhaps the investor needs a better view of the opinions and risk information that already exist.

And if different methodologies produce different views, perhaps that difference itself should remain visible.

One portfolio.
Multiple risk languages.
One common visual language.

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The First Line on the Whiteboard

Risk information exists. Can the investor see the whole picture?

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A Citizen Observation

This is not a proposal for SEBI to assign a single risk score to every Accredited Investor.

It is not a recommendation to replace existing risk methodologies.

It is simply a thought:

Could an appropriately designed digital tool help an Accredited Investor visualise the risk information across investments, managers and instruments through a common visual language?

The underlying data, methodologies, classifications, privacy safeguards, access controls and implementation would naturally belong to the concerned regulators and domain experts.

The citizen observation is only about making the information easier to see.

 

Closing Thought

We already make many things visible digitally.

A transaction can be seen.

A balance can be seen.

A portfolio can be seen.

A credit rating can be seen.

A Risk-o-meter can be seen.

Perhaps the next question is:

Can the different pieces of risk information be seen together?

Because sometimes the challenge is not finding more information.

It is seeing the whole picture.

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Disclaimer

This Citizen Observation is based on publicly available information relating to the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s consultation proposals concerning the Accredited Investor framework and the proposed Credit Risk-o-Meter for debt securities.

It is a citizen observation and not investment advice, regulatory advice or an assessment of the merits of any SEBI proposal.

The visual examples and classifications used in this article are illustrative only. They do not represent proposed risk classifications for any security, fund, portfolio or investor.

Any actual common visualisation tool would require appropriate methodology, data standards, privacy protections, access controls, governance and implementation by the concerned regulators and domain experts.

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April 11 — Digital Transactions Day

A digital transaction is more than a transaction.

It is a journey.

Discover → Check → Decide → Authenticate → Transact → Confirm

At each stage, information is created.

The better that information can be organised and made meaningfully visible, the better the journey can be understood.

Perhaps investment journeys are no different.

Risk information already exists.

The question is whether digital systems can help the investor see the whole picture.

That is one small thought behind Digital Transactions Day — April 11.

The Joy of Digital Transactions

 

The Joy of Digital Transactions

Nayakanti Prashant
3rd Gen Banker & Citizen Lobbyist – Bengaluru
Advocating Digital Transactions Day (April 11)

Author’s Blogs

https://prashantrandomthoughts.blogspot.com
https://prashantnepayments.blogspot.com
https://innovationinbanking.blogspot.com