# Sebi extends digital accessibility deadline to January 31 2026-11-01T09:31:39+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets (3 source reports) Sebi has extended the deadline for regulated entities to complete key digital accessibility compliance requirements to 31 January 2027, following requests from market participants. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) issued a circular on 30 October saying it had received representations from regulated entities seeking more time and had reviewed their progress. The extension covers the appointment of an International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) auditor, conducting accessibility audits of digital platforms and remediation of findings. The requirements are part of Sebi's earlier circulars on mandatory compliance with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. All other provisions of the earlier circulars remain unchanged, Sebi said. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both Business Standard and BusinessLine carried the PTI wire copy verbatim, making the coverage uniform straight reporting with no discernible slant. The story is a routine regulatory extension, neither outlet added independent analysis or emphasis that would shift the framing. The balanced reading is simply that Sebi acted on industry representations, citing progress reviews, and kept all other obligations intact. The concrete item to track is the new deadline of 31 January 2027, by which regulated entities must complete the IAAP auditor appointment, audit and remediation steps. ## Coverage Coverage: 1 source, 1 neutral - PTI - business-standard.com PTI wire copy run verbatim, no added framing - thehindubusinessline.com PTI wire copy run verbatim, no added framing This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: IAAP, Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016, SEBI Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/sebi-extends-digital-accessibility-deadline-to-january-31/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/sebi-extends-digital-accessibility-deadline-to-january-31/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/