The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairman announced that the regulator will not move to ban weekly futures and options contracts in the immediate term. While the derivatives market has come under scrutiny for elevated risks and volumes, SEBI indicated that structural changes and margin-reviews are being considered instead of outright prohibition. Market participants are watching how regulatory guidance will evolve, given its potential impact on expiry dynamics, liquidity and trader behaviour in India’s derivatives market.