New Delhi, May 1 -- Changes in regulations over the past few years have increasingly encouraged investors to convert their physical share certificates into dematerialised form, facilitating a clearer, more efficient market environment.

Currently, the transfer of physical certificates is mostly phased out, with only a few legal or rare exceptions remaining. This transition also safeguards investors from various risks linked to paper-based assets, such as loss, damage, or forgery.

Dematerialisation has made record-keeping easier and has streamlined transactions, allowing them to occur more quickly. It's crucial for investors who still possess traditional certificates to learn how to convert their physical shares into electronic format to ...