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During 2020-21, the country was struggling with the covid-19 outbreak, which led to a sharp rise in unemployment; it seemed that recession gripped the entire country. At such a time when most businesses and industries were choking, the Indian stock broking industry witnessed unbelievable growth, acquiring thousands of customers on a daily basis. As of March 31, 2021 brokerage industry's gross income stood at around Rs 27500 – 28500 crores, which is 30-35 % higher than last year (Wowzah, it's huge). The industry added 14.2 million new Demat accounts during the year 2020 (seems to be as easy as ordering food on Swiggy, not that fast, maybe :p ). https://www.papervideo.com/post/splurge-of-trading-applications-does-it-really-shower-money