Change Log

This page records material changes to the site: corrections to fees or facts, new or rewritten pages, and structural changes. We only change a page's "last updated" date when its content actually changes.

1 October 2026

• Site history dates reconciled. The About page now separates the domain's current registration (created 11 July 2018, per the registry) from two earlier Wayback captures of the domain (July 2017 and March 2018) that belong to an earlier registration. We make no claim about who held the domain before or in between.
• Source precedence published. Our editorial policy now sets out which official source controls when a broker's own pages disagree, and the full source register is published at /research/source-register.csv. An older Groww blog FAQ (DP "per script per day") and an old 5paisa e-account tariff page (₹10 per order) are recorded as superseded/conflicting and are not used.
• Sourcing wording made precise. Statements that "every fee is copied from the pricing page" were replaced with a description of the sources we actually use and how conflicts are labelled. The separate "Reviewed by" credit was removed because research, writing and checking are done by one team.
• Advertising policies updated. Google AdSense is now installed on the site, so the privacy policy, cookie policy and advertising disclosure describe it as in use rather than as a possibility. Visitors in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland are shown a Google-certified consent message. Analytics remains disabled.

30 September 2026

• Motilal Oswal tariff corrected. The review now shows the current published plan (0.20% delivery, 0.02% intraday, ₹20 per lot) and separates it from the older figures (0.50% / 0.05% / ₹100 / Value Pack / ₹299 / ₹199 / TRX20) that some third-party sites still quote.
• 5paisa annual maintenance and DP charges added. The AMC (₹300 a year plus GST after the first year) and the DP charge (₹20 plus GST per ISIN debit) are now shown instead of "not published".
• Broker-specific DP rules. Demat debit charges are now modelled per broker (per ISIN per day, per sell order, per sell transaction, per ISIN debit, or a percentage) with male/female fees, GST, waivers, sources and a verified date.
• Brokerage calculator updated. It now takes the number of sell orders and an account holder's gender, and applies each broker's own DP rule.
• DP charges guide rewritten around a comparison table and worked examples, replacing the old wording that generalised the charge as a single per-scrip-per-day fee across brokers.
• HDFC Securities renamed to "HDFC SKY by HDFC Securities". The review moved to /broker-reviews/hdfc-sky/; the old URL 301-redirects. The legacy HDFC Securities plans are kept separate.
• Zerodha: women first-holders' discounted DP fee and the AMC waiver from 1 June 2026 are shown.
• Kotak and Sharekhan demat charges added; conflicting sources are displayed rather than hidden.
• Historical URL audit published (Wayback Machine): old URLs are restored, redirected to the closest current page, or return 410 Gone.
• Bylines standardised to "Researched and written by the BestStockBrokerIndia Editorial Team"; no individual names or unverifiable credentials are used.

Earlier

• September 2026: site rebuilt from scratch; none of the previous site's text was reused (see the site history).