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Depository Participant (DP)

Depository participants act as mediators between depositories and traders, and investors. They are also referred to as agents of depositories. In India, NSDL and CDSL are the 2 major depositories. A person can not directly open a Demat account with NSDL or CDSL. They need to go through depository participants.

Depository participants are responsible for storing assets such as securities.