https://v2.webnotes.in/tags/retail-individual-investor/Recent content in Retail Individual Investor on WebNotesHugoen-INTue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://v2.webnotes.in/retail-individual-investor/Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://v2.webnotes.in/retail-individual-investor/<p>A <strong>Retail Individual Investor</strong> (<strong>RII</strong>) is a natural person who applies for shares in a public issue in India for an aggregate application value not exceeding ₹2,00,000, and who is not a <a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/qualified-institutional-buyer/">Qualified Institutional Buyer</a> (QIB) or a <a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/non-institutional-investor/">Non-Institutional Investor</a> (NII). The category is defined in Regulation 2(vv) of the <a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/sebi-icdr-regulations-2018/">SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018</a> (SEBI ICDR). In a mainboard <a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/initial-public-offering/">Initial Public Offering</a> (IPO) conducted through the <a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/book-building/">book-building</a> route, at least 35 per cent of the net public offer is reserved for the RII category, making it by far the most widely recognised investor segment in the Indian primary market.</p>