not many brokers but some of them practice ecs debit for dp service. in discount broking service ,one is samco. some others in full service brokers but maximum brokers i think have system to debit from trading account. traders knows that they have to pay demat charges and outgoing charges etc but using ecs system ,it means they(IL&FS in this case) dont beleive their clients. any way if IL&FS INTRO ECS FREE demat service wud be good for the time being for us to have demat account
I understand how you feel but it's not about believing clients. I'll give you a real example of what tends to happen. For example, a trader opens an account to use a platform because the trading platform is good in comparison to their existing broker. He then starts trading/using for a while and decides to withdraw his funds from his trading account to nullify the account balance. In such a case, how can a third party recover dues for services/demat access provided by them? When dealing with a large number of clients. A company needs some certainty of cash flows. That's why ECS has been introduced.
Initially, IL&FS (ISSL) had an ECS/NACH mandate of ₹1,00,000/- (One full lakh!) and this mandate was applicable to all the clients sourced from different brokerages that they are tied up with. However, because of our constant follow-ups and requests to rationalize the amount for debits, they have finally reduced the ECS mandate amount to a tenth of the original value. Even this is very high but it's something that we have managed to get done form a group such as IL&FS which is very institutional in its approach.
Hope this clarifies.