Claim the Matured Investment Amount before the Unclaimed Dividend Transfer to IEPF
Have you ever forgotten where you have invested, and when is the maturity date? Individuals, as well as companies, sometimes forget about their investments in different bank accounts. The situation leads to unclaimed amounts at different banks; and other financial organizations. For clearing the clutter, the bank sent these unclaimed amounts into a separate bank account. The liable person can claim for the same dividend within the coming 7 years. But after that, you cannot claim straight from the bank according to the policy of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; the unclaimed dividend transfer to IEPF . Significance of IEPF IEPF or Investor Education and Protection Fund is created by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to make people aware of their investments in some scheme at a bank or other financial organizations. If the person has lost the paper or has changed location, or is not alive anymore, the banks wait for 7 years and transfer the amount to this authority. You can...