Unclaimed shares or money lying with IEPF? These are the steps to follow to reclaim them
Do you have some money or shares that you forgot to keep track of, and are now locked with the IEPF? If that is the case, you would wonder what exactly can be done to reclaim the assets you rightfully own but sadly — don’t possess anymore? First of all, you need to understand where the securities go when you lose track of them as they remain unclaimed. Any dividend money, interest income, matured debentures, matured deposits, redemption amount of preference shares and sale proceeds of fractional shares when remains unclaimed for seven years is transferred to the IEPF What is IEPF? IEPF stands for Investor Education and Protection Fund which is maintained by the IEPF Authority, a division of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India. This authority (IEPFA) is responsible to carry out refunds of shares, unclaimed dividends, matured deposits and debentures to investors, and also to promote awareness among investors.. Proposed integrated portal In the Budget 2023, Financ...