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Government of India
Ministry of Finance
03-September-2014
18:01 IST
Finance Minister Approves Setting-up of A Committee to Examine un-Claimed
Amount Remained in PPF, Post Office and Savings Schemes and Recommend how this
Amount can be Used to Protect and Further the Financial Interest of the Senior Citizens.
The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley has approved the setting-up of a
Committee under the Chairmanship of Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India(RBI)
to examine un-claimed amount remained in PPF, Post Office, Savings Schemes etc
and recommend how this amount can be used to protect and further the financial
interest of the senior citizens.
The Finance Minister, vide para 39 of his Budget Speech 2014-15, had announced
that "a large amount of money is estimated to be lying as unclaimed
amounts with PPF, Post Office, Savings Schemes etc. these are mostly out
of investments belonging to the senior citizens and on their demise,
remain unclaimed for want of relevant payment instructions" and has
proposed to set-up a Committee to examine and recommend how this amount can be
used to protect and further financial interest of the senior citizens.
Accordingly,
with the approval of the Union Finance Minister, a Committee has been set-up
with the following composition:
1) Deputy Governor,
RBI
- Chairman
2) Secretary, Department of
Posts
- Member
3) Joint Secretary (Law), M/o
Law and Justice - Member
4) Dy. Managing Director of
S.B.I
- Member
5) Executive Director, Punjab
National Bank - Member
6) Joint Secretary (Budget),
DEA
- Member
7) Joint Director,
- Member Secretary
National Savings
Institute
The Terms of Reference (TOR) of the Committee would
be:
· Based on
defined scope, by Reserve Bank of India, estimation of amount lying unclaimed
under various scheme's (Small Savings and other Savings Schemes of banks) with
Post Offices/ Public Sector Banks;
· Procedure
for bringing such unclaimed deposits to a common pool to be suggested by the
Committee. Changes, if any, required to be made in the legal framework may be
suggested. Committee to also suggest if such a pool should be placed within
Government account or outside it.
· Committee
to recommend how this unclaimed amount can be used to protect and further financial
interests of the senior citizens.
The Committee will submit its Report by 31st December 2014.
