Mutual Funds: Rs 3,811 Crore Lies Unclaimed In FY26, Check Why Your Money May Be Stuck

Mutual
Fu d
houses
held
Rs
3,811
c o e
i
u claimed
mo ey
i
FY
2025-26,
acco di g
to
ece t
Secu ities
a d
Excha ge
Boa d
of
I dia
(SEBI)
data.
The
amou t
i cludes
u paid
Divide ds
a d
edemptio
p oceeds
that
i vesto s
we e
e titled
to
eceive
but
could
ot
eceive
o
claim.
The
u claimed
amou t
has
i c eased
sha ply
ove
the
past
th ee
fi a cial
yea s.

It
stood
at
Rs
1,506
c o e
i
FY
2022-23
a d
ose
to
Rs
2,861.9
c o e
i
FY
2023-24,
a
i c ease
of
ea ly
90
pe
ce t.
It
the
i c eased
20.6
pe
ce t
to
Rs
3,452
c o e
i
FY
2024-25
befo e
isi g
a othe
10.4
pe
ce t
to
Rs
3,811
c o e
i
FY
2025-26.
Ove all,
the
amou t
has
i c eased
by
Rs
2,305
c o e,
o
a ou d
153
pe
ce t,
si ce
FY
2022-23.
U claimed
divide ds
accou t
fo
the
la ge
sha e
of
this
amou t.

U claimed
divide ds
i c eased
f om
Rs
992.8
c o e
i
FY
2022-23
to
Rs
2,689
c o e
i
FY
2025-26,
egiste i g
a
ise
of
ea ly
171
pe
ce t.
As
of
FY26,
they
accou ted
fo
a ou d
71
pe
ce t
of
the
total
u claimed
mutual
fu d
mo ey.
U claimed
edemptio
p oceeds
also
i c eased
ove
the
same
pe iod,
isi g
f om
Rs
513.2
c o e
to
Rs
1,122
c o e,
a
g owth
of
a ou d
119
pe
ce t.

Howeve ,
edemptio
p oceeds
decli ed
by
about
Rs
6
c o e
du i g
FY26,
while
u claimed
divide ds
i c eased
by
Rs
365
c o e.
U claimed
mutual
fu d
mo ey
does
ot
ecessa ily
mea
that
i vesto s
have
lost
thei
fu ds.
It
ge e ally
efe s
to
mo ey
that
was
due
to
a
i vesto
but
could
ot
be
paid
o
emai ed
u claimed.

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This
ca
happe
whe
i vesto s
have
outdated
o
i co ect
Ba k
accou t
details,
cha ge
thei
add ess
without
updati g
eco ds,
leave
divide d
cheques
u e cashed
fo
seve al
yea s
o
have
i complete
KYC
details.
I vesto s
who
suspect
that
they
may
have
fo gotte
a
old
mutual
fu d
i vestme t
ca
check
with
the
espective
asset
ma ageme t
compa y
(AMC)
o
egist a
a d
t a sfe
age t
(RTA).

They
ca
also
eview
thei
Co solidated
Accou t
Stateme t
a d
use
MF
Ce t al
to
t ack
thei
mutual
fu d
holdi gs
a d
a y
u claimed
amou ts.
Fo
i vestme ts
whe e
the
i vesto
o
lo ge
emembe s
the
AMC
o
has
lost
t ack
of
the
i vestme t,
SEBI’s
MITRA
platfo m
ca
help
ide tify
i active
o
fo gotte
mutual
fu d
folios.
I vesto s
ca
the
app oach
the
eleva t
AMC
o
RTA
to
complete
the
equi ed
ve ificatio
a d
claim
the
mo ey.

The
ise
i
u claimed
mutual
fu d
mo ey
highlights
the
impo ta ce
of
keepi g
ba k
details,
add esses,
KYC
i fo matio
a d
omi ee
details
updated.
I vesto s
should
also
egula ly
eview
thei
mutual
fu d
holdi gs
a d
e su e
that
divide d
a d
edemptio
payme ts
a e
c edited
to
a
active
ba k
accou t.

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