The Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC), led by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, has met to discuss key financial sector improvements. A major focus was on expediting the refund of unclaimed deposits, such as bank balances, dividends, and insurance funds, to their rightful owners. The Minister urged regulators to organise special district-level camps to facilitate these refunds and emphasised keeping the common citizen's interests in mind. Additionally, the FSDC aims to simplify and digitalise Know Your Customer (KYC) processes across the financial sector to enhance user experience.
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs chairs 29th meeting of Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC), in Mumbai
Union Finance Minister urges regulators and departments to expedite the process of refund to rightful owners of unclaimed amounts by holding coordinated multi-agency special district level camps
Interest of common citizens to be kept in mind and refund the claims of rightful claimants: FM Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister exhorts FSDC to further ta
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The 29th FSDC meeting, chaired by the Union Finance Minister, focused on improving financial stability, expediting refunds for unclaimed deposits, and simplifying KYC norms.
The Finance Minister urged regulators and departments to expedite refunds by holding coordinated, multi-agency special district-level camps.
The discussion included unclaimed bank deposits, dividends, shares, and insurance and pension funds.
The FSDC aims to take proactive steps for seamless KYC processes across the financial sector, focusing on simplification and digitalisation, including digital onboarding for NRIs.
The meeting was attended by the Union Finance Minister, Minister of State for Finance, FSDC members, the Governor of RBI, Finance Secretary, and heads of various regulatory bodies like SEBI and IRDAI.