Common portal launched to trace unclaimed deposits, insurance, shares and funds
The Department of Financial Services launched a Common Landing Portal for Unclaimed Financial Assets on 29 May 2026, built with PSB Alliance. The site, unclaimedassetsportal.in, is a single place to search unclaimed bank deposits, insurance claims, shares, dividends and mutual funds. It supports the “Aapki Poonji, Aapka Adhikar” (Your Money, Your Right) campaign.
- Launch
- 29 May 2026, Department of Financial Services
- Portal
- https://www.unclaimedassetsportal.in
- Built with
- PSB Alliance
- Covers
- unclaimed bank deposits, insurance claims, shares, dividends, mutual funds
- Campaign
- Aapki Poonji, Aapka Adhikar (Your Money, Your Right)
The Common Landing Portal for unclaimed financial assets: what happened?
Many families forget old bank accounts, insurance policies or mutual fund folios. Money sits unclaimed across separate portals. A common landing page does not replace those search tools; it points citizens to them from one address.
- Launched during a Public Sector Banks review meeting.
- DFS runs the campaign with financial-sector regulators, banks and other stakeholders.
What does the portal do?
- It brings access to multiple search facilities onto one platform.
- Aim: easier tracing and restitution of unclaimed financial assets.
Why does the Common Landing Portal for unclaimed financial assets matter?
- Financial inclusion: Helps citizens reclaim idle money.
- Convenience: One landing page instead of many separate searches.
What can Prelims ask on the Common Landing Portal for unclaimed financial assets?
- Common Landing Portal for Unclaimed Financial Assets: DFS + PSB Alliance, 29 May 2026.
- URL: unclaimedassetsportal.in.
- Campaign: Aapki Poonji, Aapka Adhikar.
How to use this in Mains
- As per PIB (2026-05-29): DFS launched a Common Landing Portal to search unclaimed bank deposits, insurance claims, shares and mutual funds, under the "Aapki Poonji, Aapka Adhikar" campaign.
- Returns idle money to citizens.
Quotable data pointDFS launched a Common Landing Portal to search unclaimed bank deposits, insurance claims, shares and mutual funds, under the "Aapki Poonji, Aapka Adhikar" campaign.
PIB: Finance: unclaimed assets portal, 29 May 2026
Exam angle
Prelims: DEA Fund, UDGAM.
Practice MCQs
Original practice questions (not PYQs).
The Common Landing Portal for Unclaimed Financial Assets was launched by
Answer (b) & explanation
PIB (Finance), 29 May 2026.
Questions students ask about this
What is the Common Landing Portal?
A unified DFS platform to search unclaimed bank deposits, insurance claims, shares, dividends and mutual funds.
Who developed it?
The Department of Financial Services with PSB Alliance.
What campaign does it support?
Aapki Poonji, Aapka Adhikar (Your Money, Your Right).
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Official source: PIB: Finance: unclaimed assets portal, 29 May 2026
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