<h1>Ministry Conducts 1,370 Investor Awareness Programs Nationwide, Expands to Rural Areas with CSC Partnership by December 2013.</h1> As of December 31, 2013, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs organized 1,370 Investor Awareness Programmes across India during the current financial year, utilizing the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Institute of Company Secretaries, and Institute of Cost Accountants. In December alone, 263 programmes were conducted. The previous financial year saw 1,986 such programmes. The Ministry allocated Rs. 5 crore for these initiatives and expanded efforts to rural areas, partnering with CSC e-Governance Services India Limited to conduct 60 programmes in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Punjab by the end of 2013.