The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) organises Investors Awareness Programmes (IAPs) in association with the three Professional Institutes, namely Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), and Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICoAI), and with the objectives of creating awareness amongst the investor about fraudulent schemes and facilitating informed investment decisions. These programmes are conducted in Hindi, English and other vernacular languages depending upon the target audience. The details of the programmes conducted by Professional Institutes are as under: 

Name of Institute	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17 Till 28.02.2017
ICAI	805	1620	878
ICSI	570	332	102
ICoAI	193	75	54
Total	1568	2027	1034

 The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) organizes Investors Awareness Programmes (IAPs) in rural areas also through Common Service Centre (CSC) of Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology. During the last two years i.e. 2014-2015 and 2015-2016, 572 programmes were organised in rural areas.

 The amount allocated and utilized under Investor Awareness and Protection Fund (IEPF) during each of the last three years and the current year is as under: 

Year	Funds allocated (Rs.)	Funds utilized (Rs.)
2013-14	4,50,00,000	4,38,10,000
2014-15	3,00,00,000	2,84,24,000
2015-16	4,50,00,000	4,40,00,000
2016-17	1,50,00,000	1,05,47,480

This was stated by Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.

Investor Awareness Programmes educate investors on fraudulent schemes through multi institute delivery funded by IEPF and rural outreach. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs administers Investor Awareness Programmes (IAPs) with three professional institutes and via Common Service Centres for rural outreach, delivering sessions in Hindi, English and vernacular languages to warn investors about fraudulent schemes and enable informed decisions. Programme counts for 2014-15 through 2016-17 are reported by institute and in total. Funding is provided from the Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF), with annual allocations and utilizations reported for 2013-14 through 2016-17.