Crystallization of Inoperative Foreign Currency Deposits

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....anking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949) has formulated the Reserve Bank (Depositor Education and Awareness Fund) Scheme, 2014. This Fund will be credited with the credit balances of any account in India with a banking company which has not been operated for a period of ten years or any deposit or any amount remaining unclaimed for more than ten years within a period of three months from the expir....

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....t, at the end of the third year, the authorised bank shall convert the balances lying in the foreign currency denominated deposit into Indian Rupee at the exchange rate prevailing as on that date. Thereafter, the depositor shall be entitled to claim either the said Indian Rupee proceeds and interest thereon, if any, or the foreign currency equivalent (calculated at the rate prevalent as on the dat....