RBI Update - Reserve Bank of India (Financial Statements - Presentation and Disclosures) Directions, 2021: Presentation of unclaimed liabilities transferred to Depositor Education and Awareness (DEA) Fund

The ‘Notes and Instructions for compilation’ given in Annex II to the Reserve Bank of India (Financial Statements - Presentation and Disclosures) Directions, 2021 (Master Direction) require commercial banks to present all unclaimed liabilities, where the amount due has been transferred to the Depositor Education and Awareness (DEA) Fund established under the DEA Fund Scheme, 2014, under ‘Schedule 12- Contingent Liabilities - Other items for which the bank is contingently liable’.

It is advised that all cooperative banks present all unclaimed liabilities (where the amount due has been transferred to DEA Fund) under “Contingent Liabilities – Others”.

Further, all banks shall specify in the disclosure in the notes to accounts to the financial statements that balances of the amount transferred to DEA Fund are included under 'Schedule 12 - Contingent Liabilities - Other items for which the bank is contingently liable' or 'Contingent Liabilities - Others,' as the case may be.

Applicability

These instructions are applicable to all commercial and cooperative banks for preparing financial statements for the financial year ending March 31, 2024, and onwards.

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