Gandhinagar: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday urged citizens to spread the word about unclaimed assets in the financial sector, guiding people to claim what is rightfully theirs.

Launching the nationwide awareness campaign on unclaimed assets in the financial sector from here, she said that if the three ‘A’s — Awareness, Access and Action — are fulfilled, the money lying in safe custody can be rightfully claimed by the people with proper documents.

“I urge you all to become ambassadors of this campaign, reach out to people you know, ask if they hold any papers of unclaimed financial assets, and guide them to register on the portal to claim what is rightfully theirs,” FM Sitharaman told the gathering.

“This initiative has the potential to benefit countless citizens.

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