New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- Unclaimed bank deposits transferred to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Depositor Education and Awareness (DEA) Fund stood at Rs 86,917 crore as of June 30, 2026, with State Bank of India (SBI) accounting for nearly a fourth of the total, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said in Parliament.

According to a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, SBI had the highest amount of unclaimed deposits transferred to the fund at Rs 20,040 crore, followed by Punjab National Bank at Rs 7,585 crore, Canara Bank at Rs 6,830 crore, Bank of Baroda at Rs 5,848 crore and Union Bank of India at Rs 5,549 crore.

Among private sector banks, ICICI Bank had Rs 2,278 crore in unclaimed deposits with the DEA Fund, followed by HDFC ...