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Unclaimed Mutual Fund Dividends Rise 15.7% to Rs 2,689 Crore
Imagine you put money in a special savings club called a mutual fund, and the club sometimes gives you a small money gift called a dividend.
Sometimes people forget to collect their money gift.
A big organization in India called SEBI watches over these funds to keep them safe.
SEBI wrote a report about money that people forgot to collect.
The report says people left behind dividends worth Rs 2,689 crore by the end of March 2026.
That is about 15.7 per cent more than the year before.
The year before, the forgotten dividend money was Rs 2,324 crore.
So the new forgotten money added up to Rs 365 crore.
Meanwhile, the money people forgot to collect from selling their fund units went down a little.
The report reminds investors to collect the money they are owed.
Unclaimed mutual fund dividends in India rose 15.7 per cent to Rs 2,689 crore as of March 31, 2026.
The unclaimed amount stood at Rs 2,324 crore at the end of the previous financial year.
The increase over the year amounted to Rs 365 crore.
The data was published in the Securities and Exchange Board of India's (SEBI) Annual Report 2025-26.
While unclaimed dividend money climbed sharply, the amount of redemption proceeds awaiting collection edged lower.
- Who
- Mutual fund investors in India and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the market regulator.
- What
- Unclaimed mutual fund dividend money rose 15.7 per cent to Rs 2,689 crore, while unclaimed redemption proceeds edged lower.
- Where
- India.
- When
- As of March 31, 2026, covering financial year 2025-26.
- Why
- Investors have not yet claimed their dividend payouts held by mutual funds.
Key facts
- Unclaimed mutual fund dividends
- Rs 2,689 crore as of March 31, 2026
- Previous year's unclaimed dividends
- Rs 2,324 crore
- Year-on-year increase
- Rs 365 crore
- Growth rate
- 15.7 per cent
- Data source
- SEBI Annual Report 2025-26
- Regulator
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
- Unclaimed redemption proceeds
- Edged lower during 2025-26










