The
government today said around Rs 752 crore is lying as unclaimed
deposits in more than 2.49 crore inactive savings accounts in post
offices.
"Rs 752,44,57,414.03 is the
amount lying in all inactive (silent) accounts as on March 31, 2011 in
2,49,59,446 accounts," Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said in a written
reply to Lok Sabha.
West Bengal led the tally of
unclaimed deposits with over Rs 107 crore lying in 20.16 lakh accounts,
followed by Tamil Nadu (Rs 105.87 crore in 62.72 lakh accounts) and
Uttar Pradesh (Rs 68.61 crore in 21.74 lakh accounts...