Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that financial assets worth ₹1.84 lakh crore are lying unclaimed with banks and regulators. "It's absolutely safe. You come when you want with proper papers. Money will be given to you. The government is...custodian for it," Sitharaman added. "We've to find...rightful owners and claimants of those funds and hand...money over to them," she stated.