Sunday 4 September 2011

PM, His-ministers declare their assets

PM, ministers declare their assets
Sep 4, The Prime Minister and his Council of Ministers have made their assets, liabilities and business interests of their spouses and dependents public. The details volunteered by the ministers were posted on the PM’s website.

The assets of Dr. Manmohan Singh and his wife are worth 5.11 crore rupees which include a residential house in Chandigarh and a flat in Delhi. The term desposits in various banks total about 3.22 crore rupees. The Prime Minister also owns a 1996 make Maruti 800 car. The declaration says that he has no agricultural and non-agricultural land.

Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath and his family tops the list with a networth of 263 crore rupees. This includes Kamal Nath and his family's business interests in 25 companies.

Defence Minister A.K. Antony has the least assets worth 1.82 lakh rupees while his wife owns assets worth about 40 lakh rupees.

Home Minister P Chidambaram and his wife have assets to the tune of 23.67 crores. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has assets worth 1.8 crore while Agriculture Minisgter Sharad Pawar has assets worth 12.45 crores.

AIR correspondent reports that the then Cabinet Secretary Mr K M Chandrasekhar had requested all the ministers to submit the details by August 31. The letter had drawn attention to the code of conduct for ministers and sought details of employment also of their spouses and dependents.

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