PM Modi has assets of Rs.1.26 crore. Arun Jaitley is richest

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assets worth Rs.1.26 crore while Defence and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stands out as the richest minister with assets totalling Rs.72.10 crore.

Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu is among the Union Ministers who has the least assets of Rs.20.45 lakh, according to the Assets and Liabilities declared by the prime minister and other 44 members of the Council of Ministers made public.

Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, daughter-in-law of former prime minister Indira Gandhi, has assets to the tune of Rs.37.68 crore.

Minister of State for Coal and Power Piyush Goyal has assets of Rs.31.67 crore and is closely followed by Minorities Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla with assets to the tune of Rs.29.70 crore.

Notably, 17 out of 22 Cabinet ministers are crorepatis including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.


 


The five Cabinet ministers who are not crorepatis are Naidu with assets worth Rs.20.45 lakh, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan with Rs.39.88 lakh, Labour and Employment Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has assets worth Rs.44.90 lakh.

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has assets of Rs.48.54 lakh, while Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Ananth Kumar with Rs.60.62 lakh worth of assets. 

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has assets to the tune of Rs.2.56 crore, while External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has assets worth Rs.2.73 crore besides some agriculture land in Palwal of Haryana. Law and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has declared assets to the tune of Rs.14.91 crore, while Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has assets of Rs.3.34 crore.

Railways Minister DV Sadananda Gowda is worth about Rs.4.34 crore, while his junior Manoj Sinha has declared assets worth Rs.29.82 crore. Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti has declared assets to the tune of Rs.1.62 crore.

Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram, who is the tribal face of the Modi Cabinet, has assets to the tune of Rs.1.77 crore, while Civil Aviation Minister has assets worth Rs.3.32 crore. Mirco, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Kalraj Mishra has assets to the tune of Rs.72.11 lakh, while Prakash Javadekar has assets of about Rs.1.05 crore. Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh has assets to the tune of Rs.2.47 crore, while Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawarchand Gehlot has assets worth about Rs.2.08 crore.

The youth face of Modi’s Cabinet, Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani has declared assets of around Rs.4.15 crore, while Heavy Industries Minister Anant Geete has assets of Rs.1.66 crore. Minister of State for North East Gen V K Singh, who is the former Army chief, has declared assets worth Rs.68.76 lakh, while Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has assets to the tune of Rs.1.03 crore.

Minister of State in PMO Jitendra Singh has assets of Rs.2.67 crore while MoS Home Affairs Kiran Rijiju is worth around Rs.66.55 lakh. MOS Heavy Industries P Radhakrishnan has declared his assets of around Rs.7.11 crore, while MOS Tribal Affairs Mansukhbhai Vasava has declared his assets of around Rs.69.49 lakh.


Courtesy: India Today