Friday, October 24, 2014

Union #Railway Minister's assets grew by Rs.10.46 cr during last 5 months, finds #ADR




Among the Ministers who contested Lok Sabha 2014 elections, the highest increase in assets in 5 months has been shown by Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda of the BJP (Cabinet Minister for Railways). His assets have shown an increase of Rs. 10.46 crores (from Rs. 9.88 crores as declared in Lok Sabha 2014 elections to Rs. 20.35 crores in the 2014 declarations of the Union Council of Ministers to the PMO).


He is followed by Shri Radhakrishnan P of the BJP (Minister of State, Independent Charge, Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises) who has shown an increase of Rs. 2.98 crores (from Rs. 4.09 crores in Lok Sabha 2014 to Rs. 7.07 crores in the disclosure to the PMO) and Shri Arun Jaitley of the BJP (Cabinet Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Defence) who showed an increase of Rs. 1.01 crores  (from Rs. 113.02 crores in Lok Sabha 2014 to Rs. 114.03 crores in the 2014 disclosure to the PMO).


16 Ministers have shown a decrease in assets. The highest decrease has been shown by Smt. Sushma Swaraj of BJP (Cabinet Minister, External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs) who showed a decrease of Rs. 3.89 crores (from Rs. 17.55 crores declared in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections to Rs. 13.65 crores declared in the 2014 disclosure to the PMO). She is followed by Gen. V.K. Singh (Retd.) of BJP (Minister of State, Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge), External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs) who declared a decrease of Rs. 3.13 crores (from 4.11 crores declared in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections to Rs. 98.27 lakhs declared in the 2014 disclosure to the PMO) followed by Dr. Harsh Vardhan of  BJP (Cabinet Minister, Health and Family Welfare) who declared a decrease of Rs. 1.28 crores (from 2.82 crores declared in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections to Rs. 1.54 crores declared in the 2014 disclosure to the PMO).


41 (91%) of the Ministers are crorepatis based on their declarations to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).The highest assets have been declared by Shri Arun Jaitely (Rs. 114.03 crore) of BJP followed by Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal of SAD (Rs. 108.31 crores) and Shri Piyush Goyal of BJP (Rs. 94.66 crores).The lowest assets have been declared by Shri Sudarshan Bhagat of BJP (Rs. 59.13 lakhs) followed by Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava of the BJP (Rs. 65.71 lakhs) and Shri Ramvilas Paswan of LJP (Rs. 95.71 lakhsThe average assets of Ministers according to their declarations on the PMO website is Rs. 14.32 crores.