WORTH OF MINISTERS Union ministers have shared information regarding their moveable and immovable properties with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Some of these numbers vary from those filed in the affidavits before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda, for example, recorded the largest increase in assets. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) claims most ministers have not declared the true worth of their assets to the Prime Minister’s Office. Here is a snapshot of the comparison of the numbers by ADR: MINISTERS WHO SHOWED AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN ~50 LAKH IN ASSETS MINISTERS WHO HAD NOT CONTESTED THE LOK SABHA ELECTIONS IN 2014 Piyush Goyal Minister of state — power (independent charge), coal (independent charge), new D V Sadananda Radhakrishnan P Arun Jaitley Upendra and renewable energy (independent charge) Gowda Minister of state Cabinet minister— finance, Kushwaha ASSETS AS DECLARED TO PMO: ~94 crore+ Cabinet minister — Railways (independent charge) — corporate affairs and Minister of state (independent *ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: ~30 crore+ ASSETS AS DECLARED TO PMO : heavy industries and public defence charge) — rural development, CHANGE: ~20 crore+ enterprises ASSETS AS DECLARED TO PMO: panchayati raj, drinking water ~64 crore and sanitation INCREASE: 212% ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: ASSETS AS DECLARED TO PMO: ~114 crore+ ~9 crore+ ~7 crore+ ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: ASSETS AS DECLARED TO ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: ~113 crore+ PMO:~3 crore+ Ravi Shankar Prasad Cabinet minister — CHANGE: ~10 crore+ communications and information technology, law ~4 crore+ ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: INCREASE: 106% CHANGE: ~1 crore+ and justice CHANGE: ~2 crore+ ~2 crore+ INCREASE: 1% CAUSES: Assets acquired- CHANGE: ~72 lakh+ ASSETS AS DECLARED TO PMO: ~18 crore+ INCREASE: 73% CAUSES: Assets acquired- *ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: ~13 crore+ > Commercial building INCREASE: 29% worth ~13,49,000 CAUSES: Cause of asset > Residential building CHANGE: ~4 crore+ increase is difficult to worth ~1,02,40,000 CAUSES: Assets acquired- INCREASE: 37% > Residential building worth ascertain as the minister has > Commercial and residential ~11,65,23,000 not declared the values of assets worth assets in comprehensible Najma A Heptulla Cabinet minister — ~62,00,000 format minority affairs ASSETS AS DECLARED TO PMO: ~29 crore+ *ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: ~26 crore+ MINISTERS WHO SHOWED A DECLINE OF MORE THAN ~50 LAKH IN ASSETS CHANGE: ~2 crore+ INCREASE: 10% Thaawar Chand Gehlot Cabinet minister — social justice and empowerment ASSETS AS DECLARED TO PMO: ~3 crore+ V K Singh Harsh Vardhan Sushma Swaraj Shripad Yesso Naik *ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: ~86 lakh+ CHANGE: ~2 crore+ Minister of state - external Cabinet minister health and Cabinet minister— external Minister of state INCREASE/DECREASE: 323% affairs, overseas Indian affairs, family welfare affairs overseas Indian affairs (Independent charge) — development of northeastern ASSETS AS DECLARED TO PMO : culture , tourism ASSETS AS DECLARED TO PMO : M Venkaiah Naidu Cabinet minister — region (independent charge) ~1 crore+ ~13 crore+ ASSETS AS DECLARED TO PMO : ~2 crore+ urban development, housing and urban poverty ASSETS AS DECLARED TO PMO : ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: alleviation, parliamentary affairs ~98 lakh+ ~2 crore+ ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: ~17 crore+ ASSETS AS DECLARED TO PMO: ~9 crore+ ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: CHANGE: ~1 crore+ ~3 crore+ CHANGE: ~3 crore+ *ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: ~7 crore+ ~4 crore+ CHANGE: ~74 lakh+ DECREASE: 45% DECREASE: 22% CHANGE: ~2 crore+ CHANGE: ~3 crore+ DECREASE: 20% CAUSES: Values not given CAUSES: Market value not INCREASE: 28% DECREASE: 76% > For residential building (1/2 given for residential buildings CAUSES: Values not given- CAUSES: Value not given share in E-8A/14 Krishna and value not given for Values not given for most Dharmendra Pradhan Nagar, Delhi Minister of state — petroleum and natural gas > Values not given for any agricultural land movable assets such as bank > Bank deposits not declared (independent charge) immovable asset mentioned deposits, shares, investments, > Purchase cost given for motor vehicles and jewellery in the declaration residential building in ASSETS AS DECLARED TO PMO: ~2 crore+ Dwarka, New Delhi *ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: ~1 crore+ CHANGE: ~93 lakh+ INCREASE: 61% *Assets in most recent Rajya Sabha election affidavits OTHER MINISTERS WHO HAD CONTESTED THE LOK SABHA ELECTIONS IN 2014 (INCREASE/DECREASE OF ASSETS) Manoj Sinha Minister of state Sudarshan Bhagat Minister of state Jitendra Singh ASSETS AS DECLARED TO PMO: ~4 crore+ (independent charge) — Railways (independent charge) — social justice & Minister of state — science and technology ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: ~4 crore+ empowerment ASSETS AS DECLARED TO PMO: ~2 crore+ (independent charge), earth sciences CHANGE: ~38.8 lakh ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: ~2 crore+ ASSETS AS DECLARED TO PMO: ~59 lakh+ (independent charge), Prime Minister’s Office, personnel, public grievances & DECREASE: 9% ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: ~90 lakh+ CHANGE: ~42 lakh+ pensions department of atomic energy, INCREASE 18% CHANGE: ~31.17 lakh department of space Nitin Gadkari Cabinet minister — road transport and highways, shipping, DECREASE: 35% ASSETS AS DECLARED TO PMO: ~3 crore+ Jual Oram rural development, Panchayati Raj, drinking ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: ~3 crore+ Cabinet minister — tribal affairs Narendra Modi Prime Minister water and sanitation CHANGE: ~43.07 lakh ASSETS AS DECLARED TO PMO: ~2 crore+ ASSETS AS DECLARED TO PMO: ~1 crore+ ASSETS AS DECLARED TO PMO: ~15 crore+ DECREASE: 11% ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: ~2 crore+ ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: ~1 crore+ ASSETS DECLARED IN POLLS: ~15 crore+ CHANGE: ~33 lakh+ CHANGE: ~39 lakh Anant Geete Cabinet minister — CHANGE: ~19,060 INCREASE: 14% DECREASE: 24% heavy industries and public enterprises DECREASE: 0.01% Figures have been rounded off; Source: Association for Democratic Reforms.