Arun Jaitley Is Richest Minister; PM Narendra Modi Has Assets Of Rs 1.26 Crore

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assets worth 1.26 crore, according to details of assets and liabilities of the Union Council of Ministers uploaded on the PMO website. While finance and defence minister Arun Jaitley turns out to be the richest with assets totaling 72.10 crore, urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu has the least assets totalling 20.45 lakh.

Modi's assets include 38,700 in cash, bank balance and deposits worth 1,32,698 and 17,00,927 respectively, 20,000 in bonds, 2,35,000 in NSC, 1,99,031 in insurance policies and jewellery and precious items worth 1,20,980. He owns a house in Gandhinagar worth 1 crore.

Interestingly, Modi has made no mention of his spouse Jashodaben's assets, only filling up the columns against her name with the words "not known".

As many as 17 of the 22 Cabinet are crorepatis. The five non-crorepatis include Naidu with 20.45 lakh worth of assets, food minister Ram Vilas Paswan with 39.88 lakh assets, labour and employment minister Narendra Singh Tomar with assets worth 44.90 lakh, health minister Harshvardhan with assets of 48.54 lakh and chemicals and fertilisers minister Ananth Kumar with 60.62 lakh in assets.

Figuring in the richie-rich club are women and child development minister Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, daughter-in-law of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who has assets to the tune of 37.68 crore.
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