Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assets worth around Rs 10.73 crore, double that last year, but a number of his Cabinet colleagues are much richer.
Among the richer ministers are Praful Patel, with assets of approximately Rs 52 crore, and Sharad Pawar with property worth around Rs 22 crore, according to the updated list of assets of the ministers, posted on the PMO website.
Defence Minister A K Antony has assets worth Rs 55 lakh, the lowest in the list of Cabinet ministers. Manmohan Singh has shown residential properties, bank deposits and a Maruti 800 car as his assets. While the total worth of Singh’s two flats — in Chandigarh and Delhi — is Rs 7.27 crore, Singh has bank deposits and investments worth Rs 3.46 crore in various State Bank of India (SBI) accounts.
He has declared total assets worth Rs 10,73,88,730.81 (Rs 10.73 crore approximately). Last year, the PM had declared total assets worth Rs 5.1 crore. The flats owned by him in Chandigarh and Vasant Kunj in New Delhi were then valued at a total of Rs 1.78 crore and he owned 150.8 gm of gold jewellery worth Rs 2.75 lakh.
The depreciated value of his Maruti 800 car has been shown as Rs 21,033. Singh has a bank account in Dispur in Assam of Rs 6,515.78 only.
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal and his wife, Promila, have total assets of Rs 45.3 crore, including Rs 8.11 crore of his wife.
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde has a house whose present worth is Rs 50 lakh, two flats worth Rs 2 crore and Rs 1.25 crore, a guest house worth Rs 8.22 lakh, and land worth Rs 1.11 crore. Shinde also owns a Mitsubhishi tractor worth Rs 1.9 lakh.
External Affairs minister S M Krishna has assets worth Rs 1.89 crore, including immovable properties of Rs 31.44 lakh. He owns a Sonata and a Lancer car.