In his declaration of Assets and Liabilities for 2015-16 posted on the PMO website, Jaitley said the value of his immovable properties including residential buildings and land remained unchanged at Rs 34.49 crore as compared to 2014-15 fiscal.
His bank balance with four bank accounts declined to Rs 1 crore from Rs 3.52 crore at the end of March 31, 2015. Deposits in other companies, including Enpro Oils Ltd and DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd were unchanged at Rs 17 crore.
The value of his gold, silver and diamond holdings increased to Rs 1.86 crore at the end of March 2016, from Rs 1.76 crore in March 2015.
While the valuation of his gold jewellery holding has gone up to Rs 1.35 crore from Rs 1.25 crore in March 2015, that of valuation of silver holding has come down to Rs 5.54 crore at the end of March 2016.
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As regards his vehicles, at the end of March 2016 the Minister has four cars -- 2 Mercedes, one Honda Accord and a Toyota Fortuner -- which has been financed through his personal earnings and savings, the disclosure said.
At the end of March this year, the valuation of his vehicles came down to Rs 1.93 crore, from Rs 2.79 crore.
In 2014-15 fiscal, the Minister had five cars, including a BMW, which did not figure in 2015-2016 declarations.
The Finance Minister jointly with his wife owns six
Sangeeta Jaitley holds one bank account in HDFC Bank which has a balance of Rs 69.43 crore.
As per the disclosure, the cash in hand stood at Rs 6.82 lakh and her PPF stood at Rs 13.80 lakh. Taking together cash in hand and PPF, the total of movable assets held by her stood at Rs 20.62 lakh at the end of March 2016.
The details of liabilities of Sangeeta Jaitley showed that the total loans taken by her stood at Rs 9.71 crore. This include Rs 9.22 crore loan taken from Arun Jaitley and another Rs 49.25 lakh borrowed from daughter Sonali Jaitley.