Dr. Manmohan Singh himself is not a very rich man. He still owns a 1996 model Maruti 800 car with current value of Rs 24,000..
According to information revealed by Prime Minister Office, Union Urban Development
Minister Kamal Nath and his family tops in the list with a net assets worth of 263 crore rupees. This includes Kamal Nath and his family’s business interests in 25 companies.
The poorest of them all is Defence Minister AK Antony. He has assets worth a paltry Rs 1.80 lakh, which includes a second hand Wagon R. His wife has property worth Rs 40 lakh.
The Prime Minister and his Council of Ministers have made their assets, liabilities and business interests of their spouses and dependents public recently.
The assets of Dr. Manmohan Singh and his wife are worth 5.11 crore rupees which include a residential house in Chandigarh and a flat in Delhi. The term deposits in various banks total about 3.22 crore rupees. The Prime Minister also owns a 1996 make Maruti 800 car. The declaration says that he has no agricultural and non-agricultural land.
Home minister P Chidamaram and his wife Nalini are both worth Rs 12 crore each. Chidambaram has listed all his assets on paper, including a bicycle worth Rs 1,200 and a cordless phone worth Rs 5,000.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has assets worth 1.8 crore while Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has assets worth 12.45 crores.
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal asset base with his wife is a just Rs 36 crore.
NCP chief and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar who is seen as the richest politician is actually not so. He has declared his own wealth at just Rs 7 crore. While his party colleague, Praful Patel is personally worth Rs 34 crore.
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has immovable assets worth Rs 2.34 lakh, movable assets worth Rs 4.81 lakh, investments worth Rs 3 lakh, and savings worth Rs 12 lakh. His wife’s assets are estimated at Rs 21 lakh.
The then Cabinet Secretary Mr K M Chandrasekhar had requested all the ministers to submit the details by August 31. The letter had drawn attention to the code of conduct for ministers and sought details of employment also of their spouses and dependents