Richest Cabinet Ministers In India 2014

By SiliconIndia  |   Wednesday, 27 August 2014, 05:03 Hrs  

BANGALORE: The Indian cabinet this year has a new high with 40 out of the 44 ministers in Modi’s cabinet being crorepatis. The richest of them all is the Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley who has an assets value of 113 crores. Should this be considered as a surprise?

Well unlikely since many of the ministers and MP’s in India are incredibly rich with no clue of how or where they accumulate their wealth from. So here is a list of some of the richest cabinet ministers in PM Modi’s circle listed by beyond Headlines.

Harsimrat Kaur Badal: The minister for Food Processing in India, Harsimrat Kaur is also the wife of deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal.

She is the MP Representative from Bathinda, Punjab who has assets valued at over 108 crores, which she declared this year for her re election process. These assets include the assets of her husband as well.

Badal’s immovable and moveable assets are valued at over 46 and 61 crores respectively. She has jewelry worth over 5 crores as the latest reports when she declared her assets this year. Hailing from the University of Delhi, Harsimrat is now one of the prominent members of PM modi’s youthful team of ministers to change the country.

Arun Jaitley: The biggest supporter of Narendra Modi, and also the Minister of Finance and Defense, which are two major departments in the Indian Cabinet.

He had presented the Budget for India this year after the Modi Government was formed, in hopes changing the stance of the Indian Economy.

However it is to be noted that he is the richest Minister in the Modi Cabinet with assets worth well over 113 crores. His asset includes a fleet of luxury cars, plots, residential houses in Delhi, in suburbs and in Gujurat and also the amassed wealth in Jewelry. He completed his studies as a lawyer and since has been working at the highest level in the government.

Krishna Pal Gurjar: The minister who won in Haryana has declared assets worth over 29 crores, from assets worth 1 crore in 2005. His asset shot up rapidly and is also an integral part of the Modi led government.

He is a lawyer with a degree from the Meerut University. His assets include jewelry, cars and plots. He is a minister of state part of the Modi government.

Sushma Swaraj: The only second lady minister to hold the post of an External Minister of the country, Sushma is also the youngest cabinet minister from Haryana. She finished her education as a lawyer from the University of Punjab, and according to the declarations made this year has a total asset of 17 crores.

Her assets are divided across bonds, investments and houses. She does not have any assets from hording of Jewelry. She is one of the trusted members of Modi’s cabinet and is helping his government extend relationships with other nations around the world.

Smriti Irani: The Minister for Human Resource and Development of India, Smriti is said to be the least educated of the inner circle of Modi.

She has declared asset value of over 4 crores during her election campaign back in April. Her assets are divided across hording of jewelry, agricultural land of 7 acres, and housing.

She contested against Rahul Gandhi from Amethi, attacking him saying that his own party did not believe in him to name him the PM candidate. Whatever her qualification may be she is charged with a huge responsibility and the outcome of her efficiency will only be seen in time. Hopefully she will rise from the eyes of skeptics and change the nation.

Sadananda Gowda: The ex-Chief Minister of Karnataka and the present Railway Minister, Sadananda Gowda is already changing the face of the Indian Railways. He has declared his assets which are worth over 9 crores.

His assets are divided over residential houses, Cars, jewelry and plots. He has no criminal records and is also modernizing Railways with starting apps and online bookings that ease passenger’s ways of booking tickets.

Maneka Gandhi: The Women and Child Welfare Minister was also an Animal-Rights Activist and BJP MP.

She has become an integral part of Modi’s Cabinet and is subjected to making sure the welfare of women and children is up the mark. She has declared assets worth over 40 Crores, which are divided across commercial and residential property, jewelry and also in investments in banks.

She possesses a rifle and has many criminal charges against her. Hopeful the trusted minister for women and Children will come clean somehow erase her records, so that the minorities of the society can look up to her to change their conditions for them.

Ravi Shankar Prasad: The Minister of Communication and Information Technology and also of Law and Justice is a lawyer who graduated from the University of Patna. This is not the first time he is holding the post as he was trusted this post back when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister.

He is also a Member of Parliament representing the state of Bihar. He used to be a high level advocate in the Supreme Court. He has assets worth 13 crores spread across agricultural lands, non agricultural lands, jewelry and vehicles. He recently unveiled the Dot Bharat initiation.

Harsha Vardhan: The Health Minister of India ran for election from Delhi and was a contester for the Post of CM back in 2013, which he lost.

He is a surgeon by profession and also a politician, who has a Master’s degree in Otorhinolaryngology from the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur.

He declared assets worth over 2 crores when he ran for election at the start of this year. Unfortunately the reveled leader has a huge criminal charge sheet against him but is slowly cleaning his slate. His assets are spread across clinics, jewelry, cars and residential houses.

G.M.Siddeshwara: Not ranked among the prominent members of the cabinet but does have relevance in the Modi’s government, G.M Siddeshwara has assets worth more than 23 crores. His assets spread across Agricultural and non agricultural lands, commercial and residential buildings, jewelry and cars.

He never studied past SSLC, which come as no surprise, but is amassing wealth in all directions. He is part of Modi’s State Ministers which is a new branch launched by the PM to have a closer view of the State affairs.