Press Release: 34% Ministers from State Assemblies across India have declared criminal cases. Average Assets of Ministers from State Assemblies is Rs 8.59 crores

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Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) & National Election Watch (NEW) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of current Ministers in State Assemblies and Union Territories across India. A total of 609 Ministers out of 620 have been analysed across 29 State Assemblies and 2 Union Territories. Please find below a detailed summary:

Criminal:

· Ministers with Criminal Cases: Out of the 609 ministers analysed from state assemblies, 210 (34%) ministers have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of the 78 Union council of ministers analysed, 24 (31%) have declared criminal cases against themselves.

· Ministers with Serious Criminal Cases: 113 (19%) ministers from State assemblies have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women etc. Out of the 78 ministers analysed from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, 14 (18%) have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

· State with Highest Percentage of Ministers with Serious Criminal Cases: 9 (82%) out of 11 ministers from Jharkhand, 4 (57%) out of 7 ministers from Delhi, 9 (53%) out of 17 ministers from Telangana, 18 (46%) out of 39 ministers from Maharashtra, 11(39%) out of 28 ministers from Bihar, and 2 (25%) out of 8 ministers from Uttarakhand have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their self-sworn affidavits.

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· Ministers with Charges related to Murder: 7 ministers from State Assemblies have declared cases related to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302).

· Ministers with Charges related to Communal Violence: 6 ministers have declared cases related to communal violence. (Indian Penal Code Sections-153A, 295 and 295A).

Financial:

· Average Assets of Ministers: The average of assets per minister from state assemblies is Rs 8.59 Crores. As compared to this, the average assets of the Union Council of Ministers is Rs 12.94 Crores.

· Average Assets of Ministers with declared criminal cases from State Assemblies vs Average Assets of Ministers with no Criminal Cases: The average assets of Ministers with declared criminal cases is Rs 9.52 Crores. As compared to this, the average assets of ministers with no criminal cases is Rs 8.10 Crores.

· State with Highest Average Assets of Ministers: The state with the highest average assets per minister is Andhra Pradesh (20 ministers) with average assets of Rs 45.49 crores, followed by Karnataka (31 ministers) with average assets of Rs 36.96 crores and Arunachal Pradesh (7 ministers) with average assets of Rs 32.62 crores

· State with Lowest Average Assets of Ministers: The state with the lowest average assets of ministers is Tripura (12 ministers) with average assets of Rs 31.67 lakhs, followed by Kerala (19 ministers) with average assets of Rs 78.72 lakhs and Manipur (11 ministers) with average assets of Rs 83.92 lakhs.

· Crorepati Ministers: Out of the 609 ministers analysed from State Assemblies, 462 (76%) are crorepatis.

· State with Highest Percentage of Crorepati Ministers: All State Council of Ministers analyzed from Arunachal Pradesh, Punjab and Puducherry are 100% crorepatis. They are followed by 97% of ministers of Karnataka and 92 % of ministers from Rajasthan, Goa, Meghalaya and Chhattisgarh who have also declared assets valued at Rs 1 crore and above.

· Ministers who have not declared ITR: Out of 609 ministers analyzed, 134 ministers (22%) have declared that they not filed Income Tax Returns.

*Some ministers may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

Gender
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· Gender details of Ministers: Out of 609 ministers, 51 (8%) ministers are women. Highest number of women ministers are from Madhya Pradesh 5(17%) followed by Tamil Nadu with 5(15%).

· It is to be noted that there are no women ministers in Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Punjab and Telangana Assemblies.

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