Press Release: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of New Ministers in the Rajasthan Assembly 2018 - Post Cabinet Expansion on 21st November 2021

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Press Release

Date: November 24, 2021

Dear Friends,

Consequent to the expansion of the cabinet, Rajasthan Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 30 Ministers including Chief Minister from Rajasthan State Assembly 2018.

This analysis is based on the affidavits submitted by the candidates prior to the 2018 Assembly elections and bye elections conducted thereafter.

The full reports in English and Hindi can be accessed here: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and-other-details-new-ministers-5

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

Ministers with Criminal Cases: 14(47%) ministers have declared criminal cases against themselves.
Ministers with Serious Criminal Cases: 9(30%) ministers have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

Party Name	Total number of Ministers analyzed	Ministers with declared Criminal Cases	% of Ministers with declared criminal cases	Ministers with declared serious criminal cases	% of Ministers with declared serious criminal cases
INC	29	14	48%	9	31%
RLD	1	0	0%	0	0%
Total	30	14	47%	9	30%

Financial Background

Crorepati Ministers: Out of the 30 ministers analysed, 28 (93%) are crorepatis.

Party Name	Number of Ministers Analyzed	No of Crorepatis Ministers	Percentage of Crorepati Ministers
INC	29	27	93%
RLD	1	1	100%
Total	30	28	93%

Average Assets: The average assets of 30 ministers analysed is Rs 13.97 crores.

Minister with Highest Assets: The minister with the highest declared total assets is Anjana Udailal from Nimbahera constituency with assets worth Rs. 107.87 crores.

Minister with Lowest Assets: The minister with the lowest declared total assets is Shakuntala Rawat from Bansur constituency with assets worth Rs. 28.15 lakhs.

Liabilities: A total of 22 ministers have declared liabilities out of which the minister with the highest liabilities is Ashok of Hindoli constituency with Rs. 21.41 crores of liabilities.

Other Background details (Education, Gender, Age)

Ministers’ Education: 11 (37%) ministers have declared their educational qualification to be between 10^th and 12^thstandard while 19 (63%) ministers have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above.

Ministers’ Age: A total of 10(33%) ministers have declared their age to be between 31-50 years while 20(67%) ministers have declared their age to be between 51- 80 years.