8(67%) out of 12 Council of Ministers in Meghalaya are Crorepati

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 Association for Democratic Reforms and  Meghalaya Election Watch have analyzed the self-sworn affidavits of all 12 Ministers including the Chief Minister from Meghalaya State Assembly 2018.  For More Information please visit: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and-other-details-ministers-1 

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

·        Minister with Criminal Cases:   None of the ministers have declared criminal cases against themselves.

 

Financial Background

·       Crorepati Ministers: Out of the 12 ministers, 8 (67%) are crorepatis.

·       Average Assets: The average assets of 12 ministers is Rs 13.07 crores.

·        Ministers with Highest Assets: The minister with the highest declared total assets is Metbah Lyngdoh from Mairang constituency with assets worth Rs.87.26 crores. The details of top three ministers with highest declared assets are given below.                                                     

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Metbah Lyngdoh	WEST KHASI HILLS	MAIRANG	United Democratic Party	43,76,76,288	43,49,79,500	87,26,55,788  87 Crore+	Y
2	Comingone Ymbon	WEST JAINTIA HILLS	RALIANG	NPP	6,94,16,609	19,45,00,000	26,39,16,609  26 Crore+	Y
3	Lahkmen Rymbui	WEST JAINTIA HILLS	AMLAREM	United Democratic Party	2,40,12,673	8,81,00,000	11,21,12,673  11 Crore+	Y

Table: Top 3 Ministers with Highest Assets

 

Ministers with Low Assets: The minister with the lowest declared assets is Hamletson Dohling from Mylliem Constituency with assets worth 31.83 lakhs. The details of top 3 ministers with low assets are given below.

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Hamletson Dohling	EAST KHASI HILLS	MYLLIEM	Peoples Democratic Front	31,83,919	0	31,83,919   31 Lacs+	Y
2	Samlin Malngiang	EAST KHASI HILLS	SOHIONG	HSPDP	10,11,915	25,00,000	35,11,915   35 Lacs+	Y
3	Banteidor Lyngdoh	EAST KHASI HILLS	MAWKYNREW	Peoples Democratic Front	30,23,376	5,00,000	35,23,376   35 Lacs+	Y

Table: 3 Ministers with Lowest Assets

 

·        Liabilities: A total of 4 out of 12 ministers have declared liabilities. The details of these  ministers  are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Metbah Lyngdoh	WEST KHASI HILLS	MAIRANG	United Democratic Party	87,26,55,788   87 Crore+	30,23,62,533   30 Crore+	Y
2	James Pangsang Kongkal Sangma	WEST GARO HILLS	DADENGGRE	NPP	7,94,40,321   7 Crore+	1,17,75,756   1 Crore+	Y
3	Sniawbhalang Dhar	WEST JAINTIA HILLS	NARTIANG	NPP	6,41,96,030   6 Crore+	33,21,585   33 Lacs+	Y
4	Banteidor Lyngdoh	EAST KHASI HILLS	MAWKYNREW	Peoples Democratic Front	35,23,376   35 Lacs+	1,76,100   1 Lacs+	Y

Table: Ministers with Declared Liabilities

Other Background details (Education, Gender, Age)

 

·       Ministers’ Education: A total of 6(50%) ministers have declared their educational qualification to be between 8^th and 12^th pass while 6(50%) are graduates or have higher degrees.

·       Ministers’ Age:  A total of 4(33%) ministers have declared their age to be between 25-40 years while 8(67%) ministers have declared their age to be between 41-60 years.

·       Women Ministers: Out of 12 Ministers, none are women.

 

Contact:

 

 

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Prof Jagdeep Chhokar IIM Ahmedabad (Retd.) Founder Member, National Election Watch, Association for Democratic Reforms +91 99996 20944 jchh...@gmail.com

Prof Trilochan Sastry IIM Bangalore Founder Member, National Election Watch, Association for Democratic Reforms +91 94483 53285  tril...@iimb.ac.in

 

 

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