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In the COVID period 12 Union Ministers bought property
Public Lokpal
October 19, 2021
In the COVID period 12 Union Ministers bought property
New Delhi: In a span of 12 months from the first Covid lockdown last year, 12 Union Ministers or their family members purchased property across the country, including agricultural and non-agricultural land from Assam to Tamil Nadu, and an apartment in Delhi, according to their declaration of assets on the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) website.
Of the 78-member Council of Ministers, those who declared the purchase of property in the financial year 2020-21, include three Cabinet Ministers — External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani, and Shipping and Ayush Minister Sarbananda Sonowal — and nine Ministers of State.
The PMO website currently includes declarations of assets and liabilities of Union Ministers from 2013-14. Nine out of 45 Ministers of State declared the purchase of property in 2020-21:
- Shripad Yesso Naik; Ports, Shipping and Waterways
- Krishan Pal Gurjar; Power
- Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti; Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
- Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma; Small and Medium Enterprises
- Annapurna Devi; Education
- B L Verma; Development of North Eastern Region
- Devusinh Chauhan; Communications
- Dr Mahendra Munjpara; Women and Child Development
- Dr L Murugan; Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
