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NEW DELHI — The total assets of 4,001 sitting MLAs are INR 54,545 crore, which is more than the combined annual budget for 2023-24 of three states -- Nagaland, Mizoram and Sikkim -- totalling INR 49,103 crores, a report said on Tuesday.
According to a report released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and the National Election Watch (NEW), the total assets of 4,001 MLAs across the country are worth INR 54,545 crore.
It said that the assets of the 4,001 MLAs across the country are more than the combined annual budget for 2023-24 of three states -- Nagaland, Mizoram and Sikkim -- totalling INR 49,103 crores.
It highlighted that the annual budget for 2023-24 of Nagaland is INR 23,086 crore, Mizoram is INR 14,210 crore and Sikkim is INR 11,807 crore.
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=1]The report was released after analysing the self-sworn affidavits of sitting MLAs in State Assemblies and Union Territories across the nation.
The data has been extracted from affidavits filed by the MLAs prior to contesting their last elections.
It said that a total of 4,001 MLAs out of 4,033 have been analysed across 28 State Assemblies and two Union Territories. This report covers 4001 sitting MLAs belonging to 84 political parties and Independent MLAs.
Assets of 4,001 MLAs worth whopping Rs 54,000 cr, more than budget of 3 NE states
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Karnataka has highest total asset of MLAs: Report
Karnataka has the highest total asset of MLAs among states, a report claimed on Tuesday.
According to a report released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and the National Election Watch (NEW), the total asset of 223 MLAs analysed from Karnataka is INR 14,359 crore, which is more than the individual annual budget of 2023-24 of Mizoram and Sikkim.
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=1]The report said it is 26 per cent of the combined total assets of all sitting MLAs, which stood at INR 54,545 crore.
“It is also more than the combined assets of sitting MLAs from Rajasthan, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Goa, Meghalaya, Odisha, Assam, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Puducherry, Jharkhand, Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. The total combined assets of sitting MLAs from these 21 States and Union Territories are INR 13,976 crore,” the report added.
As per the report, Karnataka is followed by Maharashtra with 284 MLAs whose assets stood at INR 6,679 crore, and 174 MLAs from Andhra Pradesh have total assets worth INR 4,914 crore.
As per the report, Tripura has the lowest total asset of MLAs. The total asset of 59 MLAs analysed from the state is INR 90 crore, followed by 40 MLAs from Mizoram with INR 190 crore, and 60 MLAs from Manipur have total assets worth INR 225 crore.
The data has been extracted from affidavits filed by the MLAs prior to contesting their last elections.