New Delhi, Sept 10: Defence Minister A K Antony and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee have total assets of nearly Rs one lakh and Rs six lakh respectively in contrast to their colleagues like Praful Patel and Jyotiraditya Scindia who own assets of over Rs 25 crore.

 Antony, a Rajya Sabha member, neither has any property in his name nor does he own any vehicle. In his name, there are two bank accounts with State Bank of India which have Rs 1.01 lakh and Rs 16,919 as of June 15, 2009.

 The asset details furnished by Antony show that the three-time Kerala Chief Minister does not have any liabilities. His wife Elizabeth Antony had a house worth Rs 15 lakh and five cents of land worth Rs 15 lakh. She also has Rs 3.19 lakh in her name in three bank accounts.

 His colleague Mamata Banerjee also lives a modest lifestyle. She neither owns any vehicle nor any house or residential buildings in her name.

 'Didi', as she is known as among her followers, has 10 grams of gold jewellery worth Rs 15,000. The firebrand leader has just one dependent -- her mother -- who holds no separate assets, the asset details show.

 The details of assets and liabilities of the ministers for the year 2008-09 have been made public by the Prime Minister's Office after Central Information Commission's decision in this regard. Exercising his Right to Information, activist S C Agrawal had sought these details.

 One of the richest ministers Praful Patel has properties worth 29.62 crore while his wife Varsha Patel's immovable assets are worth Rs 37.7 crore. The couple also have cash worth over Rs 18 lakh in different banks, the asset details filed by the Civil Aviation Minister show.

 The minister has jewellery worth Rs 67 lakh in his name while his wife has ornaments worth Rs 1.3 crore. His only dependent son also has jewellery worth Rs 1.3 crore, according to estimation done on March 31, 2009. Patel has not given details of any vehicle owned by him or his family.

 Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia has assets of nearly Rs 25 crore. The major chunk of his assets are 'investments in Indian and foreign securities' which are worth over Rs 16 crore.

 The young leader also has jewellery of over Rs 5.7 crore and a number of inherited properties. He also owns a Ford car estimated to be worth around Rs 10 lakh.

 Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's assets are nearly Rs one crore while his wife is worth Rs 1.6 crore. The minister has a 10-year-old Ford Ikon car valued at Rs 1.75 lakh.

 Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and his wife have assets worth Rs 6.5 crore. The amount includes his share from Hindu undivided family.

 Home Minister P Chidambaram has assets worth Rs 10.5 crore while his wife Nalini Chidambaram has total assets worth Rs 8.5 crore. The Home Minister's assets include coffee estates in Kodagu, Karnataka worth Rs 28.9 lakh. The phone owned by Chidambaram is worth Rs 38,000 while his wife Nalini's phone is worth Rs 60,000. Minister for Human Resources Development Kapil Sibal's assets are over Rs 23 crore while his wife owns a property worth Rs seven crore.

 Former Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has assets worth Rs 27 crore which includes a flat in New York.

 DMK leader and Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister M K Alagiri has movable and immovable assets worth over Rs 8.9 crore while his wife has assets worth 2.63 crore. His son also has movable and immovable properties worth Rs 3.62 crore. These details include a fixed deposit worth Rs four crore and 1.39 crore in savings account.

 External Affairs Minister S M Krishna owns movable and immovable assets of nearly Rs 1.1 crore.

 Farooq Abdullah, Minister for New and Renewable Energy has given details of property worth Rs 2.5 lakh while he also mentioned of Rs four lakh received as ex-gratia from state government for a house burnt down by militants.

 Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had Rs 22.6 lakh in his two savings accounts while his wife had Rs 83.8 lakh in two bank accounts.
 Other prominent ministers' assets details include that of Telecom Minister A Raja with assets of nearly Rs 1.5 crore which include ornaments and jewellery worth 15 lakh, cash of over Rs 16 lakh. Minister of State D Napolean has assets of nearly Rs 14 crore.

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