Modi has just Rs.4,700 cash

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has Rs 4,700 cash in hand, Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda owns a gun and a revolver while Ramvilas Paswan’s wife runs a petrol pump in Delhi, according to their latest declaration of assets.

HRD Minister Smriti Irani’s husband Zubin owns a fibreglass boat while Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju, a scion of Vizayanagram royal family, still has a 1982 model jeep and a Nano car. Raju’s deputy Mahesh Sharma, however, has a Prado and Lancer, both high-end four-wheelers.

Though assets of



all ministers as on March 31, 2015, have not been uploaded in the official website of the Prime Minister, available documents make an interesting read.

Modi’s assets have grown to Rs 1.41 crore mainly due to appreciation of a residential property he owns in Gandhinagar. His investments include National Savings Certificates worth about Rs 5.45 lakh and life insurance policies worth Rs 1.99 lakh.

The prime minister also owns four gold rings weighing 45 grams and valued at Rs 1.18 lakh. He had listed Rs 1.21 lakh as its value in August 2014.