Chandrababu Naidu from Andhra Pradesh is the richest Prime Minister of India, with a declared net worth of ₹931 crore. The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief is followed by Pema Khandu of Arunachal Pradesh, who has a net worth of ₹332 crores. At number three in the list of richest Prime Ministers of India is Siddaramaiah from Karnataka, who has a net worth of ₹51 crores.
Mamata Banerjee of West Bengal has declared the assets of the poorest chief ministers ₹15 lakhs. The TMC chief is followed by Omar Abdullah from Jammu and Kashmir, who has a declared wealth of ₹55 lakh, and Pinarayi Vijayan from Kerala, who is worth assets ₹1 crore.
So the gap between the net worth of the richest (Naidu) and the poorest (Banerjee) prime ministers in India is close ₹930 crores.
The details were released by the election watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) in a report on December 30. The ADR and the National Election Watch (NEW) analyzed the self-sworn affidavits of all 31 current chief ministers in state assemblies and Union Territories in all parts of the country. the country to prepare the report. The details are taken from affidavits filed by chief ministers ahead of their last elections.
₹52.59 average assets of CMs
According to the report, the average wealth per chief minister of state assemblies and union territories is ₹52.59 crore.
While India's net national income per capita (or NNI) was approx ₹ 1,85,854 for 2023-2024, the average personal income of a Prime Minister is ₹ 13,64,310, about 7.3 times the average per capita income of India.
The total assets of 31 chief ministers are worth mentioning ₹1,630 crores.
It also said that 13 (42 percent) chief ministers have declared criminal cases against themselves, while 10 (32 percent) have declared serious criminal cases, including cases related to attempt to murder, kidnapping, bribery and criminal intimidation.
Chandrababu Naidu is the richest Prime Minister of India with a declared net worth of ₹931 crore.
Only two of the 31 chief ministers are women: Mamata Banerjee from West Bengal and Atishi from Delhi.