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Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of current Ministers in State Assemblies and Union Territories across India. A total of 609 ministers out of 620 have been analysed across 29 State Assemblies and 2 Union Territories.

Out of the 609 ministers analysed from State assemblies, 210 (34%) ministers have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of the 78 Union council of ministers analysed, 24 (31%) have declared criminal cases against themselves.

113 (19%) ministers from State assemblies have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women etc. Out of the 78 ministers analysed from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, 14 (18%) have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

According to a release by ADR, 9 (82%) out of 11 ministers from Jharkhand, 4 (57%) out of 7 ministers from Delhi, 9 (53%) out of 17 ministers from Telangana, 18 (46%) out of 39 ministers from Maharashtra, 11(39%) out of 28 ministers from Bihar, and 2 (25%) out of 8 ministers from Uttarakhand have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their self-sworn affidavits.

Seven ministers from State Assemblies have declared cases related to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302). Six ministers have declared cases related to communal violence (Indian Penal Code Sections-153A, 295 and 295A).

Meanwhile, the average of assets per minister from state assemblies is Rs. 8.59 crores. As compared to this, the average assets of the Union Council of Ministers is Rs.12.94 crores.

 The average assets of ministers with declared criminal cases is Rs.9.52 crores. As compared to this, the average assets of ministers with no criminal cases is Rs. 8.10 crores.

The state with the highest average assets per minister is Andhra Pradesh (20 ministers) with average assets of Rs. 45.49 crores, followed by Karnataka (31 ministers) with average assets ofRs. 36.96 crores and Arunachal Pradesh (7 ministers) with average assets of Rs. 32.62 crores.  

The state with the lowest average assets of ministers is Tripura (12 ministers) with average assets ofRs. 31.67 lakhs, followed by Kerala(19 ministers) with average assets of Rs. 78.72 lakhs and Manipur (11 ministers) with average assets ofRs. 83.92 lakhs. Out of the 609 ministers analysed from State Assemblies, 462 (76%) are crorepatis. 

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