Thursday, January 6, 2011

Bihar Ministers Decalre Assets

All 30 ministers in Bihar have submitted the details of their assets to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, after he asked his cabinet colleagues to place records of their properties. Its available here: http://gov.bih.nic.in/Scripts/DocList.asp
In a bid to weed out corruption, Kumar had asked his ministerial colleagues earlier this month to submit the details of assets that they possess by today so that the records can be put on the websites for public. Circulars were issued to officials, including IAS and IPS cadre, besides other public servants from Grade I to Grade III ranks to declare their assets, official sources said. The details of assets owned by Chief Minister would also be placed on the government's websites.

The ministers who declared their assets include Road Construction Minister N K Yadav, Urban Development Minister Prem Kumar, Cooperative Minister Ramadhar Singh, Animal and Fishery Resources Minister Giriraj Singh, Arts and Culture Minister Sukhda Pandey, Health Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey, PHED Minister Chandramohan Rai, Mines and Geology Minister S N Arya, Labour Resources Minister Janardan Singh Sigriwal and Tourism Minister Sunil Kumar Pintoo (all from BJP).

The JD(U) Ministers who declared their assets, include P K Sahi (HRD Minister), Vijendra Yadav (Energy Minister), Vijay Choudhary (Water Resources Minister), Brishen Patel (Transport Minister), Hari Prasad Sah (Panchayati Raj), Ramai Ram (Land Reforms and Revnue), Bhim Singh (Rural works Minister), Nitish Mishra (Rural Development Department), Praveen Amanullah (Social Welfare Minister), Jitan Ram Manjhi (SC welfare Minister) and Shyam Rajak (Food and consumer affairs).

Other Ministers from JD(U) are Renu Kushwaha (Industry Minister), Narendra Narayan Yadav (Law Minister), Gautam Singh (Science and techonology Minister), Damodar Rawat (Minister for Building construction and Housing), Sahid Ali Khan (Minority Welfare Minister), Awadhesh Prasad Kushwaha (Sugar Cane Industry and Minor irrigation).

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