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Cricket legend 'Master Blaster' Sachin Tendulkar and Bollywood stars Jaya Bachchan and Mithun Chakraborty are among 87 Rajya Sabha members who have declared financial interests, as per Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). ADR has analysed declarations made by 211 sitting members of the Upper House in the register of members interest. Of these, 124 have declared that they have no commercial or financial interest. According to norms, declarations are made under five categories – remunerative directorship, regular remunerative activity, shareholding of a controlling nature, paid consultancy and professional engagement, it said. ADR is part of a nationwide campaign called National Election Watch (NEW) comprising more than 1200 NGOs.
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The highest amount received from 'professional engagements' has been declared by Sachin Tendulkar (Nominated) with total fees or remuneration received from professional engagements worth Rs 72.79 crore. (PTI)
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"Sachin Tnedulkar is followed by K T S Tulsi (Nominated) with Rs 19.13 crore and Mithun Chakraborty (AITC, West Bengal) with Rs 16.93 crore," the ADR report said.
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Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi has declared receiving remuneration worth Rs 82.33 crore under 'regular remunerated activity', it said, adding the information for the report was procured through RTI. "The highest amount received from regular remunerated activity has been declared by Abhishek Manu Singhvi (INC, Rajasthan) worth Rs 82.33 crore followed by Vijay Mallya (IND, Karnataka) with Rs 2.51 crore per annum and Yalamanchili Satyanarayana Chowdary (TDP, Andhra Pradesh) with Rs 1.68 crore as annual income," the report said. (Express Photo)
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United Breweries Holdings: Vjay Mallya-led United Breweries Holdings Ltd on Tuesday said it has been declared a “Willful Defaulter” by Punjab National Bank (PNB) and the company is consulting lawyers to challenge the decision. Punjab National Bank vide letter dated February 11, has declared the company a “Willful Defaulter”, United United Breweries Holdings Ltd (UBHL) said in a BSE filing, adding it received the letter on Monday. (Express photo) [16-02-2016]
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The highest value of benefits derived for all 'paid consultancy' has been declared by Ashok S Ganguly with Rs 36 lakh followed by Tulsi at Rs 27.50 lakh and Narendra Kumar Kashyap with Rs 10.53 lakh, it said. "Four MPs with assets more than Rs 100 crore have declared no pecuniary interests. These MPs are T Subbarami Reddy (INC, Andhra Pradesh) with Rs 422.44 crore worth total assets followed by Arun Jaitley (BJP, Gujarat) with Rs 120.06 crore, Karan Singh (INC, NCT of Delhi) with Rs 116.43 crore and Mayawati (BSP, Uttar Pradesh) with Rs 111.64 crore worth of total assets," the report said. Jaya Bachchan, Naresh Gujral, Vijay Goel, C P Thakur, Oscar Fernandes, Chandan Mitra, Nirmala Sitharaman, Sanjay Raut, Rekha and H K Dua are some other MPs who have declared pecuniary interests. (Express Photo)
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