Union Ministers asked to send details of their assets to PM

Union Ministers have been asked to submit their annual accounts of assets and liabilities to the Prime Minister.

In a letter addressed to all Union Ministers,Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar has asked them to submit “annual accounts of assets and liabilities” to the Prime Minister.

The recent letter refers to a Home Ministry “Code of Conduct” under which the ministers have to submit their details.

The Code of Conduct states that “a person immediately after entering office as a minister,and in any case within a period of two months from the date of assumption of office,shall disclose