Union IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar declares Rs 680 taxable income for FY 2021-22 in poll affidavit

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Indian IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar declared his taxable income as Rs 680 for the post-Covid financial year 2021-22..

Interestingly, Chandrasekhar's taxable income has sharply declined from Rs 10.8 crore in FY 2018-19 to nearly Rs 5.6 lakh in 2022-23..

Over the last five financial years, he declared incomes of Rs 10.8 crore in 2018-19, Rs 4.5 crore in 2019-20, Rs 17.5 lakh in 2020-21, Rs 680 in 2021-22, and Rs 5.59 lakh in 2022-23...

This includes Rs 10.38 crore in bank deposits, negative assets of Rs 45.7 crore in bonds, Rs 2,500 in NSC, Rs 41.2 crore in personal loans, a scooter valued at Rs 10,000, jewelry worth Rs 3.35 lakh, and other assets totaling Rs 5 lakh..

Shashi Tharoor submitted his nomination on Wednesday from the Thiruvananthapuram constituency, marking his fourth consecutive bid in the Lok Sabha elections..