Archive · 2 Jan 2026
Bihar Ministers' Assets Reveal Wealth Disparities in 2025
In Bihar, India, all the ministers had to share how much money and property they have.
The leader, Nitish Kumar, has very little compared to others.
Two of his deputies have much more money, and some new ministers have a lot of wealth too.
Some ministers have lots of gold and big houses.
The government does this every year to make sure everyone is honest with their money.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar declared movable assets of Rs 17.66 lakh in 2025, a 4% increase from 2024.
Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha reported significantly higher assets than Nitish Kumar.
Finance Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav reported bank deposits of Rs 2.45 crore in 2025.
First-time minister Rama Nishad declared the largest family asset base, with combined immovable assets of Rs 25.8 crore.
BJP ministers collectively hold the highest cumulative asset value, exceeding Rs 70 crore.
- Who
- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his Cabinet colleagues
- What
- Asset declarations for 2025
- When
- Last evening of 2025
- Where
- Bihar, India
- Why
- To increase transparency in public governance and fight corruption
- Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's movable assets
- Rs 17.66 lakh
- Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary's movable assets
- Rs 1.03 crore
- Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha's movable assets
- Rs 1 crore
- Finance Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav's bank deposits
- Rs 2.45 crore
- Rama Nishad's family combined immovable assets
- Rs 25.8 crore
- BJP ministers' cumulative assets
- Over Rs 70 crore
- JD(U) ministers' cumulative assets
- Around Rs 40 crore
- Transparency initiative started
- 2011