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The total assets of the country's sitting legislators amount to Rs 73,348 crore, which is more than the combined annual Budgets (2023-2024) of Nagaland (Rs 23,086 crore), Tripura (Rs 26,892 crore), and Meghalaya (Rs 22,022 crore), totaling around Rs 72,000 crore, according to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
ADR, a non-profit organisation working on electoral and political reforms, analysed the self-sworn affidavits of current MLAs.
The analysis covered 4,092 out of 4,123 MLAs across 28 assemblies and three Union Territories.
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