Rajeev Chandrasekhar's family assets decline from ₹65 cr to ₹36 cr in 5 years; ₹680 income in FY21-22

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and Information Technology in the outgoing Union government, on April 4 filed his nomination for the upcoming . 

is contesting from in Kerala, the seat held by senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for the last three terms. Tharoor filed his nomination on April 3 from the constituency for the fourth consecutive time in the Lok Sabha elections. 

Chandrasekhar owns assets worth ₹23.65 crore. If offshore assets are included, his total assets are worth ₹28.09 crore, according to the details in the affidavit. This includes movable assets worth ₹ 13.69 crore (including offshore assets) and immovable assets worth ₹14.4 crore.

In the affidavit filed in the 2018 Rajya Sabha elections, Chandrasekhar had declared which included his personal movable assets worth ₹27.98 crore and immovable assets worth ₹12. 96 crore. In 2018, he had declared movable assets worth ₹ 9.41 crore owned by his wife and ₹7.7 crore and ₹6.67 crore owned by two dependents. 

In the 2024 affidavit, Chandrasekhar has declared a taxable income of ₹ 680 for the financial year 2021-22, the post-COVID-19 year. Rajeev's taxable income has sharply declined from ₹ ₹10.83 crore in FY 2018-19 to nearly ₹5.59 Lakh in 2022-23, according to his affidavit.

In 2018-19, Rajeev's income was ₹10.83 crore. This was ₹4.48 crore in 2019-20, ₹17.5 lakh in 2020-21, ₹680 in 2021-22 and ₹5.59 lakh in 2022-23, according to the affidavit filed on April 4.

Chandrasekhar has no car but has declared a single vintage two-wheeler in his name. The 1942 model red Indian Scout was purchased by the Union Minister in 1994 at a cost of ₹10,000.

Chandrasekhar’s wife Anju Chandrasekhar