Phase 8: Lok Sabha Elections 2014
Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Candidates
National Election Watch (NEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 890 candidates out of 897 candidates who are contesting in the Phase 8 of Lok Sabha 2014 Elections. The rest of the candidates were not analysed due to unclear/incomplete affidavits uploaded on the ECI website at the time of making of this report.
Please find the following reports attached with the mail;
- Analysis of criminal, financial and other background details of candidates contesting in Phase 8 of Lok Sabha elections 2014
- Consolidated analysis of criminal, financial and other background details of candidates from Phase 1 to Phase 8 Lok Sabha elections 2014
Phase 8
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S.No.
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State
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No. of Candidates Constesting
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No. of Candidates analysed
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Constituencies
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No. of Candidates with Criminal Cases
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% of Candidates with Criminal Cases
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No. of Crorepati Candidates
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% of Crorepati Candidates
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Date of Poll
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1
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Andhra Pradesh
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333
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328
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25
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57
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17%
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112
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34%
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7thMay, 2014
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2
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Bihar
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118
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118
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7
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37
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31%
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36
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31%
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3
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Himachal Pradesh
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38
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38
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4
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9
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24%
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14
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37%
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4
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Jammu and Kashmir
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19
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19
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2
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0
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0%
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8
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42%
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5
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Uttar Pradesh
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243
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241
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15
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52
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22%
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72
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30%
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6
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West Bengal
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72
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72
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6
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15
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21%
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6
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8%
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7
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Uttarakhand
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74
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74
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5
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7
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9%
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24
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32%
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Total
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897
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890
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64
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177
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20%
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272
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31%
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Criminal Background
- Candidates with Criminal Cases:Out of the 890 candidates analysed, 177 (20%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves
- Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases:125 (14%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, communal disharmony, electoral violations, crimes against women
- Candidates with cases related to murder: 9 candidates have declared cases related to murder.
- Candidates with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 32 candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder.
- Candidate with rape charges: Pawan Pandey of BSP from Sultanpur constituency has declared rape charges against himself.
- Candidates with cases related to Crimes against Women: 8 candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women.
- Candidates with cases related to Communal Disharmony: 5 candidates have declared cases related to Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony (IPC section-153A). 1 candidate has declared a case related to Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs (IPC section-295A) and 2 candidates have declared cases related to Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class (IPC section-295). *A candidate may have declared more than one IPC related to communal disharmony.
- Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases:13 (22%) out of 58 candidates from INC, 14 (35%) out of 40 candidates from BJP, 10 (23%)out of 43 candidates from AAP, 21 (35%) out of 60 candidates fielded by BSP and 26 (9%) out of 292 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits
- Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 10 (17%) out of 58 candidates from INC, 11 (28%) out of 40 candidates from BJP, 6 (14%) out of 43 candidates from AAP, 16 (27%) out of 60 candidates fielded by BSP and 15 (5%) out of 292 Independent candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
- Red Alert Constituencies: 34 constituencies have at least 3 candidates with declared criminal cases. Muzaffarpur constituency, Biharhas the highest number of contesting candidates i.e. 7 with criminal cases against them.
Financial Background
- Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 890 candidates analysed, 272 (31%) are crorepatis.
- Party-wise Crorepati Candidates: 44 (76%) out of 58 candidates in INC, 28 (70%) out of 40 candidates in BJP, 19 (44%) out of 43 candidates in AAP, 22 (37%) out of 60 candidates in BSP and 41 (14%) out of 292 Independent candidates have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.
- Average Assets: The average assets per candidate contesting in the 8th phase of Lok Sabha 2014 elections is Rs.5.90 crores.
- Party-wise Average Assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 58 INC candidates is Rs 12.91 crores, 40 BJPcandidates have average assets of Rs.17.32 crores, 43 AAP candidates have average assets worth of Rs.1.74 crores and 60 BSPcandidates have average assets of Rs. 2.61 crores.
- Party-wise Asset Rank: 43 (74%) out of 58 INC candidates occupy the top three highest assets positions amongst all the contesting candidates in their respective constituencies. Similarly, 22 (55%) out of 40 BJP candidates, 16 (27%) out of 60 BSP candidates and 7 (16%)out of 43 AAP candidates occupy the top three highest assets positions in their constituency.
Note: The following graph analyses the number of candidates fielded by political parties who have declared either the highest total assets in their constituency (among the candidates analysed for the constituency), or the second highest or the third highest.
- High Asset Candidates*: 16 candidates have declared more than Rs.50 crores worth of assets. The top three candidates with highest assets are given below:*Total Assets includes income of self, spouse and dependents.S.No.NameStateConstituencyParty NameMovable Assets (Rs)Immovable Assets (Rs)Total Assets (Rs)PAN Given1Jayadev GallaAndhra PradeshGunturTDP5,92,12,78,67190,93,02,6906,83,05,81,361
683 Crore+Y2Ayodhya Rami Reddy AllaAndhra PradeshNarasaraopetYSRCP6,48,70,29,7565,63,52,0006,54,33,81,756
654 Crore+Y3Gokaraju Ganga RajuAndhra PradeshNarsapuramBJP2,21,78,33,67066,57,33,4522,88,35,67,122
288 Crore+Y
- Low Asset Candidates: A total of 44 candidates have declared assets less than Rs. 50 thousand (excluding candidates who have declared zero assets). The three candidates with lowest assets are as follows:
S.No.
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Name
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State
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Constituency
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Party Name
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Total Assets (Rs)
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PAN Given
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1
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Malyadri Ravulakollu
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Andhra Pradesh
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Nellore
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IND
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500
5 Hund+ |
N
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2
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Rajib Mudi
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West Bengal
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Jhargram
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SUCI(C)
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650
6 Hund+ |
Y
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3
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Ashish Kumar
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Himachal Pradesh
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Hamirpur
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IND
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900
9 Hund+ |
N
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- Candidates with High Liabilities: A total of 47 candidates have declared liabilities of more than Rs. 1 crore. Out of these 47 candidates, 12 have declared liabilities of Rs. 10 crore and above.
- Crorepati Candidates with no PAN: 17 candidates with total assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore have declared no PAN details.
- Candidates with High Income*:24 candidates have declared total annual income of more than Rs. 1 crore. The top three candidates with highest declared annual income are given below:
Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents
S.No.
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Name
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Party Name
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Constituency
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Total Assets
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The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by candidate
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Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent)
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Self income shown by candidate in ITR
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1
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Jayadev Galla
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TDP
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Guntur
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6,83,05,81,361
683 Crore+
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2012-2013
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16,85,54,700
16 Crore+
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16,30,91,770
16 Crore+
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2
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Saket Bahuguna
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INC
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Tehri Garhwal
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22,57,29,228
22 Crore+
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2012-2013
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10,06,09,119
10 Crore+
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9,82,77,256
9 Crore+
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3
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Yarram Venkata Subbareddy
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YSRCP
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Ongole
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73,54,51,548
73 Crore+
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2012-2013
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5,41,12,840
5 Crore+
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5,40,91,340
5 Crore+
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- Candidates who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 483 (54%) candidates out of 890 analyzed have not declared income tax details.* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns
- Candidates with High Assets who have not declared Income Tax Details: 37 candidates with assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore, have not declared Income Tax Details.
*Sonam Kinnar an Independent candidate from Amethi Constituency has declared to be from the third gender
Consolidated Analysis of Criminal Background and Financial details of Candidates
Phase 1 to Phase 8
National Election Watch (NEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 7562 candidates out of 7624 candidates who have contested/contesting in Phase 1 to Phase 8 of Lok Sabha 2014 Elections. The rest of the candidates were not analysed due to unclear/incomplete affidavits available on the ECI website at the time of making this report. The following is a consolidated summary of the same.
Phase
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No. of contesting candidates
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No. of Candidates analysed
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No. of Constituencies
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No. of Candidates with Criminal Cases
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% of Candidates with Criminal Cases
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No. of Crorepati Candidates
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% of Crorepati Candidates
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Average Assets
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Date of Poll (2014)
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1
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64
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64
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6
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6
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9%
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16
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25%
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Rs.5.75 crores
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7thApril
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2
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37
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37
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7
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1
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3%
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23
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62%
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Rs.9.12 crores
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9thApril
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