08 June,2011 07:40 AM IST | | Agencies
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked ministers to declare their assets as also those of their spouses and dependents along with any business interests, as per the annual exercise.
The ministers have been asked to furnish the details by August 31 in accordance with the code of conduct for ministers.
"I have been directed by the Prime Minister to apprise you of the declarations required to be made by a member of the Union Council of Ministers in accordance with the code of conduct for ministers...," Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrasekhar has said in a June 2 letter to ministers.
"In this connection I am to inform you that in terms of the code of conduct details in respect of assets, liabilities business interests conduct and management of any other business and employment of spouse and dependents under a foreign government or organisation are required to be disclosed by the members of the Union Council of Ministers," he said.
