All nine ministers who took oath on Monday in the Goa cabinet are crorepatis, of them 44 per cent have declared criminal cases against themselves, while 33 per cent have declared serious criminal cases. This information has been given in an analysis released on Tuesday.

Goa Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms have analyzed the self-appointed affidavits of all nine ministers, including the chief minister.

The analysis said that four (44 per cent) ministers have declared criminal cases against themselves while three (33 per cent) ministers have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

Not only are all nine ministers millionaires, the average asset size is Rs 19.49 crore, the analysis said, adding that “the minister with the highest declared net worth is Atanasio Monserrate from Panaji constituency, who has Rs 48.48 crore” and the “lowest declared” Minister Govind Shepu Gowde with assets worth Rs 2.67 crore from Priyol constituency with total assets.

Of the nine ministers, eight have declared liabilities, of which the minister with the highest liabilities is Nilesh Cabral of the Khacharam constituency, with a liability of Rs 11.97 crore.

Two ministers (22 per cent) have declared their educational qualification as class 12th, while four (44 per cent) ministers have declared graduation or above, while three ministers are diploma holders.

Five ministers (56 per cent) are between 41 and 50 years of age, while four (44 per cent) are 51 and above.

There is no woman minister in the cabinet. This time Goa has chosen three women out of 40 MLAs.