Author: PTI
Publication: First Post
Date: June 9, 2011
URL: http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/ramdevs-empire-worth-over-rs-1100-crore-23148.html?utm_source=ibnlive.com&utm_medium=RHS-Widget
Yoga guru Ramdev today made public details
of his business empire worth over Rs 1,100 crore and claimed that everything
was in order.
On his sixth day of fast, Ramdev addressed
a press conference here during which his close aide Balakrishna said that
the capital involving the four trusts run by him totalled Rs 426.19 crore
while the expenditure incurred on them amounted to Rs 751.02 crore.
"We believe in transparency in work and
in financial matters. There is proper audit of all our firms and companies.
As per rules, government renews our trusts
after every two years only when our audits are clean. What has come and what
has gone, who has given it and how was it spent, is all maintained,"
Balakrishna said.
The move to make public assets followed questions
raised by Digvijay Singh and other Congress leaders who wanted a thorough
probe into the source of the wealth acquired by Ramdev in the last five years.
Balakrishna, however, did not give details
of the companies associated with Ramdev, saying it can be obtained from Registrar
of Companies under the RTI Act.
"We pay tax as per government norms.
TDS is deducted. We follow all rules. Details of all out associate companies
can be taken from Registrar of Companies and from the government under the
RTI Act.
Tax details and balance sheets of trusts have
been put on the web site," he said.
While Divya Yoga Mandir trust has a capital
of Rs 249.63 crore, Patanjali Yoga Peeth trust has Rs 164.80 crore, Bharat
Swabhiman trust has Rs 9.97 crore and Acharyakul Shiksha Sansthan has Rs 1.79
crore - all totalling Rs 426.19 crore.
The expenditure outlined for these trusts
since their inception came to Rs 751.02 crore.
