In India, politicians (primarily MPs and MLAs) are significantly wealthier than the average citizen, with their assets growing by leaps and bounds. For the Lok Sabha MPs the average assets amounted to @ Rs 46.34 crore and 93% of them are crorepatis. For the MLAs (as per the 2025 ADR analysis of 4,092 MLAs), average assets were @ Rs 17.92 crore (total assets 73,348 crore). The highest figure was seen in Andhra Pradesh (Rs 65 crore ), Karnataka (Rs 64 crore) and Maharashtra (Rs 43 crore). Politicians are often 150-200 times wealthier than the common man. In contrast the average Indian's per capita net income (2024-25) was approximately Rs 2.05 lakh annually ( ie.about Rs 17,000 per month) ; mind you, this is income, not net worth. Barring 8 % of the public servants who had generational wealth or were self made, the rest accumulated moolah while in office, but let's not even talk about corruption. No country has this level of income disparity or wealth distribution inequity. It does seem that the fastest way to get rich is to get elected as an MLA / MP.
