At the rate of around Rs 40 lakh (Rs 4 million) for a bigha (0.62 acre), selling a couple of bighas can fetch one Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million).
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On the education details of the candidates, the survey said 669 have declared their education qualification to be between 5th pass and 12th pass, while 380 have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above, 29 have declared themselves to be simple literates and 7 have declared to be illiterate.
A total of 553 crorepatis are in the fray in the Tamil Nadu elections to be held this month, while 283 have declared criminal cases against themselves, a report said on Tuesday.
As the show comes out with its 14th edition on August 7, Sukanya Verma lists five big reasons for Kaun Banega Crorepati's enduring popularity.
"I haven't thought about how I should spend this money as yet. The first thing I will do, though, is build a house for my family," says Sushil.
27-year-old Sushil Kumar hails from Bihar.
In the newly elected Rajasthan Legislative assembly, 145 out of the 199 members of Legislative Assembly are crorepatis. In a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms, it is stated that the crorepati percentage in the Rajasthan Assembly is 73 per cent.
59 constituencies across 7 states and one Union Territory will go to polls in the seventh phase on May 19.
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Of the 258 candidates in the electoral fray in Manipur for the forthcoming assembly elections, only three have criminal charges registered against them. According to the Association for Democratic Reforms, which analyses the affidavits filed by candidates, only three face criminal charges. As many as 33 candidates contesting the assembly polls are crorepatis.
"Many people in my village, who thought I could not do anything, are in shock after I won the money," Babita Tade tells Rediff.com Contributor Mohnish Singh.
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The average asset of a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament is Rs 20.17 crore, says a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms. It also says that 67 per cent of Rajya Sabha MP's are crorepatis.
Could it be about clout? Given its size and influence, RIL doesn't need the media for that, notes Vanita Kohli-Khandekhar.
Rahat Taslim on winning Rs 1 crore prize on the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati.
'The contestants won't be able to hug him but Bachchan sir will be doing an 'elbow hi'. Physical distance hasn't disturbed the content.'
A latest survey by the Association for Democratic Reforms reveals that 14 criminals and 50 crorepatis will be contesting the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
As per the report, out of 612 candidates, 168 (27 per cent) are crorepatis.
The show entered its fifth season in August this year.
With the latest expansion of the Union Council of Ministers, the total number of crorepatis there has risen to 72, while the number of those with declared criminal cases is up at 24, a study said.
The analysis of five candidates could not be completed as their affidavits are either badly scanned or complete affidavits are not uploaded on the Election Commission of India website, they said.
The move came in view of a PIL filed in the Patna HC where concerns have been raised that some of these declarants could be engaged in routing their illegal funds.
'I lived the life of a rockstar for a couple of months.'
When he left his job in Calcutta to go to Bombay to become a film actor, Amitabh Bachchan took his driver's license along.
'I felt very, very good sitting on the hot seat. It's a different feeling altogether.'
An Association of Democratic Reforms report states that 161 out of 230 MLAs in the newly-formed Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha are crorepatis, while 73 MLAs have criminal cases filed against them.
Becoming a crorepati should not be the ultimate aim of your investment. You should invest with the aim of creating wealth in the long-term believes financial planning expert Vetapalem Sridhar.
Out of the 150 candidates analysed in Delhi, where Lok Sabha elections will be held on April 10, 23 candidates (15 per cent) have declared cases against themselves.
83 MLAs from the BJP, 11 from the SP, four from the BSP, one from the Congress and three Independents have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
The episode in which Patil won, will be aired on October 20 on Sony channel.
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The ten richest among the 199 candidates in fray in the first phase of polling for Jharkhand assembly belong to Palamau division, according to an NGO involved in election watch.
The court's order came on a lawsuit by the veteran actor alleging exploitation of his "publicity rights as a celebrity" by several individuals, including the person behind a "KBC lottery" to scam the public.
Bachchan is currently shooting Kaun Banega Crorepati, and wonders if KBC will see a hiatus till he recovers.
Of the 142 candidates contesting in the 2013 Mizoram assembly elections, only three candidates have registered criminal cases against them. Two of them are facing serious criminal charges.
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