On September 9, 2010, the Prime Minister’s Office released data relating to assets and wealth of ministers in the Manmohan Singh government on an application filed by RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal.
Mr. Agrawal sought the information as far back as January 2009.

The PMO initially invoked confidentiality between the Prime Minister and his Council of Ministers. After the PMO was overruled by the Central Information Commission, the Union Cabinet decided to release the details of assets and wealth which are filed annually by the ministers.