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Raipur, March 03, 2025: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai praised the state budget presented by Finance Minister OP Choudhary today and said that with this budget, the state will take a new flight to fulfil its dreams with new resolutions.
This budget will accelerate the development of Chhattisgarh. The budget has been prepared keeping in mind the future needs on infrastructure sector while meeting the current requirements to make it a developed state, Chief Minister Sai said.
A solid foundation has been laid to prepare Chhattisgarh as an industrial hub and IT hub, along with measures to improve the “agricultural economy”, he said.
Reacting to the budget 2025-26, presented in the State Assembly today on the second year of his government, the Chief Minister said that under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, they have set a target to make Chhattisgarh a developed state. For this, it is very important that the economy be prepared accordingly, he said adding the entire focus of the budget is on this aspect.
“We had inherited a legacy of bad treasury and bad governance in the state. We have re-started public welfare works in the state with balanced use of budget, while improving administrative systems along with fiscal reforms. Now development in Chhattisgarh is on track and the triple engine government is giving it a rapid pace. This pace will increase further with the budget provisions,” Sai said.
In the last budget, the path of inclusive development was prepared in accordance with the concept of developed India and the state’s focus was on GYAN or Garib, Yuva, Annadata Nari Shakti (poor, youth, farmers and women), the Chief Minister said.
“The way we implemented innovative schemes for them, it gave effective results. This time the theme of the budget is “GYAN ke liye GATI” (speed for knowledge), which is in line with the goals of our triple engine government,” he said.
By GATI speed means Good governance, Accelerating infrastructure, maximum use of Technology and rapid growth in Industrial development. “We will fulfil all these criteria, the Chief Minister said.
The BJP government has big dreams in mind for the overall development of Chhattisgarh and they have also prepared a strategy to fulfil them. To fulfil these, the triple engine government will work at full speed, he said.
On this occasion, the Chief Minister also remembered former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, the founder of Chhattisgarh state. Sai said that the state is celebrating his birth centenary year as Atal Nirman Year.
Vajpayee wanted to see Chhattisgarh in the category of a developed state, the Chief Minister said adding “We have laid a solid foundation to fulfil his dreams”.
Chhattisgarh requires such infrastructure that of a developed industrial state. For this, special provisions have been made in the budget. There will be a survey of Raipur-Durg Metro service. New industrial parks are being established. A budget of Rs 700 crore has been kept for this. Rivers like Mahanadi-Indravati and Kodar-Sikasar will be connected. Investment will be made in agriculture. A budget provision of Rs 1500 crore has been made for new irrigation projects also, he said.
In the budget, arrangements have been made for new hospitals, modern schools and adequate staff in them to save human resources.
Also to meet the requirements of the new industrial policy of the state, 12 new engineering colleges and 12 polytechnic colleges will be started. Industrial subsidy support of Rs 700 crore has been kept for new business and startups, he said.
This time the capital expenditure has been kept at more than Rs 26 thousand crore, which is 18 per cent of the budget compared to last year, the Chief Minister said adding investment made in capital expenditure gives manifold returns.
He said that the budget is inclusive and has been prepared according to the motto of the state Government of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas”.
Sai said that in accordance with the ideals of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, the state has made special budget provisions for the welfare of Antyodaya (underprivileged) and for their overall development.
Along with budget provisions for the schemes started in the last budget for poor, youth, farmers and women and tribal development, new schemes for their development have also been started in this budget.
The Chief Minister said that with this budget, our state will take a new flight to fulfil its dreams with new resolutions.
