The Legislative Assembly of the state of islocated at the state capital of Raipur. This legislative body comprises of
91 Members of Legislative Assembly.
Out of 90 members, they are directly elected from single-seat constituencies and one of
the member is nominated from theAnglo-Indian community.
Unless it is dissolved, the term is 5 years. The three sections Budget, Monsoon,
Winter are included in the seating held in the assembly.
The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly came into existence when the state was created on1 November 2000. At Rajkumar College in Raipur, the first session of the legislative
assembly was held.
In the state assembly on March 14,2015, the tax free budget was announced for the year 2015-16. Dr. Singh, who holds the Finance
portfolio, presented the budget for the ninth time.
As compared to the last fiscal year’s expenditure, this year it is estimated to be 18 per cent higher. As a receipt from the coal block auction, the
additional resources of Rs 8,200 cr on account of the 14th Finance Commission devolution
will definitely increase the amount of state owned resources.
In the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha, the Chief Minister announced that the government had
earmarked a whopping Rs 10,676 cr for Agriculture and allied sector.
The amount of Rs 2,600 cr is being allotted to provide interest-free loan according to the farmers.
The budget has been emphasised on the development of youth, infrastructure
and industry.
To boost the investment in Chhattisgarh, the focus areas must be on infrastructure development
along with the implementation ofthe I.T. new policies.
The Chhattisgarh government aims to make Chhattisgarh the first state to provide the
sufficient opportunities for youth forthe skill development and creation
of job opportunities for theunemployed youths.