All eyes are on Raipur’s assembly where the 2026-27 Chhattisgarh budget drops today at 12:30 PM, presented by Finance Minister OP Chaudhary. This third budget under CM Vishnu Dev Sai spotlights high-speed development, infrastructure fortification, and broad-based growth for all.
Session underway since February 23, it channels national priorities from Modi and Shah into a security-growth hybrid model. Bastar and nearby zones may receive bumper funding for transport networks, communication upgrades, educational hubs, health infrastructure, and vocational opportunities.
Innovation hubs via startups and MSMEs, youth skilling for jobs, and Raipur’s metamorphosis into a metro powerhouse are buzzworthy prospects. Village economies stand to gain from turbocharged panchayat schemes.
Governance excellence, investment magnets, and supercharged aid for the vulnerable form the triad. CM Sai’s X post frames it as ‘from good governance to prosperity,’ fueling Viksit Bharat 2047 with emphasis on key demographics: farmers, poor, young, women, tribals.
Sai vows this will cement self-reliance and usher prosperity waves. Building on 2025-26’s Rs 1.65 lakh crore (vs. prior Rs 1.47 lakh crore), the session debates finances February 25-27, pauses till March 8, ends March 20.
Stakeholders anticipate a transformative budget, extending gains from hinterlands to urban cores, solidifying Chhattisgarh’s rise.