RURAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTER

Recognizing Chhattisgarh’s contribution as a significant contributor in the

fast developing economy of the country, the fast developing state of

Chhattisgarh has been awarded for its exemplary work in the field of

finance. Under the evolving economy, Chhattisgarh has been awarded with

this inspiring award.

There has been sincere efforts by the Rural development Minister Ajay

Chandrakar thanked the people of the state for the honor. Chhattisgarh

being a new state has emerged as a fast developing state in last one decade.

The state has brought many changes in its policies and process and has

created a suitable environment for investors, industries and business.

Chhattisgarh has been ranked fourth in the recently released ‘Ease of

doing Business’ list of World Bank.

Chhattisgarh's budget has increased from 7328 crore in 2003-04 to 68,886

crore, while the average annual per capita income has increased from Rs

12,000 to Rs 64442.

As the newly developed state of Chhattisgarh is naturally gifted with

ample resources for the power production. It provides quality power

supply not only to all the regions in the state but also to several states.

Chhattisgarh has also entered the list of first three states with annual

per person electricity consumption of 1547 unit per. According to the

sincere efforts of Rural development minister Mr. Ajay Chandrakar

along with the cooperation of the people of Chhattisgarh.

Chhattisgarh has registered growth rate of 9 per cent in the last few

years which is higher than the national average and agricultural growth

rate of 6 per cent which is higher than the national growth rate.

Chhattisgarh has also been awarded with ‘Krishi Karman award’ thrice

by Government of India. A 452 km-long rail line at the cost of Rs 4 crore

50 lakh under PPP model and roads costing Rs 20 thousand crore have

been constructed in the state.

For more details, visit:

http://www.ajaychandrakar.com/