Bhupesh Baghel presents Rs 95,650-crore budget for Chhattisgarh
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday presented a Rs 95,650-crore budget, without any new tax proposals, for fiscal 2020-21 in the Legislative Assembly here. Among other things, he announced a new scheme, `Rajiv Gandhi Kisaan Nyay Yojana’, to provide good returns to farmers for agricultural produce with a provision of Rs 5,100 crore. […]
Chhattisgarh: Bhupesh Baghel assigns portfolios; keeps finance, gives home to Tamradhwaj Sahu
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday assigned portfolios to his Cabinet colleagues, keeping finance and mining with himself and giving the crucial home department to senior leader Tamradhwaj Sahu. The newly-appointed ministers, who took oath early this week, have been allocated portfolios, a government public relation officer in Raipur said. Besides finance and […]
After Kamal Nath, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister announces Rs 61 billion farm loan waiver
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday announced that his government will waive short-term agricultural loans of farmers, fulfilling a promise made by the Congress ahead of the just concluded state assembly polls. Short-term agriculture loans to the tune of over Rs. 6,100 crore of over 16.65 lakh farmers drawn from cooperative banks and […]
Bhupesh Baghel is new Chhattisgarh chief minister
NEW DELHI: Chhattisgarh Congress chief Bhupesh Baghel was Sunday appointed the new chief minister of state after days of intense deliberations with top party leadership headed by Rahul Gandhi. The announcement was made by the Congress on its official Twitter handle even when the meeting of the Legislature Party was on in Raipur. The party […]
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh resigns as Congress set to form government
NEW DELHI: The Congress forming the next government in Chhattisgarh became a mere formality Tuesday as chief minister Raman Singh of BJP resigned, after his party’s disappointing performance in the state Assembly polls. Congress is leading in 64, while BJP was relegated to a distant second spot with 18 seats, as per the latest trends […]