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Raipur · Central
Chief Minister
BJP · in office since 2023
Declared figures from the ECI election affidavit (2023), via MyNeta/ADR — as declared, not verified. Bars are the original publisher's 0–100 mappings (education mapping; legal: 100 − serious×18 − other×10) — theirs, not ours.
These 0–100 ratings are the original publisher's own, quoted here with their methodology. Audit India computes no score — the same way we carry UNDP's HDI as UNDP's number.
Transparency
38/ 100
the original publisher
4 CAG findings: 2 critical (NHM — IMR 41 and 58-62% PHC/ANM vacancy — the worst health infrastructure gap in any large state; MGNREGS — Maoist veto on worksites and ₹380 Cr wages paid for inaccessible/non-existent work) and 2 major (PMAYG — ₹920 Cr to non-constructing Bastar beneficiaries; Samagra Shiksha — 52 schools used as police camps). The incoming BJP government (December 2023) commissioned these audits primarily against the Congress 2018-23 tenure. The Naxal governance failure permeates every finding — making CG's challenges partially a security/sovereignty constraint rather than purely a government performance failure. Nonetheless, ₹380 Cr MGNREGS fraud in inaccessible areas indicates administrative corruption alongside the security constraint.
Officials' Legal Integrity
98/ 100
the original publisher
10 unique officials counted (Governor excluded). CM Vishnu Deo Sai: 0 → 100; Speaker Raman Singh: 0 → 100; O.P. Choudhary: 0 → 100; Ram Vichar Netam: 0 → 100; Kedar Kashyap: 0 → 100; Arun Sao: 0 → 100; Vijay Sharma: 0 → 100; Brijmohan Agarwal: 1 case → 75; Shyam Bihari Jaiswal: 0 → 100; (10th) Rajesh Munat (PWD): 0 → 100. Average: (100+100+100+100+100+100+100+75+100+100) ÷ 10 = 975 ÷ 10 = 97.5, rounded to 98. The BJP cabinet — formed December 2023 after 5 years of Congress — brings ex-IAS Finance Minister O.P. Choudhary (IIT+IAS background) and tribal CM Vishnu Deo Sai (India's first ST CM of CG). The one pending case is minor.
Governance
52/ 100
the original publisher
Composite: indicators avg (46/100) × 50% + Transparency (38/100) × 25% + Integrity (98/100) × 25% = 23 + 9.5 + 24.5 = 57; adjusted down to 52 to reflect: (1) Chhattisgarh has India's most severe Naxal governance gap — 7 entire districts where elected government effectively does not reach the population; health, education, housing and MGNREGS services are all critically impaired in the Bastar division; (2) IMR of 41 — India's highest for large states — is a 25-year governance failure that reflects neither party's success in delivering basic health infrastructure to the tribal belt; (3) India's highest tribal sickle cell burden with only 24% newborn screening.
The 0–100 rings are the original publisher's category scores, in their colour bands — theirs, not ours.
These statistics were carried over from the original publisher, which produced them with a language model rather than compiling them from the publications named beside them. We removed 38 whose figures were absent from the source they credit, and confirmed 45 against theirs. The rest name a publication we have not been able to check them against — read them as the original publisher's figures, not as verified fact.
Figures below are as declared by each individual in their own ECI or Rajya Sabha affidavit. We report them; we do not score them. The small bars under education are the original publisher's 0–100 mapping of the declared qualification — their construct, not a measurement of ours.
| Name | Office | Party · since | Declared cases | Declared qualification | Affidavit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VDVishnu Deo Sai | Chief Minister | | 0 | 10th Pass | 2023 |
| RDRamen Deka | Governor | — | — | — | — |
| RSRaman Singh | Speaker, Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | | 0 | Graduate Professional | 2023 |
| OCO.P. Choudhary | Minister for Finance, Industrial Policy & Investment Promotion | | 5 | Graduate | 2023 |
| RVRam Vichar Netam | Minister for Agriculture, Forest & Rural Development | | 0 | 10th Pass | 2023 |
| KKKedar Kashyap | Minister for Forest, Climate Change & Environment | | 0 | Post Graduate | 2023 |
| ASArun Sao | Deputy Chief Minister & Minister for Panchayati Raj, Urban Administration | | 0 | Graduate Professional | 2023 |
| VSVijay Sharma | Deputy Chief Minister & Minister for Housing, Water Resources | | 7 | Post Graduate | 2023 |
| SBShyam Bihari Jaiswal | Minister for Health, Food & Civil Supplies | | 0 | Post Graduate | 2023 |
Findings from CAG audit reports on schemes as they ran in this state, quoted with their report references. We add no grade of our own.
NHM — National Health Mission, Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh's NHM programme confronts a unique triple burden: India's highest IMR for large states (41/1,000), the heaviest sickle cell anaemia burden nationally (12-15% carrier frequency in Gondi and Baiga tribes), and malaria incidence of 4.2 lakh cases in 2023-24 — with the Bastar division accounting for 30% of India's total P. vivax and P. falciparum malaria. CAG found PHC doctor vacancy at 58% in 12 Bastar and Sarguja division districts. Sub-health centre ANM vacancy was 62% in these districts — the highest rates documented in any Indian state's NHM audit this cycle. In 6 Bastar CHCs (Community Health Centres), even basic surgical procedures (C-section, appendicitis) could not be performed due to absence of surgeons. Sickle cell newborn screening reached only 24% of tribal births — below both Odisha (38%) and Jharkhand (28%).
What the audit measured
IMR 41 (India's highest for large states); PHC doctor vacancy 58% in Naxal districts; ANM vacancy 62%; 4.2 lakh malaria cases (30% of India); sickle cell screening 24% of tribal births; 6 CHCs unable to perform emergency surgery.
MGNREGS — Rural Employment, Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh's MGNREGS — with 88 lakh job-card holders — is the primary safety net for the tribal belt that overlaps with India's highest Naxal activity. The 100-day guarantee was delivered to only 22.4% of demanding households. CAG found the most striking structural failure: in 7 Bastar division districts (Sukma, Bijapur, Dantewada, Narayanpur, Kanker, Kondagaon, Bastar), MGNREGS worksites were ordered avoided by CPI(Maoist) — who regard MGNREGS as "State-provided employment to counter revolutionary consciousness." 1.4 lakh job-card holders in these districts were unable to access MGNREGS for 4-9 months during "Maoist veto periods" in 2022-23. Despite this, ₹380 crore in wages were paid for work recorded as completed in these very areas — suggesting systematic misreporting by village-level functionaries.
What the audit measured
22.4% 100-day delivery; 7 Bastar districts: Maoist veto on MGNREGS (1.4 lakh holders unable to access 4-9 months); ₹380 Cr wages paid for reported work in inaccessible Maoist-vetoed areas; 88 lakh job-card holders.
PMAY-Gramin — Rural Housing, Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh's PMAYG — with 13.8 lakh sanctioned houses — faces the same FRA-title deadlock as Jharkhand, compounded by the Naxal security environment. CAG found 4.2 lakh tribal beneficiaries blocked by missing FRA land titles. In 7 Bastar districts, 62% of sanctioned houses were incomplete — contractors refused to work in Maoist-affected zones and beneficiaries could not self-construct due to security restrictions. Despite this, ₹920 crore of installments were disbursed to beneficiaries in the 7 districts — for construction that has not occurred. In tribal areas outside the Naxal zone (Sarguja, Korba, Bilaspur), completion rates were better at 72% but construction quality failures were documented in 34% of completed houses (inadequate foundation, no rain-proof roofing for CG's heavy monsoon).
What the audit measured
4.2 lakh tribal beneficiaries blocked by FRA title; 62% incomplete in 7 Bastar districts; ₹920 Cr disbursed for non-existent construction; 34% construction quality failures in non-Naxal zone completed houses.
Samagra Shiksha — School Education, Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh has 230 Ashram Vidyalayas (residential tribal schools) and 155 Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) serving 3.2 lakh tribal students — one of India's largest tribal residential school networks. However, CAG found: 58% teacher vacancy in Ashram Vidyalayas in Bastar division; 52 schools in Bastar had been vacated and used as CRPF/Police force camps (disrupting education for 8,400 students); ₹340 crore in EMRS construction was incomplete after 5 years; and the Chhattisgarhi language curriculum (adopted 2012 for Class 1-3 in tribal areas) was found in only 38% of the sampled tribal schools' classrooms. ASER 2023 documents Grade 5 reading at 32% in Bastar division — lowest for any comparable region in India.
What the audit measured
58% teacher vacancy in Ashram Vidyalayas (Bastar); 52 schools used as CRPF camps (8,400 students displaced); ₹340 Cr EMRS construction incomplete 5 years; Chhattisgarhi curriculum in only 38% of schools; ASER Grade 5 reading 32% in Bastar.
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Mahtari Vandan Yojana: ₹1,000/month to all married women in Chhattisgarh
Mahtari Vandan Yojana launched February 2024: ₹1,000/month to 70 lakh married women of Chhattisgarh. Direct bank transfer. Widely credited as a key factor in BJP's decisive 2023 election win. GoC subsidy ~₹8,400 crore/year. One of the fastest-launched welfare schemes post-election in any state.
Launch the Krishak Unnati Yojana, under which 21 quintals of paddy per acre will be procured at ₹3,100.
BJP promised ₹3,100/quintal for paddy (CG farmers grow paddy on ~30 lakh acres). Central MSP for paddy is ~₹2,183 (2024-25); the ₹3,100 requires substantial state bonus. GoC declared a "total paddy procurement" policy and paid farmers a bonus bringing effective price to ~₹2,500-2,700/quintal — improvement but below ₹3,100 promise.
Continue OPS for all Chhattisgarh government employees
OPS was restored by Congress in 2022; BJP committed to continuing it. ~3 lakh CG state employees remain on OPS. BJP did not revert to NPS — fulfilling the promise without credit for originating it.
Naxal-free Chhattisgarh by 2026 through security + development in Bastar and Maoist belt
Chhattisgarh is India's primary Maoist conflict zone — 8 of India's 10 most Naxal-affected districts (Sukma, Bijapur, Dantewada, Kanker, Narayanpur, Kondagaon, Rajnandgaon, Bastar) are in CG. BJP's 2023 campaign promised to end Naxalism by 2026. Security operations (under DG Ashok Juneja) intensified in 2024-25 — 160+ Maoists killed in 2024, the highest in a decade. Road connectivity in Bastar expanded (1,200 km built 2024-25). However political development and governance in evacuated villages remain inadequate — the "Naya Raipur" vs "Naya Bastar" gap persists.
Strengthen PHIMS (Public Health Information Management System) and reduce maternal mortality
Chhattisgarh's MMR (188 per lakh — NFHS-5) is well above the national average of 97. CAG PHIMS audit found the health data system non-functional in 38% of sub-district health facilities — PHC data on births, deaths and disease was either not entered or not reconciled. Tribal districts (Sukma, Bijapur, Narayanpur) with the highest MMR had the lowest PHIMS coverage. Ayushman Bharat claims under the state-top-up scheme had 22% rejection rate from empanelled hospitals due to system integration failure.
CAG PHIMS Chhattisgarh (Report 2024): PHIMS non-functional in 38% of sub-district facilities; birth/death/disease data not entered or reconciled in high-MMR tribal districts; Ayushman Bharat claims under state top-up had 22% rejection from hospitals due to system integration gaps; maternal death reporting compliance only 54%.
Build 4-lane highways linking Raipur-Jagdalpur-Dhamtari; improve Bastar road network
Chhattisgarh's road network is critical for its development and security operations. The BJP 2023 government has prioritised connectivity in Bastar (the Naxal heartland) as a counter-insurgency tool — "roads before rifles" is the stated philosophy of CM Vishnu Deo Sai. Progress: 1,200 km of new rural roads constructed in Bastar division (2024-25); the Jagdalpur-Dantewada 4-lane highway (132 km) is 45% complete; the Raipur-Vizag corridor (NH-30) is being upgraded through Bastar. State-wide: PMGSY Phase III has funded 8,400 km of rural connectivity in Chhattisgarh (2023-25), with emphasis on isolated Naxal-affected villages. Raipur Smart City infrastructure: ₹1,800 crore (2018-24) — underground utility corridors, LED street lighting, command centre. The Naya Raipur (new capital city, developed under BDA) is the state's largest infrastructure legacy — 8,000 acres, ₹32,000 crore total investment over 20 years.
Expand PM SHRI and Eklavya Model Residential Schools; free coaching for tribal youth for UPSC/CGPSC
Chhattisgarh has India's second-largest Scheduled Tribe population (32% of state population, 78 lakh tribals). The BJP 2023 government's education agenda centres on Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) — central government-funded residential schools for tribal children. Chhattisgarh has 193 EMRS (the most in any state) covering 1.04 lakh tribal students. PM SHRI (PM Schools for Rising India): 280 Chhattisgarh schools selected for upgradation under this GoI programme (₹1,800 crore CG allocation). Free coaching: "Saraswati Cycle Yojana" (free bicycles for girls), "Sukanya Samridhi" academic support, and the Noni Suraksha Yojana for girl child. CGPSC coaching: Prayas residential coaching programme for tribal candidates saw 380 selections in state civil services (2018-24). Challenge: CG's primary school dropout rate (Class 1-8) is 18% — driven by seasonal agricultural labour and migration — against the national average of 15%.
Ensure MSP for minor forest produce; set up Van Dhan Vikas Kendras for tribal enterprise
Chhattisgarh is India's largest collector of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) — tendu leaves, mahua, tamarind, sal seeds, bamboo — on which ~50 lakh tribal households depend for 30-40% of household income. The Bhupesh Baghel Congress government (2018-23) dramatically expanded MFP MSP: from 7 items to 65 items at guaranteed state-support price. The BJP government (2023-) has maintained and expanded this — adding 12 more items. Van Dhan Vikas Kendras (VDVK): 1,994 VDVKs established in Chhattisgarh (highest in India) — tribal self-help group enterprises processing MFP into value-added products (mahua spirit, honey, herbal oil). TRIFED data: CG tribals earned ₹8,400 crore from MFP in 2024-25 (vs ₹1,200 crore in 2018). The Chhattisgarh MFP ecosystem is considered India's best model for forest-based tribal livelihoods. BJP 2023 manifesto promised to expand to 100 items by 2028.
Create 5 lakh employment through MSME development; Raipur as a steel and education hub
Chhattisgarh is India's second-largest steel-producing state (after Odisha) — its Raipur-Bhilai-Raigarh industrial belt hosts 600+ steel/sponge iron plants, primarily fed by local iron ore and Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board (CSEB) power. The BJP 2023 government's industrial agenda: (1) Invest CG Summit (2024): ₹3.2 lakh crore in MoUs — of which ₹28,000 crore is in ground-breaking stage; estimated 1.2 lakh new formal sector jobs from this pipeline; (2) MSME: 3.4 lakh registered MSMEs in CG — one of the highest industrial densities in central India; (3) Bhilai Steel Plant (SAIL, Central Govt): capacity expansion from 7.5 MTPA to 9 MTPA underway (₹7,500 crore, creates 4,000 additional direct jobs); (4) Skill development: CM Seekho Kamao Yojana (BJP 2023 continuation of INC-era scheme) trains 80,000 youth/year in ITIs and NSDC centres. Formal job creation target of 5 lakh remains aspirational — actual growth in EPFO-covered employment: ~50,000/year.
Farm loan waiver within 10 days — ₹2 lakh for all CG farmers
Congress waived ₹9,250 crore farm loans on day 1 (December 17, 2018) — covering 16.65 lakh farmers with short-term crop loans up to ₹2 lakh. One of the fastest and most complete state farm loan waivers in India. All scheduled cooperative and commercial bank loans in scope fully processed within 3 months. No major CAG anomalies reported.
Paddy support price at ₹2,500/quintal (above central MSP)
Congress paid ₹2,500/quintal for paddy initially. Enhanced to ₹2,500 + ₹500 input support = effective ₹3,000/quintal under Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana (RGKNY) from 2020. However maximum paddy procurement cap and variable central MSP kept effective prices below ₹2,500 for some farmer categories. RGKNY covered 21.5 lakh farmers.
Restore Old Pension Scheme for all Chhattisgarh state employees
OPS restored November 2022 for all CG state employees who joined after 2004. ~3 lakh employees covered. CG was the second state after Rajasthan to revert to OPS. Process involved PFRDA corpus transfer back to state; completed by 2023.
Free rice for all BPL families at 1 rupee per kg
CG's ₹1/kg rice for BPL families continued from earlier BJP scheme; Congress increased allocation and coverage. 73 lakh families receive subsidised rice at ₹1/kg (GoC subsidy ~₹1,800 crore/year). CG has one of India's highest per capita PDS food allocations — 35 kg/family/month at ₹1.
Guarantee 100 days MGNREGS employment to all rural Chhattisgarh households, including Naxal-affected areas
Congress launched Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana (RGKNY) as a farm income support alongside MGNREGS. Average MGNREGS person-days in CG: 58 (2021-22) — above national average but below 100. Naxal-affected Bastar division had the lowest delivery (38 person-days) due to security concerns limiting work-site access and monitoring. Wage payment delays exceeded 60 days in 12% of CG districts. Congress's strong performance on this indicator was later cited as a reason for Bhupesh Baghel's anti-incumbency in 2023.
Implement PESA Act (Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas) in letter and spirit across Chhattisgarh tribal areas
Chhattisgarh enacted a new PESA Rules 2022 — considered one of India's strongest implementations, giving gram sabhas powers over minor forest produce, sand mining and land acquisition. 19,000+ gram sabhas in Scheduled Areas were given formal powers. However enforcement against state agencies (NMDC, mining companies) remained weak — 34 cases of gram sabha orders being overridden by district administration. The Silger anti-CRPF camp protest (2021, Sukma — 3 deaths) occurred precisely because a CRPF camp was set up without gram sabha consent, violating PESA. INC government's PESA rules were strong on paper but implementation was uneven.
Universal health coverage for all CG families; ₹5 lakh/year cashless treatment
Congress launched the Khubchand Baghel Swasthya Sahayata Yojana (KBSSY) in 2020 — combining PMJAY with a state top-up to give all CG residents (not just BPL) ₹5 lakh/year cashless treatment at 400+ empanelled hospitals. At the time it was one of India's most generous state health insurance schemes — covering 62 lakh families (100% of CG households) rather than a targeted BPL subset. The BJP government (2023-) has continued KBSSY, renaming it "Ayushman Bharat Mukhyamantri Jan Arogya Yojana CG." Claims processed: 22 lakh (2020-26), ₹6,800 crore reimbursed. Chhattisgarh has one of India's highest PMJAY-linked hospitalisation rates — partly reflecting genuine utilisation and partly over-billing concerns. CAG PMJAY CG (2024): found ₹340 crore in suspicious claims from 28 hospitals (procedures claimed without discharge papers; multi-patient same-procedure claims). Key gap: 68% of claims go to private hospitals in Raipur city — rural tribal patients with highest disease burden cannot access benefits easily.
Open English-medium government schools ("Swami Atmanand" schools); expand government medical seats
The Swami Atmanand Sarkar Ucch Madhyamik Vidyalaya (SASUV) — English-medium government schools launched by Bhupesh Baghel (INC) in 2020 — is considered the most successful new education initiative in any Indian state in the 2018-23 period. Starting with 42 schools, by 2023 (INC's last year) 377 SASUV schools were operational with 1.8 lakh students, all with CBSE curriculum, free textbooks, smart classrooms, labs and uniforms. The waiting list for admission ran to 4 lakh applications. The scheme addressed a deep-rooted problem: Chhattisgarh's middle-class families were paying ₹40,000-1 lakh/year in private English-medium school fees. BJP continued and expanded the scheme post-2023: 420 schools by mid-2026. Medical education: 7 new government medical colleges added (2018-26), increasing MBBS government seats from 600 to 1,450. Chhattisgarh's doctor-to-population ratio (1:3,200 in 2024) remains below WHO norms (1:1,000) but improving.
Create local employment to prevent CG tribal youth migration to brick kilns and construction sites
Chhattisgarh has one of India's most severe inter-state tribal migration problems: 8-10 lakh tribal workers from Raigarh, Jashpur, Sukma and Bastar districts migrate annually to brick kilns in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra under exploitative advance-payment (palayan) conditions. Congress's 2018 promise was to create livelihood alternatives. MGNREGS: CG averaged 58 person-days/household (above national avg of 42). But in Bastar (the most tribal district cluster), MGNREGS delivery was only 38 days due to security constraints. The Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana (₹9,000/acre input support to paddy, maize, kodo-kutki farmers) — Congress's flagship (2020): 21 lakh farmers received ₹13,500 crore (2020-23) — was continued and renamed "Ramman Yojana" by BJP. This farm income support is the most direct anti-migration tool. Real-world migration data (NSSO): CG inter-state migration rate fell from 14.2% (2018) to 11.8% (2024) — meaningful but modest improvement.
Restore Old Pension Scheme for CG employees; establish anti-corruption bureau
The INC government restored OPS for Chhattisgarh state employees in 2022 — joining Rajasthan and Jharkhand as the first states to reverse NPS for existing employees. ~2.8 lakh CG employees benefited. The anti-corruption commitment was partly fulfilled: the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) registered 180+ corruption cases (2018-23), with arrests of several senior officials. The INC government's own record on anti-corruption was complicated by the 2023 liquor scam allegations (involving CG government-controlled liquor distribution and alleged cartelisation costing ₹2,000+ crore to the exchequer) — which became BJP's principal campaign issue in 2023 and contributed to the anti-incumbency that ended the Baghel government.
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