Union finance minister NirmalaSitharaman denied that the Centre was discriminating againstChhattisgarhin funds allocation, saying that the state is lagging in implementing centrally sponsored schemes as it is unable to raise matching grants.

More than Rs 3,000 crore has been transferred in the accounts of 34 lakh farmers of Chhattisgarh under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme and bank accounts were opened for 86 lakh Women under Jan Dhan Yojana, Sitharaman said, adding that over 6 lakh people of Chhattisgarh are beneficiaries of PM Mudra Yojana.