Are there any checks and balances in place to ensure that the State's budget is used responsibly?
Yes, there are checks and balances in place to ensure that the State's budget is used responsibly. Some of these include:

1. Submitting estimates for other expenditure in the form of demands for grants to the Legislative Assembly, which can assent or refuse to assent to any demand (Article 203(2)).
2. Requiring that no demand for a grant be made except on the recommendation of the Governor (Article 203(3)).
3. Introducing an Appropriation Bill after grants have been made by the Assembly, which must provide for the appropriation out of the Consolidated Fund of the State of all moneys required to meet the grants and the expenditure charged on the Consolidated Fund (Article 204(1)).