function renderGroupedBarChart (dataset,dom_element_to_append_to,innerColumns,isCurrency, colorScheme){
		var width = 700;
		var height = 350 ;

		var margin = {top: 40, right: 30, bottom: 40, left: 60};
		var width = width - margin.left - margin.right;
		var height = height - margin.top - margin.bottom;

		var x0 = d3.scale.ordinal()
		.rangeRoundBands([0, width], 0.1);

		var x1 = d3.scale.ordinal();

		var x2 = d3.scale.ordinal()
		.rangeRoundBands([0, width], 0.1);

		var y = d3.scale.linear()
		.range([height, 0]);

		var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
		.scale(x0)
		.orient("bottom");

		var xAxisBottom = d3.svg.axis()
		.scale(x2)
		.orient("bottom");

		var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
		.scale(y)
		.orient("left");

		var color = d3.scale.ordinal()
		.range(colorScheme);
		var svg = d3.select(dom_element_to_append_to).append("svg")
		.attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
		.attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
		.append("g")
		.attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");

		var yBegin;

		var tip = d3.tip()
		.attr('class', 'd3-tip')
		.offset([-10, 0])
		.html(function(d) {
			if(isCurrency)
				return  "<div><span>Month:</span> <span style='color:white'>" + d.name + "</div>" +
			"<div><span>Value:</span> <span style='color:white'><span>&#8377</span>" + d3.format(",")(d.yEnd) + "</span></div>";
			else
				return  "<div><span>Category:</span> <span style='color:white'>" + d.name + "</div>" +
			"<div><span>Value:</span> <span style='color:white'>" + d3.format(",")(d.yEnd) + "</span></div>";
		})
		svg.call(tip);

		var data = dataset;
		var columnHeaders = d3.keys(data[0]).filter(function(key) { return key !== "State"; });

		color.domain(d3.keys(data[0]).filter(function(key) { return key !== "State"; }));

		data.forEach(function(d) {
			var yColumn = new Array();
			d.columnDetails = columnHeaders.map(function(name) {
				for (var ic in innerColumns) {
					if($.inArray(name, innerColumns[ic]) >= 0){
						if (!yColumn[ic]){
							yColumn[ic] = 0;
						}
						yBegin = yColumn[ic];
						yColumn[ic] += +d[name];
						var obj = {name: name, column: ic, yBegin: yBegin, yEnd: +d[name] + yBegin,};
						return obj;
					}
				}
			});

			d.total = d3.max(d.columnDetails, function(d) {
				return d.yEnd;
			});
		});


		x0.domain(data.map(function(d) { return d.State; }));
		x1.domain(d3.keys(innerColumns)).rangeRoundBands([0, x0.rangeBand()]);

		y.domain([0, d3.max(data, function(d) {
			return d.total;
		})]);

		svg.append("g")
		.attr("class", "x axis")
		.attr("transform", "translate(0," + -25 + ")")
		.call(xAxis);

		svg.append("g")
		.attr("class", "x axis")
		.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
		.call(xAxisBottom);

		svg.append("g")
		.attr("class", "y axis")
		.call(yAxis)
		.append("text")
		.attr("transform", "rotate(-90)")
		.attr("y", 6)
		.attr("dy", ".7em")
		.style("text-anchor", "end")
		.text("");

		var project_stackedbar = svg.selectAll(".project_stackedbar")
		.data(data)
		.enter().append("g")
		.attr("class", "g")
		.attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + x0(d.State) + ",0)"; });

		var project_stackedbar_enter = project_stackedbar.selectAll("rect")
		.data(function(d) { return d.columnDetails; })
		.enter()

		var rect_elements = project_stackedbar_enter.append("rect")
		.attr("class", "bar")
		.attr("width", x1.rangeBand())
		.attr("x", function(d) {return x1(d.column);})
		.attr("y", function(d) {return y(d.yEnd);})
		.attr("height", function(d) {return y(d.yBegin) - y(d.yEnd);})
		.attr("fill", function(d) {return color(d.name);});


		var text_elements = project_stackedbar_enter.append("text")
		.attr("y", function(d) { return x1(d.column) + x1.rangeBand()/2;  })
		.attr("x", function(d) { return -y(d.yBegin)-30; })
		.attr("transform", "rotate(-90)")
		.attr("dy", ".35em")
		.text(function(d){return d.name});

		rect_elements
		.on('mouseover', tip.show)
		.on('mouseout', tip.hide);


		var legend = svg.selectAll(".legend")
		.data(columnHeaders.slice().reverse())
		.enter().append("g")
		.attr("class", "legend")
		.attr("transform", function(d, i) { return "translate(0," + i * 20 + ")"; });

		legend.append("rect")
		.attr("x", width - 6)
		.attr("width", 18)
		.attr("height", 18)
		.style("fill", color);

		legend.append("text")
		.attr("x", width - 12)
		.attr("y", 9)
		.attr("dy", ".35em")
		.style("text-anchor", "end")
		.text(function(d) { return d; });
	}