Assembly Elections 2018: What Madhya Pradesh govt did with its money

How does MP stack up against other states in terms of expenditure?

Finance Minister of Madhya Pradesh Jayant Malaiya had presented the state Budget for financial year 2018-19 on February 28, 2018.

The Budget was especially important because this is an election year: Madhya Pradesh will hold assembly polls later this year.

Some highlights

To ensure that farmers get a beneficial value for their crops, the government had launched the Mukhyamantri Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana. Under the scheme, the difference between the support price and the market price is directly deposited in the bank accounts of farmers. According to the budget, Rs 15 billion was deposited in 1.05 million farmer accounts. The