Governance often reveals its maturity not in dramatic overhauls but in the quiet continuity of commitments that work. The recent cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav exemplified this steady approach, balancing economic prudence with social intent. The decision to extend the scheme of interest free crop loans through cooperative banks for the financial year 2025 to 26 reaffirms Madhya Pradesh’s agricultural sensitivity and its long standing belief that farmer welfare is the foundation of rural progress.
Under the decision, farmers will continue to receive short term loans of up to three lakh rupees at zero interest, provided they make timely repayments. The state government will bear one and a half per cent of the general interest rate and offer a four per cent incentive as a reward for punctuality. With an ambitious disbursal target of twenty three thousand crore rupees, the policy continues to be a model of participatory credit that encourages discipline while shielding cultivators from financial distress.
Equally forward looking is the cabinet’s approval of the Sustainable Development Goals Evaluation Scheme, to be implemented till 2030. The project aims to localize and monitor the United Nations development framework at the state, district and block levels, ranking districts through a digital dashboard and rewarding the highest performers. The best performing district will receive one crore rupees while the second will receive seventy five lakh rupees, funds that may be reinvested in critical social sectors. More importantly, districts lagging behind will be supported through convergence with ongoing welfare programmes. With an outlay of nearly nineteen crore rupees, the plan creates a measurable accountability structure for inclusive growth.
The cabinet also authorized the upgradation of hospital infrastructure in Tikamgarh, Neemuch, Singrauli, Sheopur and Dindori, adding eight hundred beds and sanctioning eight hundred ten new posts to strengthen health delivery in underserved regions. This decision will augment rural health capacity, especially in areas where access to medical care remains uneven.
Finally, through an amendment to the land redevelopment policy, the government has fixed the reserve price of land at one hundred per cent of the collector guideline value for settlement. This move will increase transparency in land use and augment state revenue, ensuring that development projects are funded without fiscal strain.
Taken together, these decisions reflect a government comfortable with incremental progress rather than grandstanding. By aligning farm credit, healthcare, land administration, and sustainable development within a single vision of continuity, the cabinet has signaled that good governance is not a headline but a habit.
