Governance earns its meaning when policies meet the pulse of the people. The latest cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav in Bhopal reflects this grounded clarity of purpose where continuity, inclusion, and foresight define the state’s developmental direction.
For the first time, the government has decided to procure Kodo and Kutki millets under the Rani Durgavati Shree Ann Protsahan Yojana. Known as the grains of resilience, these millets sustain tribal communities across Jabalpur, Mandla, Shahdol, Dindori, Singrauli and other districts. Their inclusion in the procurement process at fixed support prices of two thousand five hundred rupees for Kodo and three thousand five hundred rupees for Kutki marks an ecological and economic correction recognizing traditional crops as engines of future nutrition security.
The Cabinet also approved the revival of the Bhavantar Scheme for soybean growers, aligning state policy with the Price Deficiency Payment model. By compensating farmers for the difference between the Minimum Support Price and the market rate, the decision safeguards cultivators against volatility while anchoring agricultural income to fairness rather than fortune.
In the same spirit, the approval of the Resham Samriddhi Yojana reflects a focus on diversifying rural livelihoods. With state and central collaboration under Silk Samagra Two, the scheme will aid sericulture farmers through enhanced subsidies, promising both employment continuity and value addition across the mulberry and post cocoon chain. Paired with the implementation of the RAMP program to uplift small and medium enterprises through a one hundred five crore rupee package, the state’s strategy reveals an architecture that connects farms, fabric, and factories under the same reform canopy.
The Cabinet’s decision to increase dearness relief for pensioners further underscores its humanist dimension, acknowledging that economic tenderness must accompany economic ambition. The rise from fifty three to fifty five per cent under the Seventh Pay Commission and from two hundred forty six to two hundred fifty two per cent under the Sixth Pay Commission carries fiscal weight but signals compassion within arithmetic.
Taken together, these decisions speak of a government that values both the micro and the macro, viewing prosperity not as a summit for a few but as ground gained for many. From securing millets at the grassroots to sustaining welfare at the sunset of service, the state’s governance narrative is one of continuity with conscience a promise that progress will remain both inclusive and intimate.
