Double the support, straight to the account — that is the promise Madhya Pradesh's farmers woke up to on Friday, 30 October 2026, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 24th instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme from Gujarat, while Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav joined the programme in person from Ujjain.

Posting on X in Hindi, CM Yadav captured the occasion with the phrase 'Samridh Kisan, Sashakt Bharat' — 'Prosperous Farmer, Empowered India' — underlining the event's political and policy weight. He noted that more than 81 lakh farmers across Madhya Pradesh and over 2 lakh farmers in Ujjain district alone stand to benefit from this round of the central welfare scheme.

A central scheme that MP doubles with its own top-up

PM-KISAN, launched on 24 February 2019, provides eligible landholding farmer families ₹6,000 per year in three equal instalments through direct benefit transfer. The scheme was designed to provide a predictable, hassle-free income floor — bypassing middlemen entirely and landing cash in bank accounts.

Madhya Pradesh has gone a step further. Under the state's own Mukhya Mantri Kisan Kalyan Yojana, the state government adds another ₹6,000 per year per farmer — effectively doubling the annual direct-cash support for eligible farmers in the state to ₹12,000. CM Yadav highlighted this state contribution explicitly, framing it as MP's active participation in what he called 'kisan kalyan ka yeh punit abhiyan' — 'this sacred campaign for farmer welfare.'

Ujjain as a symbol, MP as a beneficiary anchor

Ujjain, one of Hinduism's holiest cities and a district headquarters in western Madhya Pradesh, served as CM Yadav's base for the event — a choice that carries both religious and administrative significance for the region's farming communities. With more than 2 lakh Ujjain district farmers in the PM-KISAN rolls, the district is a meaningful constituency within the broader MP farmer base.

Madhya Pradesh consistently ranks among India's top agricultural states, particularly for wheat, soybean, and pulses — making its farmer welfare numbers politically and economically significant at the national level.

The cash-transfer model taking root across states

The PM-KISAN framework has quietly become a template. Several Indian states have layered their own top-up schemes on the central architecture, but Madhya Pradesh's parity match — an equal ₹6,000 from the state treasury — is among the more prominent examples. The model reflects a wider policy consensus that direct income support, rather than input-side subsidies alone, is a durable tool for rural welfare.

With the 24th instalment now disbursed, the focus shifts to whether state budget cycles will expand the Mukhya Mantri Kisan Kalyan Yojana further — and whether the Centre will announce any structural revisions to PM-KISAN's benefit quantum as farm-input costs continue to rise.

For 81 lakh MP farmers, the deposit notification on their phone today is the answer that matters most.