Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav on Monday, June 8, 2026, praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's welfare record, saying that 12 years of targeted poverty-alleviation initiatives have lifted approximately 25 crore people out of poverty. The Chief Minister cited a range of flagship central schemes as evidence of the government's commitment to the principle of 'Antyodaya se Rashtrouday' — 'from the upliftment of the last person to the rise of the nation.'

Context

Dr. Yadav's post, shared under the hashtag #12YearsOfGaribKalyan, is part of a broader BJP-led campaign marking over a decade of the Modi government's welfare push. He wrote that the Prime Minister has worked 'tirelessly for Garib Kalyan (poor welfare)' and has ensured that 'every poor person's entitlement reaches directly into their hands.' The post lists ten central schemes by name, spanning housing, health, fuel, credit and food security.

The claim that roughly 25 crore people have crossed the poverty line is attributed to official government estimates; independent verification of the precise figure is pending updated multidimensional poverty data.

Policy Backdrop

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, launched in 2015, targets construction of pucca houses for rural and urban poor families. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, initiated in 2016, provided LPG connections to women from below-poverty-line households to replace traditional solid-fuel cooking. Ayushman Bharat, started in 2018, extends health cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per year to economically vulnerable families.

PM-KISAN, rolled out in 2019, transfers Rs 6,000 annually to landholding farmer families. PM Mudra Yojana and PM SVANidhi Yojana extend collateral-free credit to micro-enterprises and street vendors respectively. Underpinning all of these is the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) architecture, scaled nationally after 2014 to reduce leakages in subsidy delivery, itself enabled by the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana bank-account drive launched that same year.

The Swachh Bharat Mission, also begun in 2014, funded construction of household toilets — a scheme Dr. Yadav specifically names in his post alongside free ration distribution under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana framework.

Stakeholders and Impact

The schemes collectively target rural and urban poor households, women, smallholder farmers, micro-entrepreneurs and street vendors — constituencies that together represent a substantial share of India's population. DBT linkage has allowed the central government to route benefits directly to beneficiaries' bank accounts, reducing intermediary leakages that were a persistent problem under earlier welfare architectures.

For Madhya Pradesh, a state with a large agrarian and tribal population, schemes such as PM-KISAN, Ujjwala and Ayushman Bharat carry particular electoral and developmental salience. Chief Ministers from BJP-governed states have regularly amplified central welfare messaging, reinforcing the party's positioning as the primary vehicle of pro-poor governance at both state and national levels.

What's Next

Attention will now turn to forthcoming NITI Aayog releases on updated multidimensional poverty estimates, which will either substantiate or qualify the 25 crore figure cited in official messaging. Any revisions to scheme coverage or funding allocations in the 2026-27 Union Budget cycle will also be closely watched by welfare economists and opposition parties alike. The sustained amplification of this narrative by state-level BJP leaders suggests the #12YearsOfGaribKalyan campaign will remain a central plank of the party's political communication in the months ahead.