Over 12 lakh 87 thousand 252 land registrations already stamped and sealed — and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav wants every eligible landowner covered before the ink dries. On Sunday, November 1, 2026, CM Yadav reviewed the progress of the Mukhyamantri Registry Yojana and issued sharp directives to officials to treat the scheme as a full-scale public campaign.

Dhanteras Drive: Ministers and MLAs Sent to Villages on November 6

The most striking instruction from the review: every minister, Member of Parliament, and MLA in the state is directed to personally visit a village on November 6, 2026 — the occasion of Dhanteras — and ensure shata-pratishat (hundred per cent) registration of eligible landowners in their presence. The symbolism is deliberate. Dhanteras, traditionally a day of acquiring and securing wealth and property, becomes the backdrop for formalising land title — turning a festive moment into a governance milestone.

CM Yadav ordered District Collectors to coordinate with in-charge ministers and local elected representatives to guarantee the exercise is completed without gaps. The directive effectively turns every constituency into an accountability unit, with a named official and a named legislator jointly responsible for delivery.

What the Mukhyamantri Registry Yojana Actually Does

The Mukhyamantri Registry Yojana provides eligible landowners in Madhya Pradesh with free formal registration — pukki registry (permanent registry) — of their land pattas (title deeds). The scheme targets the large segment of rural property holders who may hold government-issued lease documents but lack officially registered title, a gap that historically locks them out of formal credit markets and leaves them vulnerable to land disputes.

Formalising land records is a well-established lever in Indian rural governance — clear title enables farmers and small landholders to access bank loans, resolve inheritance disputes, and assert rights against encroachment. The scheme sits within a broader national pattern of states digitising and regularising land records that has gathered pace over the past decade.

The Numbers and What Comes Next

With 12,87,252 registrations logged by November 1, 2026, the state has built significant momentum. CM Yadav made clear that the campaign will continue without pause beyond the Dhanteras push, framing it not as a one-day event but as an ongoing mission. The November 6 village-level drive, backed by the full weight of the elected executive, is designed to compress the remaining backlog in a single, high-visibility burst.

Every district collector now has a hard deadline, a festive anchor date, and a political counterpart standing beside them. Whether the machinery delivers 100 per cent coverage in every village on that single day will be the first real test of the campaign's reach — and the clearest signal yet of how far Madhya Pradesh's land formalisation push has actually travelled.