Madhya Pradesh announces 265 rupees/100 kg bonus on wheat.

Madhya Pradesh government on Monday announced a slew of sops for farmers, bringing back bonus on wheat over and above the minimum support price (MSP) under a different name, further modifying the Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana (BBY) and waiving interest on loans. The state is scheduled to go to polls later this year. Terming it as his scheme aimed at increasing productivity, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the farmers will be paid Rs 200 bonus on every quintal they sold to the government in the last rabi season. Madhya Pradesh procured more than 67.25 lakh MT wheat in the last season. Addressing a farmers’ convention at Jamboree Maidan in Bhopal, the CM also announced that wheat growers will get Rs 265 over and above the MSP of Rs 1,735 per quintal in the coming season to ensure that the farmers get Rs 2,000 per quintal.