25-04-2025
M.P. farmers to be excluded from CM Kisan Kalyan Scheme if they resort to stubble burning
Farmers in Madhya Pradesh who engage in stubble burning will not receive benefits under the CM Kisan Kalyan Scheme and their crops will not be purchased at the minimum support price (MSP), Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has said.
The decision was taken on Thursday at a Revenue department review meet chaired by Mr. Yadav, who said that the guidelines would be implemented from May 1.
'The growing practice of burning crop residue (narwai) after harvest is causing severe environmental damage, including air pollution and degradation of soil quality. Burning stubble destroys essential nutrients in the soil, reducing its fertility. The State government has already banned the stubble burning. Despite this, if any farmer is found burning narwai, they will be denied the benefits under the Chief Minister Kisan Kalyan Yojana,' a government statement said, quoting Mr. Yadav.
'Additionally, their crops will not be procured at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) during the following year,' it read.
The eligible farmers of the State receive monetary assistance of ₹6,000 every year from the State government as part of the Kisan Kalyan Scheme started in 2020. There are about 85 lakh farmers benefiting from the scheme as of March as per government data.
Madhya Pradesh has reported the highest instances of stubble in the country in 2025 with 24,953 cases of fire reported from April 1 to 24, as per the Consortium for Research on Agroecosystem Monitoring and Modeling from Space (CREAMS), a research body of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
Against M.P.'s nearly 25,000 cases, the second ranked Uttar Pradesh has reported 6,895 instances of residue burning, followed by Haryana, Punjab, and Delhi.
Authorities in Madhya Pradesh have been keeping a vigil to reduce the numbers with farmers being fined and booked across the State.
Indore District Collector said that 102 farmers had been booked in a single day on April 16 while penalties amounting to ₹3.09 lakh had been imposed across the district.
