Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 14 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will bear the cost of interest of the loans, after many farmers turned defaulters in hope of that loans up to Rs 2 lakh will be waived off under a scheme that was launched during the Congress government, said Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday.

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 9 (ANI): Before presenting the Budget in the State Assembly, Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Jagdish Devda said the budget is going to be as per the expectations of the people.

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 6 (ANI): Day before the commencement of the Budget session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Speaker Girish Gautam held an all-party meeting on Sunday.

Bhopal Feb 25 PTI Congress leader Jaivardhan Singh on Friday said he has appealed to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to restore the old pension scheme for state government employees like Rajasthan did earlier this week Speaking to reporters Singh said the Congress will vociferously raise the issue and it will be a major poll plank in the 2023 state Assembly polls if the demand is not met I have written to Shivrajji regarding restoration of the old pension scheme We are going to vociferously raise this issue in the budget session of the Assembly Our leader Kamal Nathji is going to raise this issue and it would be a major poll plank in the 2023 MP assembly polls if the demand is not met Singh said State government employees play a key role in the development of the state They are feeling insecure with the new pension policy that came into force in 2005 he said This is their reasonable demand which should be met The Congress will stand behind the employees numbering in lakhs who want restoration of the old pension scheme the Congress MLA said Singh said he had raised this issue in the last budget session as well but was told that there was no proposal to restore the old pension scheme for employees hired since 2005 The budget session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly will begin on March 7 In a populist budget the Congress government in Rajasthan announced the restoration of the old pension scheme for its employees appointed on and after January 1 2004 Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in his budget speech said that after 2004 a provision of contributory pension was done under the national pension scheme but this has created a sense of insecurity among the state employees for post-retirement life PTI LAL ARU ARU

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 21 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh government will introduce a Bill in the State Assembly, which allows the recovery of damages to public and private properties during strikes, protests, communal riots, or any congregation of people, from perpetrators, informed the state's Home Minister Narottam Mishra.

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 6 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Congress leader from Ujjain, Noori Khan, who had tendered her resignation on Sunday from all posts of the party, has withdrawn her resignation.

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], September 1 (ANI): As a poster depicting Congress' Kamal Nath as Lord Krishna and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan as 'Kans Mama' was put up outside Congress office, party leader Shahyar Khan on Tuesday said that through this poster, people are urging Kamal Nath to contest 2023 polls and teach the BJP a lesson.