Bhopal, April 22 -- Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav chaired a cabinet meeting held at the state secretariat in Bhopal on Wednesday, with the council of ministers giving nod to the various key decisions.

In a key policy decision aimed at benefiting farmers, the cabinet approved an increase in compensation for the acquisition of agricultural land in rural areas, ensuring that farmers will now receive four times the market rate. The decision comes after the Cabinet doubled the multiplication factor to 2.0 under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Rules, 2015.

With this revision, compensation for rural agricultural land will rise from double to four times the market ...