India, Nov. 1 -- As part of its celebration of the Farmers Welfare Year, the Madhya Pradesh government recently conducted quizzes under which participants received prizes worth lakhs.

These included Royal Enfield motorbikes, tractors and e-scooters, and farmers and students were among participants. "The aim is to create awareness about government initiatives," said Shri Ram Tiwari, convener of culture department's Veer Bharat Nyas and Krishna Pathey, the two programmes launched by chief minister Mohan Yadav.

Tiwari added that 2026 is being celebrated as farmer welfare year. "Under the Kisan Kalyan Swabhiman Parv programme, this competition has been launched for farmers," he said.

Two quiz competions were conducted. The first had questi...