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Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Jagdish Devda connected Wednesday (February 18, 2026) presented the State Budget for 2026-27 successful the Assembly, with a full outlay of ₹4,38,317 crore.
Mr. Devda tabled the Budget amid interruptions from the Opposition, which raised concerns implicit the "mounting debt" load connected the radical of the State.
Earlier, chairing the Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said the 2026-27 Budget is historical successful galore respects and a exemplary of the resoluteness to determination guardant measurement by step, taking everyone along.
“This Budget is dedicated to the payment of the poor, youth, farmers and women arsenic good arsenic the enlargement of concern activities,” helium said.
Before the Budget presentation, Congress MLAs, led by Leader of the Opposition Umang Singhar, arrived successful beforehand of Mahatma Gandhi's statue successful the legislature analyzable with 'empty piggy banks' and placards bearing slogans to protestation against the government's economical policies.
Mr. Singhar claimed the government's borrowing of ₹5,600 crore adjacent earlier the Budget league is simply a motion that the State is being burdened with debt.
“The authorities is "living connected a fortune" by borrowing from nationalist taxation wealth and is spreading lone illusions successful the sanction of development,” helium alleged.
