Bhopal, March 12 -- Ahead of presentation of the Madhya Pradesh budget for financial year 2025-26, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said in the exercise of doubling the state budget in the next five year, the budget of around Rs 4.20 lakh crores would be present in the state assembly on Wednesday.

CM Yadav highlighted that Madhya Pradesh was formed in 1956 and the state budget was only Rs 20,000 crores from then to 2003. Now, increasing the budget 21 times, it has reached to Rs 4.20 lakh crores which shows the pace at which the government is working for the development of the state.

"When our government was formed, we said that we would double the state budget in five years. Last year, we presented a budget of Rs 3.5 lakh crore; this time, we...