India, April 25 -- Farmers in Madhya Pradesh will lose the annual Rs.6,000 assistance under the Chief Minister Kisan Kalyan Scheme and won't be able to sell their produce to the government at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) if they are booked for stubble burning, chief minister Mohan Yadav has said.

The decision will come into effect from May 1, the chief minister said at a meeting to review the functioning of the revenue department on Thursday.

The move comes after the state recorded a sharp increase in stubble burning cases in the country after the wheat harvest. Madhya Pradesh has recorded the highest number of crop residue burning cases, followed by Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab. Till April 24, Madhya Pradesh has reported 24,95...