chief minister shivraj singh chouhan chaired the meeting of cabinet at samatva bhawan. the cabinet has approved ‘mukhyamantri krishak mitra yojana’ to provide permanent agricultural pump connections of 3 horse power or more capacity to farmers/groups of farmers in the state. this scheme will remain effective for two years from the date of implementation. a target of 10,000 pumps has been set under the scheme in the first year. under the scheme, the distribution company will extend the 11 kv line up to a max