Fani cyclone: Odisha announces relief package for affected farmers

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik has unveiled a relief package meeting an array of needs for farmers affected by the Fani cyclonic storm.

The package stems from the extensive damage wreaked on the farmers' crops in fields as well as agri infrastructure by the summer storm. 

Patnaik announced an agricultural input subsidy for small and marginal farmers who sustained crop losses of 33 per cent and beyond. The subsidy is pegged at Rs 6800 per hectare of land in rain fed and non-irrigated areas, Rs 13500 per hectare of land in areas under assured irrigation and Rs 18000 per hectare for