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Bhubaneswar (Orissa) : On the wake of crop failure and farmer suicide in the State, the Orissa Govt on Monday announced a Rs 1095 cr loan assistance to the farmers to take up Rabi cultivation in a vigorous manner.
The Govt also decided to give priority to the electrification of irrigation points by not using water in the dams for electricity generation purpose. Besides, it also declared to provide seeds, pesticides and fertilizers to farmers at subsidized rate.
A high-level review meeting held in the secretariat on Monday under the Chairmanship of the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
After the Agriculture Minister Dr. Damodar Rout told the media persons that Rabi crop will be taken up in at least 31 lakh hectares of land.
In order to meet the water requirement for irrigation purposes, the government would provide 22,000 pump-sets at subsidised prices, besides supplying 1.12 lakh quintals of groundnut seeds.
"Among other instructions, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has asked distribution companies operating in Orissa, to provide electricity connections to all the lift irrigation points and stop hydro-electricity generation till the Rabi season is over.
