Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik introduced monetary help for the 1.2 lakh dairy farmers of the Odisha State Cooperative Milk Producers Federation (Omfed) where every farmer will obtain a most of Rs 6,000 in the direction of the bills of animal feed.
According to the officials that this will price the state authorities around Rs 11 crore and it is going to assist the farmers to avoid wasting cash spent on cattle fodder. CM Patnaik stated that the Covid pandemic has hampered the world economic system along with Odisha’s also. When different sectors of the economic system have been slowing down, agriculture and the allied sectors helped strengthen it.
He also appreciated the farmers for persevering with agricultural manufacturing throughout lockdown and shutdown. He also added that these milk farmers have confronted a really troublesome time owing to the lower demand for milk and milk merchandise in the course of the pandemic. Preserving their hardships in thoughts, the federal government has taken a call to assist the farmers.
Rabi Behera, chairman of the Odisha Milk Farmers’ Affiliation expressed his gratitude to the chief minister for all the assistance. He also mentioned the state authorities ought to regulate the worth of cattle feed available in the market. At current, farmers pay Rs 1,080 per quintal of cattle feed, the price of which was Rs 940 till a couple of months in the past. The costs of different classes of cattle feed have additionally gone up.
