Odisha CM Announces Special Post-Fani Package For Street Vendors, Coconut & Poultry Farmers

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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced a special post-cyclone Fani package for street vendors, coconut farmers and poultry farmers of the affected districts.

Presiding over a high-level meeting at the State Secretariat here, the Chief Minister said about 30,000 street vendors in 11 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), whose livelihood has been severely affected due to the severe cyclonic, will be provided with a financial assistance of Rs 10,000 each to support the loss of livelihood.

Apart from agriculture input subsidy and support for tree plantations and seedlings already announced earlier, financial assistance of Rs 500 per damaged coconut tree will be provided to the affected farmers subject to a limit of 25 trees per farmer to support their immediate livelihood.

Taking note that damage to small broiler poultry units, the Chief Minister said that to revive these, each farmer will be provided 75% subsidy limited to Rs 1 lakh per unit of 500 birds. As many as 2000 small broiler poultry units will be supported through this intervention.

The special package for these severely affected sections of the society will cost about Rs 100 crore to be met from the Chief Minster’s Relief Fund (CMRF) and the state’s own resources, he added.