Revenue and Disaster Management (R&DM) Minister Bijayashree Routray on Tuesday said his department has already disbursed Rs 7,28,97,000 to the Agriculture Department as input subsides for the 21 drought-affected districts.
“Around 139 blocks would be benefited by this input subsides. The highest subsidy amount of Rs 4.12 crore has been allotted to Baragarh district,” he informed.
The amount of input subsidies allotted to other ditricts are Anugul(Rs 3.57 lakh) Balangir(Rs 1.53lakh) Boudh(Rs 12.81lakh), Kalahandi(Rs 30.53 lakh) Kandhamal(Rs 2.40 lakh), Koraput(Rs 3.85 lakh) Nawarangapur(Rs 11.42 lakh), Nayagarh (Rs 10.58 lakh), Nuapada (Rs 16.53 lakh), Rayagada (Rs 14.81 lakh) Sambalpur (Rs 16.95 lakh), Subarnapur (Rs 17 lakh) and Sundargarh (Rs 22.13 lakh).