Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday provided special Covid assistance to the dairy farmers, about one lakh of whom received assistance of Rs 11 crore, almost Rs 6,000 per farmer. He said his Government aims to increase the production of milk to improve the nutrition level of the State. He appealed to the farmers to avail the benefits of the schemes meant for them and achieve the target of milk production. As many as 2.63 lakh dairy farmers belonging to 3,700 milk production cooperatives are producing milk through the OMFED. The CM said milk production in the State has, meanwhile, risen by three times to 2.4 million MT.