The State Agriculture Cabinet approved four proposals relating to the farm sector on Thursday.
The Agriculture Cabinet, which met at the State Secretariat under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, decided to constitute an Agriculture Taskforce to supervise agriculture-related schemes and give suggestions to the Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment Department.
It also decided to directly deposit money against various subsidies directly in the farmers’ bank accounts. Besides, it approved a proposal to set up 1 lakh tube-wells within a timeframe.
According to sources, nine Ministers belonging to Finance, Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development, Cooperation, Water Resources, Energy, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare, Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste Development and Panchayati Raj departments attended the meeting.
The State Cabinet would meet on Friday morning. Though any agenda was yet to be known, sources said various proposals relating to School and Mass Education, Higher Education and Health Departments would be discussed and approved, sources added.