Odisha announces a relief package for families hit by Cyclone Arnab

1 November 2026

Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced a wide relief package for people hit by Cyclone Arnab and the floods that followed it.
Every affected family gets 50 kg of rice and Rs 2,500 in cash.
A fully damaged house draws Rs 1,20,000 in the plains and Rs 1,30,000 in hilly areas.
Farmers who lost a third or more of a crop get input subsidy of Rs 8,500 a hectare for unirrigated land, Rs 17,000 for irrigated land and Rs 22,500 for perennial crops, for up to two hectares.
The state will hand out 1,75,000 free seed minikits - 1,20,000 of pulses, 5,000 of oilseed and 50,000 of vegetables - and a 75 per cent subsidy on pesticide for the Rabi season of 2026-27.
Two hundred poultry farms with more than 70 per cent damage will be rebuilt under the Chief Minister's Agriculture Initiative.
Fishermen of Chilika and the sea coast get Rs 60,000 for a damaged boat and Rs 15,000 for nets.
The Chief Minister also ordered irrigation points in every affected village repaired before Rabi sowing.