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“It is really shameful that the government is calling the budget pro-farmer. BHUBANESWAR: In the interim budget before the state goes to polls, the Naveen Patnaik government proceeded on expected lines, wooing farmers by allotting the major chunk of the budget estimates to schemes that help them. It is trying to buy our silence.”It must be mentioned that farmers make up 60 per cent of the state’s population. Whatever the state government is claiming to do for farmers is only in words. The government also announced Rs 800 crore as subsidy on interest of farm loans.“The scheme shows the commitment of the state government towards providing financial support to more than 50 lakh farmers’ families..