Cyclone Farmers

Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 2 November 2026 told officials to draw up a drought and cyclone strategy, speed rabi sowing and settle PMFBY claims faster.

With Cyclone Murasu due to cross the south Andhra coast overnight on November 2-3, the state told farmers to drain fields, store harvested grain and postpone spraying.

Odisha announced a Cyclone Arnab relief package on 1 November 2026, with input subsidies of Rs 8,500 to Rs 22,500 a hectare for farmers who lost 33% or more of their crop.

Andhra Pradesh puts Cyclone Arnab losses at about Rs 4,600 crore; preliminary crop damage rose to 3,51,662 hectares, the state said on October 29, 2026.

Cyclone Arnab inundated about 70,900 hectares of paddy and damaged 10,450 hectares of horticulture crops in Andhra Pradesh, CM Naidu told the Centre on October 28, 2026.

Ahead of Cyclone Arnab's October 28 landfall near Yanam, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh told farmers to harvest mature paddy and protect harvested grain from rain.