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Chief minister Naveen Patnaik has praised the Union Budgetary announcement of a National Health Protection Scheme to cover 100 million poor families.
Patnaik felt the scheme could have been made more broad based through a universal coverage extending to all eligible poor families.
"It has been our constant demand to increase the Minimum Support Price (MSP) to 1.5 times the cost of production of crops. I am happy that it looks like our demand has been accepted. However, the cost of production must take into account the actual cost incurred by the farmers on a realistic basis. I welcome the intent of
