The development comes days after Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai met his Odisha counterpart Mohan Charan Majhi in Bhubaneswar on September 20. After the meeting, Sai said there was no major dispute between the two states over Mahanadi water and expressed confidence that the issue would be resolved soon

The Centre offered a substantially higher support to oilseeds and lentils, with safflower receiving the highest  increase of Rs 675 per quintal, followed by rapeseed and mustard at Rs 413 and lentil, or masur, at Rs 390 per quintal