The State government on Monday announced a Rs 232-crore compensation package for small and marginal farmers who suffered crop losses due to drought.

A decision to this effect was taken at a Cabinet sub-committee meeting chaired by Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa. On Saturday, former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, after his tour of the drought-hit districts, had said that the government should be doing “more” to help the farmers in distress.