In the case of the death of cattle due to skin disease State Animal Husbandry Minister Prabhu B. Chavan has released Rs.30 crore to compensate the owner. “A grant of Rs. 30 crore has been released to compensate the dead cows to avoid financial loss to the owners and farmers of cattle that died due to skin nodule disease. He said that earlier a grant of Rs.2 crore was given,” the statement stated. Meanwhile, in the state 17,000 cattle have died and now is being brought under control.