The Centre will provide a diesel subsidy for irrigation in those States where rainfall deficiency is more than 50 per cent as on 15th of July. The move will help protect standing kharif crops. Government has also raised the subsidy ceiling to 50 per cent on seeds to partially compensate the cost of resowing for farmers.Intervening during a discussion on Natural Calamities in the Rajya Sabha yesterday, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said that the government has also decided to give a special package of 35,000 rupees per hectare to farmers for rejuvenation of horticulture crops in case of areas declared drought-hit.