The Cash-strapped Orissa Government has decided to hike land cess and sell hassle-free land under Revenue Department's control to generate additional resources worth Rs 1,000 crore during the current financial year. The Government has been under tremendous pressure from World Bank and Department for International Development (DFID) to cut down superfluous expenditure and mop up funds from its own resources. These institutions have been funding and virtually dictating the State's economic and administrative reforms programme.