Budget: Agri-tech, high value crops and diversification

The BJP government has placed a thrust on high-value agriculture by promoting walnuts, almonds, coconuts, cocoa and spices, to increase farmers income and bring in crop diversification. It also propagated the growing of such high-yielding varieties in hilly regions of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Jammu and Kashmir. For the first time, a Coconut Promotion Scheme was announced keeping in mind India's leadership in the global market. The Union Budget 2026-27 also emphasized on automation of agriculture with the introduction of Bharat-VISTAAR, a multilingual AI tool, which aims to integrate AgriStack portals with ICAR package. The allocation of a whopping Rs 1.51 lakh crore for VB-G RAM G scheme was another major announcement in the Budget. The fisheries sector also got major attention in the Budget with credit-linked subsidy interventions, creation of livestock farmer producer organizations and 500 reservoirs, among others.

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