India, Feb. 4 -- Executive summary

The initiatives under budget 2026 are aptly prioritised towards specific high-value commodity value chains with emphasis on enhancing productivity, branding, and competitive aggregated initiatives through FPOs. Emphasis on infrastructure and mechanisation is also apparent. The previous budget and initiatives had emphasised on horticulture production, which has now even surpassed food crop production and the present thrust on specific high-value commodity value chains distinguishes this budget. Notably, DBT and MSP support has not witnessed any increase reflecting renewed focus on investment spent for growth.

Commodity value chain focus

Very appropriately, the budget emphasises on high-potential value ...