Union Budget 2025: Credit & welfare sops in growth sauce for kisan

The budget prioritizes agriculture to drive growth, proposing schemes to boost farming through a special program in 100 low-productivity districts and a six-year mission for self-reliance in pulses. Initiatives include improving credit access, enhancing productivity, sustainable practices, and better post-harvest management. Additional measures target high-yielding seeds, cotton productivity, fisheries, and a new fertiliser plant in Assam.

​The budget prioritizes agriculture to drive growth, proposing schemes to boost farming through a special program in 100 low-productivity districts and a six-year mission for self-reliance in pulses. Initiatives include improving credit access, enhancing productivity, sustainable practices, and better post-harvest management. Additional measures target high-yielding seeds, cotton productivity, fisheries, and a new fertiliser plant in Assam.