Defence funding increase enables pension parity and modernization investments, with procurement streamlined and border infrastructure prioritized.
The Budget increases defence allocations and provides an additional allocation to remedy pension disparities under the one rank one pension policy, while raising capital outlay for defence modernization with a specific sub-allocation for accelerating railway development in border areas and announcing measures to streamline defence procurement for greater speed and efficiency.

Textile and handloom development: budgeted support to establish facilitation centres, clusters, academy and promotion programmes.
Central support funds establishment of a Trade Facilitation Centre and Crafts Museum in Varanasi to promote handloom products, funding for multiple Textile Mega Clusters to enhance cluster development and market access, creation of a Hastkala Academy in PPP mode for preservation and documentation of handloom/handicraft skills, and targeted promotion programmes including a Pashmina Promotion Programme and regional crafts development initiatives.

Public funding for memorials announced in national budget: allocations for a war memorial and a National Police Memorial.
The national budget provides dedicated allocations for commemorative infrastructure: a war memorial with an accompanying museum at Princes Park, New Delhi, and a separate National Police Memorial, with funding announced to construct and supplement memorial and museum facilities as expressions of national recognition of the sacrifices of armed forces and police personnel.

Budgetary allocation supports state-led statue project through central financial assistance announced in the Union Budget.
A budgetary allocation in the Union Budget provides central financial support to assist the Government of Gujarat in erecting the Statue of Unity; the appropriation is presented as a targeted administrative funding commitment to a state-led infrastructure and cultural monument project rather than as a statutory entitlement.

Agricultural finance expansion: state to mobilise credit for landless joint farming groups and fund livestock and fisheries development.
Targeted financing will be provided to five hundred thousand joint farming groups of "Bhoomi Heen Kisan" through NABARD because many landless farmers lack land title and are denied institutional credit; budgetary allocations include fifty crores for development of indigenous cattle breeds and an equal sum to initiate a blue revolution in inland fisheries to support a protein focused Green Revolution.

Agriculture credit target raised to boost rural lending, expand refinance funds and warehousing support for farmers.
A package increases agriculture lending targets and preserves concessional short-term finance under the Interest Subvention Scheme, while expanding NABARD-administered refinance and development funds. It proposes enlarging the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund, creating a Long Term Rural Credit Fund to support term-lending through Cooperative and Regional Rural Banks, augmenting short-term cooperative refinance to ensure uninterrupted credit flow, establishing a warehousing fund, and supplementing the Producers' Organization Development Fund to build producer organizations.

National Adaptation Fund launched to support climate resilience; Price Stabilization Fund and market reforms to aid farmers.
Establishment of a National Adaptation Fund to address climate change impacts on agriculture with an initial central allocation; creation of a Price Stabilization Fund to mitigate agricultural price volatility; and central encouragement for states to re-orient APMC legislation to permit private market yards, and to develop farmers' markets to promote direct sales, competition and market integration.

Feeder separation under Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana expands rural power supply and strengthens distribution networks.
Launch of the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana to implement feeder separation for augmenting rural power supply and strengthening sub-transmission and distribution systems, with dedicated financial allocation to operationalise infrastructure works and a commitment to provide uninterrupted round-the-clock power supply to homes.

Integrated rural infrastructure development to be delivered via PPPs using scheme funds and skill development focus.
Launch of the Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission to deliver integrated project-based infrastructure in rural areas, combining civic services with economic activity and skill development; delivery to prioritize Public-Private Partnerships and leverage existing scheme funds, drawing on a rurban development model for efficient civic infrastructure and associated services.

Soil health card scheme expands farmer access to soil diagnostics and mobile testing to address fertilizer imbalance.
A central initiative proposes issuing a Soil Health Card to every farmer to diagnose declining soil quality and improve nutrient management, complemented by deployment of mobile soil testing facilities to expand access to on-site testing and deliver timely fertilizer-use recommendations.

Total sanitation target aims to extend household coverage through central funding and community participation under a national initiative.
The central government commits to achieving total sanitation by extending sanitation coverage to every household within a national timeframe, with the Centre providing funding within its means while implementation depends on state, local and community support.

Dedicated agricultural channel announced to provide real-time farming advisories and conservation guidance to farmers through state-supported broadcast.
A Kisan TV channel will be established as a dedicated broadcast service to disseminate real time information to farmers on farming techniques, water conservation and organic practices, supported by a budget allocation to enable launch and initial operations in the current financial year.

Assured irrigation scheme to expand farmer access to irrigation and reduce monsoon-related agricultural risk through a new national program.
Proposal to initiate the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana as a national irrigation scheme to expand farmer access to irrigation and reduce agricultural dependence on monsoon, facilitating access to irrigation infrastructure and services with a dedicated budgetary allocation to support initial implementation.

Skill development programme Skill India to expand employability and entrepreneurship through multi-skill training and scheme convergence.
Launch of the national Multi-Skill programme Skill India aims to improve youth employability and entrepreneurship by providing targeted training and support for modern vocational competencies and traditional trades, with a policy focus on convergence of existing schemes to coordinate resources and delivery.

Agri-Tech Infrastructure Fund established to support agro-technology and modernization, and university expansion planned.
Creation of two agriculture research institutes in Assam and Jharkhand and constitution of an Agri-Tech Infrastructure Fund with an initial budgetary allocation to promote agro-technology development and modernization of agri-business infrastructure; additionally, establishment of two Agricultural Universities and two Horticulture Universities with a separate initial allocation to build higher-education capacity in the agricultural sector.

Budgetary allocations for sports infrastructure and youth programmes support stadium upgrades, university creation, training and career services.
Provision of targeted budgetary allocations to develop sports infrastructure and associated human capital through multiple directed programmes. Funds are earmarked to upgrade stadiums to international standards in Jammu and Kashmir, establish a Sports University in Manipur, finance athlete training for international competitions, create national Sports Academies, convert employment exchanges into career centres with counselling, and launch a Young Leadership Programme, all financed within the current financial year.

Smart city funding increases to support development of satellite and mid-sized cities to manage urban migration.
The Finance Minister announced a provision of Rs. 7060 crores in the current financial year to develop one hundred Smart cities as satellite towns and to modernize mid-sized cities, framing the funding as a response to accelerating rural-to-urban migration and the need to expand urban capacity and improve livability.

Tourism development funding to create themed tourist circuits and launch heritage and pilgrimage conservation programmes.
Allocation for development of themed tourist circuits is proposed to promote tourism-led economic activity and job creation by developing five distinct tourist circuits with targeted infrastructure and amenities. Announced initiatives include HRIDAY for urban heritage conservation through government-academic-community partnerships, PRASAD for pilgrimage infrastructure upgrades, preservation funding for archaeological sites, and support for convention facility development via Public-Private Partnership using viability gap funding.

Savings instrument reintroduction to mobilise banked and unbanked household savings and promote saving among small investors.
Re introduction of Kisan Vikas Patra as a government savings instrument to mobilise both banked and unbanked household savings, presented to make a popular small saver instrument available again and to promote saving among individuals with varying access to formal banking; announced in the Finance Minister's budget speech as part of efforts to encourage household saving and inclusion of small investors.

Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission launched to fund riverfront development, NRI contributions and river link project reports.
An integrated river conservation and funding initiative establishes the Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission (Namami Gange) with budgetary allocations to consolidate stakeholder efforts, create an NRI Fund for Ganga to finance special projects, provide funds for Ghat development and riverfront beautification at selected historic and sacred locations, and set aside resources to prepare Detailed Project Reports to advance a national river linking planning effort.