<h1>Agriculture and farmers' welfare prioritised with expanded irrigation, insurance and credit measures to double farmer incomes.</h1> The Budget emphasises fiscal consolidation while reallocating resources to a nine pillar transformative agenda prioritising Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Rural Sector, Social Sector including Healthcare, Infrastructure and Financial Sector Reforms. Key operative measures include mission mode irrigation expansion supported by a Long Term Irrigation Fund, enlarged agricultural credit targets with interest subvention, rollout of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, a health protection scheme for vulnerable families, subsidised LPG connections for poor households, increased rural grants and infrastructure allocations, banking recapitalisation and statutory reforms including backing for the AADHAR platform and a Code for resolution of financial firms.