<h1>Union Budget agriculture and rural employment allocations criticised by farmers' organisation; calls for protests and nationwide strike participation.</h1> A national farmers' organisation says the Union Budget 2026-27 largely neglects agriculture and rural labour, noting small and marginal farmers were mentioned only once and rural employment schemes received no recognition; this signalling, the organisation argues, undermines sectoral support. It identifies a cut in the Department of Agricultural Research and Education allocation from Rs 10,281 crore (RE 2025-26) to Rs 9,967 crore (BE 2026-27) and limited emphasis beyond animal husbandry and dairying. The organisation criticises continued cash-crop rhetoric, absence of earlier mission allocations in figures, and calls for protest action and a general strike.