<h1>Jammu and Kashmir budget announces welfare, infrastructure and governance measures with Aadhaar based DBT and targeted sectoral investments.</h1> The Jammu and Kashmir 2026-27 budget implements governance reforms by moving all Centrally Sponsored Schemes to the SPARSH system with mandatory Aadhaar-based Direct Benefit Transfers, proposes incentives for hardship area staff and local employment conditions for concessionary industrial units, and funds market support for artisans including a Unity Mall. It allocates major sectoral investments for a Restructured Weather Based Insurance Scheme, CA storage expansion, irrigation subsidies, livestock embryo transfer labs, education and early childhood upgrades, healthcare infrastructure and specialised departments, and social protection measures including scholarships, orphan sponsorships via DBT, transport for persons with disabilities, and six free LPG cylinders yearly for AAY households.