Extend Kantari Vad crop-protection assistance to small holdings

01 · Delivery status

Why partially done?

The Gujarat government announced in May 2026 that its Wire Fencing Scheme would lower the minimum eligible cluster size from two hectares to one hectare (about 2.47 acres), raise assistance to ₹300 per running metre or half the actual cost, whichever is lower, and provide ₹240 crore for applications. This relaxes a barrier for smaller farmers and is a meaningful change in the promised direction. But the announced threshold is for a cluster, while the manifesto refers to land up to 2.5 acres; the available record does not prove eligibility for every individual small plot, actual disbursement, or round-the-clock protection achieved. The promise is Partially Done.

One hectare is about 2.47 acres, close to the manifesto's 2.5-acre figure, but the government announcement describes a minimum cluster size. It does not prove that every individual plot of up to 2.5 acres is independently eligible or has received protection. The minister announced ₹240 crore for the wire-fencing scheme; beneficiary disbursement remains unverified.

02 · Strength of evidence

Why medium confidence?

A detailed contemporary report quotes the state agriculture minister's announced eligibility and assistance changes, directly relevant to the pledge. Confidence is Medium because the underlying government order and post-change beneficiary and fencing-completion data were not verified.