Union Budget India-expansion – India-expansion was announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Union Budget 2026-27. (AI generated image) The Center on Tuesday will launch Bharat-Vistaar (Virtually Integrated System for Accessing Agricultural Resources), an AI-powered multilingual tool designed to provide information to farmers in their own language through mobile or a simple phone call.

This tool will provide guidance on crop planning, practices and pest packages, weather forecast, markets, scheme information, eligibility, application and complaint. According to sources, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan and Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma will inaugurate Bharat-Vishart in Jaipur.

Sources said Bharat-Vistaar will be available 24 hours a day as a ‘digital agriculture expert’, and the talking AI assistant inside Bharat-Vistaar is named Bharti. Farmers can access it by dialing 155261.