New Delhi, March 6 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday emphasised that this year's state budget will have a special focus on women cowherds, poultry farmers, and goat farmers, underlining that this is the International Year of Women Farmers.

"This year has been declared the International Year of Women Farmers. On this occasion, we will be implementing special incentive programs for women cowherds, poultry farmers and goat farmers. For development. Energy self-reliance will be achieved by providing additional subsidy for installing root-of-solar on houses being constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, urban and rural," he said.

Earlier, while presenting the state budget for 2026-27, Fadnavis also proposed a...