UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — ‘Bharat-VISTAAR’-a multilingual AI tool to enhance farm productivity, improve farmer decision making and reduce risk through customized advisory support, proposed in the Union Budget 2026-27

Q1. 'Project VISTAAR', the initiative whose nomenclature and acronym Bharat-VISTAAR inherits, was conceived essentially as an agricultural-extension digital ecosystem under which one of the following?

  • A. Digital Agriculture Mission
  • B. National e-Governance Plan
  • C. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
  • D. National Mission on Natural Farming

Q2. Bharat-VISTAAR was proposed in the Union Budget 2026-27, which was presented by which one of the following?

  • A. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister of Finance
  • B. Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare
  • C. Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister of Electronics & Information Technology
  • D. The Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog

Q3. Which one of the following is the foundational farmer-centric registry that serves as the primary data backbone (digital identity layer) for Bharat-VISTAAR?

  • A. AgriStack Farmers' Registry
  • B. Crop Sown Registry
  • C. Soil Health Card database
  • D. PM-KISAN beneficiary database

Q4. After starting in Hindi and English, in how many Indian languages is Bharat-VISTAAR planned to eventually allow farmers to interact?

  • A. 8
  • B. 11
  • C. 18
  • D. 22

Q5. Phase-1 of Bharat-VISTAAR integrates how many major Central schemes (such as PM-KISAN, PMFBY and the Kisan Credit Card)?

  • A. 6
  • B. 10
  • C. 12
  • D. 15

Q6. Which one of the following is the nodal ministry/department for the implementation of Bharat-VISTAAR?

  • A. Department of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare
  • B. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
  • C. Ministry of Finance
  • D. Ministry of Rural Development

Q7. The Digital Agriculture Mission — the umbrella framework under which AgriStack (Bharat-VISTAAR's data backbone) sits — was approved in 2024 by the Union Cabinet chaired by whom?

  • A. The Prime Minister
  • B. The Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare
  • C. The Union Finance Minister
  • D. The Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog