Ahead of the Union Budget 2026 India’s dairy industry has urged the government to accelerate digital transformation across the supply chain, expand farmer access to capital, and incentivise cold-chain infrastructure. In order to promote investment in cold-chain infrastructure—which is essential for preserving product quality and lowering losses, especially as demand for value-added dairy products increases—the dairy industry has also called for specific incentives. “I foresee exports picking up in a big way, especially to the European Union and the Gulf countries,” he said. “Input prices are going up for dairy farmers, particularly cattle feed and nutrition, and climate volatility is adding to price fluctuations between flush and lean seasons,” he said. Stellapps Technologies is an Indian dairy-tech company that specialises in using IoT, AI, and cloud analytics to digitise the dairy supply chain.