Gujarat Bags Agriculture Leadership Award 2026 for Horticulture

Exam-focused facts from the 21 July 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The Agriculture Leadership Award was instituted in 2008 by the Agriculture Today Group on the advice of agricultural scientist Dr. M. S. Swaminathan.
The selection committee for the award is headed by former Chief Justice of India Justice P. Sathasivam.
Gujarat received the Agriculture Leadership Award 2026 for excellence in the horticulture sector.
The award was presented by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the 17th Agriculture Leadership Conclave in New Delhi.
Gujarat Agriculture Minister Jitu Vaghani received the award on behalf of the state.
Gujarat had previously won the Agriculture Leadership Award as Best Agriculture State in 2009, 2014, and 2018, and for animal husbandry in 2019.