Tracking delivery on manifesto promises

Introduce necessary technologies to minimize post-harvest damage and increase diversification of agricultural, maritime, and freshwater products.

Why this status: The Government has funded practical post-harvest-loss measures: modern paddy drying machinery for relevant farmer companies or cooperatives, and Rs. 500 million for fishing-wharf infrastructure specifically to minimize post-harvest losses. These are concrete starts in agricultural and maritime supply chains. Public evidence does not yet demonstrate a wider technology rollout, freshwater-product coverage, or increased product diversification, so the pledge remains underway.

Develop alternative local food products to increase the nutrition levels of children.

Why this status: The Health Ministry reports a rice-based Thriposha alternative was piloted for children with moderate acute malnutrition, and fortified rice in the school-meal programme began scaling to 12 districts from January 2025. This is research- and pilot-based activity relevant to the pledge, but not proof that a new local-food solution has been fully implemented nationwide.

Increase the annual production of prawns above 25,000 tons.

Why this status: The government is operating shrimp-production projects and pursuing industry recovery measures, including breeding and release activity in 25 reservoirs. No official annual prawn-production figure yet demonstrates output above 25,000 tons, so this remains in progress rather than fulfilled.

Establish 5,000 small-scale poultry farms to empower low-income women.

Why this status: A government programme for low-income rural farmers is continuing poultry support in 2026, with 50,000 chicks planned and a separate egg-laying-chick programme for 100 farm families. It is relevant activity, but it does not verify the pledge’s 5,000 small-scale farms for low-income women.

Provide health insurance coverage for registered dairy cattle.

Why this status: The policy directly commits to health-insurance coverage for registered dairy cattle. No evidence shows nationwide operation of the scheme.

Establish 7,500 dairy farms to strengthen youth entrepreneurship.

Why this status: The 2025 Budget funded dairy-productivity investment and a separate youth-entrepreneurship programme in agriculture. These are relevant implementation steps, but no official result verifies 7,500 youth dairy farms, so the numerical pledge is not treated as delivered.

Establish 7,500 dairy farms to empower low-income women.

Why this status: The 2025 Budget committed Rs. 2.5 billion over 2025–26 to improve dairy value chains and dairy-farm productivity. This is relevant implementation activity, but no official result identifies 7,500 dairy farms established for low-income women, so the numerical pledge remains unverified.

Increase the yield per coconut tree to 80 coconuts per annum.

Why this status: The government has launched substantial coconut-productivity programmes, including rehabilitation, irrigation and subsidised inputs across 85,000 acres, as well as the Northern Coconut Triangle with high-yield planting material. These are credible delivery steps, but no official result yet shows the manifesto’s specific target of 80 coconuts per tree per year has been achieved.

Provide efficient agricultural extension services with one extension officer for approximately 350 farm families.

Why this status: An official government policy or Cabinet decision directly addresses this commitment. It is evidence of a formal implementation direction, but not proof of nationwide completion, so it remains in the works.

Establishing agricultural machinery supply centers at the local level to provide agricultural machinery at concessional rates.

Why this status: An official government policy or Cabinet decision directly addresses this commitment. It is evidence of a formal implementation direction, but not proof of nationwide completion, so it remains in the works.

Implement digital land mapping with an agricultural data system using modern technology for proper land use.

Why this status: Under way. Cabinet approved digitising 3.5 million remaining surveyed land plans and integrating them into the national Land Information System, while the Agriculture Ministry is integrating the land sector into agricultural digital interoperability. This is strong implementation progress, but not yet a completed nationwide land-mapping and agricultural-data system.

Provide financial support to establish 50,000 agricultural entrepreneurs within five years.

Why this status: Financial support for agricultural entrepreneurship is being put in place. The 2026 Budget allocates Rs. 1.7 billion for agricultural loans through the New Comprehensive Rural Credit Scheme and says youth-entrepreneurship loan schemes are funded within a wider Rs. 80 billion facility. However, no public evidence verifies 50,000 agricultural entrepreneurs established yet, so this is early implementation of a five-year target, not a completed promise.

Direct cooperative banks, Samurddhi banks and regional development banks efficiently to provide financial facilities for small-scale farmers, entrepreneurs, and investors.

Why this status: Government-backed rural and community-bank finance is being used to support farmers, low-income households and entrepreneurs, including an islandwide credit-guarantee and interest-subsidy scheme that includes the Regional Development Bank. This is relevant delivery, although the evidence does not show a comprehensive efficiency reform across every cooperative, Samurdhi and regional development bank.

Introduce electric fences to prevent elephant movement to villages and maintain them with the help of community participation.

Why this status: Under way. The Government has initiated a human-elephant-conflict programme that includes plans for 800 kilometres of electric fencing to protect villages, while a community programme trained electric-fence assistants in maintenance and coordination. The reviewed evidence does not establish that the planned fencing network has been completed.