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Cong will lose its shrinking base in Madhya Pradesh with cheap talk: Tomar

Hitting back at the Congress for taunting MP CM Chouhan as "nange bhooke ghar ka", Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday said the opposition party will further lose its base among masses

PNB launches financial inclusion, literacy initiative Gram Sampark Abhiyan

State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Friday launched a financial inclusion and literacy initiative 'Gram Sampark Abhiyan' to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The nationwide campaign was launched by Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar, PNB said in a statement. The campaign is centred on four key themes -- digital, credit, social security and financial literacy that will encapsulate various activities and prescribes the cherished theme of 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat', it said. Upon commencement, PNB's 3,930 rural and 2,752 semi-urban branches will aim to reach 526 districts during the campaign, with two camps per branch every month, it said. This campaign will culminate on December 31, 2020 covering 526 districts in 24 states, including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Odisha, Manipur, Tripura and Telangana.

Narendra Singh Tomar: Treading between farmer protest, bypoll preparation

When Tomar was made agriculture minister, many people thought there would be no ripples. They were right - until recently with the farm reform Bill

Agri min Tomar launches portal for testing performance of farm machinery

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday launched a portal where manufacturers can online apply for testing and evaluation their farm machineries.

Narendra Tomar takes charge of food processing ministry after Badal resigns

Tomar was welcomed by Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Rameswar Teli and Secretary at the ministry Pushpa Subrahmanyam

Lok Sabha passes two agriculture bills; Narendra Tomar says MSP will stay

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar urged opposition parties not to politicise the two agriculture-related bills aimed at boosting the income of farmers and said MSP will stay

Farm Bills: Tomar assures MSP mechanism will continue for farmers

Tomar said that many steps, proposed in the Bill, had been recommended by the numerous expert committees, including those which were constituted by the previous Congress government

Minimum support price mechanism for farmers will continue, says Tomar

Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the Minimum Support Price mechanism for farmers will continue and that the mechanism will not be impacted by two proposed legislations

NABARD sanctions micro irrigation projects worth Rs 3,805 cr so far: Tomar

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned micro irrigation projects worth Rs 3,805.67 crore so far

India's area under kharif crops hits all-time high of over 108 mn hectares

Government confident of bumper harvest; could cool down inflation but experts say excess rains, pest attach could play spoilsport in some crops

Flatten Chambal ravines for farming? Why the ambitious plan may struggle

Union agriculture minister is of the view that 300,000 hectares of rugged land is not cultivable, which if improved will help in the integrated development of the Bihad area

Agriculture Minister Tomar launches ICAR's data recovery centre Krishi Megh

To protect the precious data of the government's premier research body ICAR, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday launched a data recovery centre

PM launches Rs 1 trn Agri-Infra Fund, sends Rs 17,100 cr to 85 mn farmers

Modi releases the sixth installment of Rs 17,100 crore to more than 85.5 million farmer beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme

Agri Infra fund: PM to launch financing facility of Rs 1 trillion tomorrow

He will also release the sixth instalment of funds of Rs 17,000 crore to 85 million farmers under the PM-KISAN scheme

Railways to start first 'Kisan Rail' from Devlali to Danapur on Friday

The train will provide a seamless supply chain of perishable produce. This train is a step towards realising the goal of doubling farmers' incomes by 2022

Govt to spend Rs 11.85 cr for funding 112 agri start-ups this year: Tomar

The funds will be released in instalments and the selected start-ups have been trained for two months at 29 agribusiness incubation centres spread across India

Modi govt took revolutionary reforms in agriculture: Narendra Singh Tomar

There has been considerable progress in institutional and private investments after the establishment of SFAC, the Agriculture Ministry said

Our goal is to make farmer prosperous, boost income: Agriculture Minister

As far as contract farming is concerned we already have a model Act framed by the NITI Aayog which has been circulated to the states, Tomar said

Agriculture minister joins G-20 meet over Covid-19 impact on food safety

The G-20 Agriculture Ministers virtual meeting was organized through video conferencing by the Saudi Presidency to deliberate on the ways and means of ensuring continuity of the food supply

India to export 90,000 tonnes of surplus wheat to Afghanistan, Lebanon

. According to the second government estimate, the country is set to harvest a record wheat production of 106.21 million tonne in the 2019-20 crop year on the back of good rains