Tag: Narendra Singh Tomar

Tomar said that the government is constantly working to make the country "aatmnirbhar", and as a result, Indian agriculture recorded a robust growth of 3.9 per cent despite the pandemic.

As per the Minister, the Union government is fully committed to doubling the income of the farmers and they have to use the infrastructure and technology properly for achieving success

An intensive awareness campaigns and field activities will also be undertaken for focusing on the concept of Nutri-village, Nutri-food and Nutri-diet to achieve the goal of Malnutrition free villages.

Bhubaneswar: The Hindi imposition row which recently sparked a war of words between BJD MP Tathagat Satpathy and Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar virtually ended today after the latter shot up a letter to Satpathy in English over identification of Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY). On receiving the letter written in english unlike earlier one, […]

Bhubaneswar: The row over ‘Hindi imposition’ on non-Hindi speaking regions deepened further in Odisha with HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar taking a jibe at BJD MP Tathagat Satpathy over his reply in Odia to Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar’s Hindi letter. Javadekar who arrived here to attend the convocation of Sri Sri University and party executive […]

Bhubaneswar: Questioning the reason behind sending official communication to non-Hindi speaking people in Hindi, BJD MP from Dhenkanal Tathagata Satpathy on Saturday posted a thread of twitter messages saying that he replied in Odia, to a letter sent by Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in Hindi. He further stated on social media, “Why are Union […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Union Rural Development minister Narendra Singh Tomar ordered the Chief Controller of Accounts to send an internal audit team to Odisha to probe the alleged irregularities in allotment of houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (PMAY) in Mahanga of Cuttack district Replying to a letter from Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan who […]

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday constituted the parliamentary party executive committee appointing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the leader and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh as the deputy leader in the Lok Sabha. The party has appointed Union Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot as leader and Railways Minister Piyush Goyal as his deputy […]

New Delhi: The government has raised the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy, a key kharif crop, by 3.7 per cent to Rs 1,815 per quintal for the 2019-20 crop season, said Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar Wednesday. The MSP for paddy has been increased by Rs 65 per quintal, Jowar by […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central Government has decided to provide houses under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana –Gramin (PMAY-G) to the people of Odisha affected by the severe cyclonic storm Fani which caused large scale damage in the State. Responding to an unstarred question by BJD Rajya Sabha members Prashanta Nanda and Narendra Swain, Union Minister of Rural […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: In a significant move, union agriculture minister, Narendra Singh Tomar has promised additional assistance to coconut farmers whose crop was hit by cyclone Fani. The assurance must be music to the ears of farmers in areas like Chandanpur and Sakhigopal in Puri that bore the brunt of Fani that made landfall […]

New Delhi: Onion prices, which are ruling as high as Rs 70-80 per kg in some parts of the country, will calm down in the next few days with supply being boosted through agencies like Nafed, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Tuesday. Onion prices have gradually increased in the last one month due […]

New Delhi: The Union cabinet on Wednesday decided to make the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) voluntary for farmers, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said. Addressing an event here, Tomar said that the decision was taken in Wednesday’s cabinet meeting following some complaints regarding the scheme launched in April 2016. PMFBY is compulsory for […]

New Delhi: In what can spark off further speculation about exemptions during probable extension of the ongoing nationwide shutdown, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Friday that he has asked all states to keep a plan ready to start MGNREGA work from April 15, if the situation allows. “All states have been asked to […]

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday promulgated the ordinances for major agricultural reforms which aim to give freedom to the farmers to sell their agriculture produce anywhere in the country and pave the way for contract farming. The Union Cabinet had on Wednesday cleared Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion & Facilitation) Ordinance […]