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Narendra Singh Tomar is an Indian politician and a member of the 17th Lok Sabha. He is the Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Minister of Rural Development in the Second Modi ministry. In the previous government, he served as the Minister of Mines and Minister of Parliamentary Affair.
Tomar was born on June 12, 1957, in Morar village in Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh to Munshi Singh Tomar and Sharda Devi Tomar. He graduated from Jiwaji University. He is married to Kiran and the couple has two sons and a daughter. Veteran BJP leader Babulal Gaur gave him the nickname of Munna Bhaiyya.
Tomar was appointed Union Minister (Cabinet rank) of Steel, Mines, Labour and Employment in 2014 in the Cabinet headed by Modi but during the second reshuffle in 2016, he was given the charge of Panchayati Raj, Rural Development and Drinking Water and Sanitation instead.
In May 2019, he continued with Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj and was given charge of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare as well.
PTI December 20, 2023 3:24 PM IST
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday moved a proposal for the election of 66-year-old Tomar as the speaker which was seconded by leader of opposition Umang Singhar.
India.com News Desk December 11, 2023 1:08 PM IST
The meeting, which would be held in the presence of three observers Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, OBC Morcha head Dr. K. Lakshman and National Secretary Asha Lakra is scheduled to be concluded by 7 PM.
India.com Business Desk November 21, 2023 12:06 PM IST
PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana : The beneficiaries are currently getting only Rs 6,000 per year under PM-Kisan Yojana.
India.com News Desk November 17, 2023 4:55 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh recorded a voter turnout of 27.62 per cent while neighboring Chhattisgarh saw 19.65 per cent polling in the second phase till 11 AM on Friday, the Election Commission informed on Friday. Voting for Madhya Pradesh's all 230 assembly seats began at 7 AM today.
Manmath Nayak November 15, 2023 1:17 PM IST
PM Kisan Yojana Latest Updates: From the time of the launch of the scheme, the Central government has disbursed more than Rs 2.42 lakh crore to eligible farmers.
Analiza Pathak October 4, 2023 2:34 PM IST
PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019. Since then, all the farmers who are registered with this scheme are getting Rs. 6000 annually in three installments.
Manmath Nayak September 25, 2023 1:19 AM IST
As part of the PM-KISAN scheme, all landholding farmer families are expected to receive the 15th installment between November or December 2023.
India.com Business Desk September 18, 2023 7:59 PM IST
The highlights of the launch include a Kisan Rin Portal (KRP) developed in collaboration with multiple government departments to provide access to credit services under the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme.
India.com Business Desk June 24, 2023 7:20 PM IST
As part of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), eligible farmers receive a financial benefit of Rs 6,000 per year in three equal installments of Rs 2,000 each every four months.
India.com News Desk September 21, 2022 11:45 PM IST
The Central government directed Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi governments to chalk out a comprehensive micro-level plan and promote use of bio-decomposer.
India.com Business Desk March 22, 2022 11:50 PM IST
Announced in February 2019, the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PM-KISAN) is a central scheme that aims at providing financial assistance to landholding farmer families.
India.com News Desk December 7, 2021 4:36 PM IST
Farmers' Protest Latest News Today: In the letter to farmer unions, the Centre said it would form a committee on MSP and that all cases, including those to do with stubble burning, will be dropped. However, the farmers are discussing the proposal of the Centre, the report claimed.
India.com News Desk November 27, 2021 3:32 PM IST
Notably, the move from the protesting farmers came just two days before the Centre is to introduce a bill cancelling the three contentious farm laws.
India.com News Desk November 27, 2021 12:51 PM IST
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that with the formation of the committee for making the MSP system more effective, farmers' demand on the issue 'stands fulfilled'.
India.com News Desk November 19, 2021 4:06 PM IST
Narendra Singh Tomar in the video message asserted that the Modi government has been committed to agriculture and farmers welfare since last seven years.
India.com News Desk July 22, 2021 6:55 PM IST
The protesting farmers said they will assemble at Jantar Mantar on Friday again as they plan to protest every day during the monsoon session of the Parliament.
India.com News Desk June 18, 2021 6:31 PM IST
Till now, the Central government and the farmer unions have held 11 rounds of talks, the last being on January 22, to break the deadlock and end the farmers' protest.
India.com News Desk June 9, 2021 4:38 PM IST
, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that the Centre is ready to hold talks with the agitating farmers on options other than the farm bills.
India.com News Desk February 24, 2021 10:38 PM IST
The Kisan Congress said it will lay siege to the Union Agriculture Ministry on the completion of three months of the farmers' protest.
India.com News Desk February 24, 2021 9:50 AM IST
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said on Tuesday that if the Centre does not repeal the three new agriculture laws, the protesting farmers will gherao parliament. He appealed to farmers to be ready as the call for ''Delhi march'' can be given at any time.
India.com News Desk February 18, 2021 9:00 PM IST
Earlier today, Farmers gathered near rail tracks in parts of Punjab, Haryana Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka for the ''rail roko'' protest.
India.com News Desk February 10, 2021 5:46 PM IST
During his speech, PM Modi launched a scathing attack against the Congress party over the farmers' issue and said that the members of the grand old party debated on colour of the laws (black/white), it would have been better if they had debated on the content and intent of the laws.
Victor Dasgupta February 8, 2021 7:09 PM IST
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday observed that the new agriculture laws are in the "interests of the farmers", and expressed hope that misgivings over the legislations that have arisen in some states would be addressed squarely by the Centre.
India.com News Desk February 5, 2021 2:51 PM IST
Tomar said farmer unions and the opposition have not been able to point out any lacuna in the three laws.
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