The Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu today called upon the scientific community to lay emphasis on enhancing the productivity of small and marginal farmers. “The  small and marginal ​​farmers are the most vulnerable and their welfare must...

Inaugurating the UN World Pulses Day celebrations in New Delhi today, Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar said that initiatives of the Government in increasing pulses production in the countryyielded positive results and...

The Ministry for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare organized the first National consultative workshop on Strengthening Agri- Logistics in e-National Agriculture Market (e-Nam) in New Delhi today. Speaking on the occasion Union Minister for Agriculture and...

The big dream of India becoming a five trillion economy cannot be achieved without including villages. Stating this at the National Awards function of the Ministry of Rural Development, the Minister for Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmers welfare...

The Union Minister of Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare & Panchayati Raj, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launched Phase III of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) on the side lines of the National Workshop on PMGSY organised by the Ministry...

The Cooperation Minister, Punjab, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa today evening called upon the Union Agriculture Minister Mr. Narinder Tomar at New Delhi and emphatically took up the issues pertaining to the strengthening of Sugarfed sector aimed at the welfare...

Dr Amar Singh, Member of Parliament from Fatehgarh Sahib, today met Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister Mr Narendra Singh Tomar in Delhi and appealed that the Union government should help the farmers financially for in-situ management of paddy...

Union Minister for Rural Development Narendra Singh Tomar today interacted with the beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) from 5 States namely Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Assam, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh from the Doordarshan...

Delivering the inaugural address at the 8th International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS-VIII) Bill Gates, Co-Chair Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said “the biggest  challenge today is climate change at a time when we need to increase production...

The Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar today inaugurated the SARAS IITF Mela 2019 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.  Addressing the gathering, Shri Tomar congratulated everyone who is participating...

The Union Minister, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Narender Singh Tomar today laid the foundation stone of the administrative building-cum-laboratory of the ICAR-Indian Institute of Maize Research (IIMR) at Ladhowal (district Ludhiana) today.Narender Singh...

Inaugurating the first ever National Agrochemical Congress in New Delhi, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare exhorted that there is a need to address the issues of small and marginal farmers through generation of right knowledge...

Union Agriculture Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar reminded the gathering that the conservation of plant genetic resources is the shared responsibility of humanity while addressing the Opening Ceremony of eight session of the Governing Body of International...

Realizing the importance of availability of reliable database on the wastelands of the country, the Union Minister for Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare &  Panchayati Raj, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar released the Wastelands Atlas – 2019....

Laying the foundation stone for the new office building of Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB) at the Pusa Campus in New Delhi today, Union Minister for Agriculture Shri Narendra Singh Tomar said that the revamped ASRB shall play a greater role...

Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare met Ms. Julia Klockner, German Minister of Food & Agriculture in New Delhi, today. The Ministers signed a Joint Declaration of Intent between India & Germany on cooperation in agriculture...

Out of the 2.5 lakh panchayats in the country 240 panchayats were confered the National Panchayat Awards 2019 by Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Panchayati Raj in New Delhi today. Congratulating the award winners, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar...

In order to disseminate knowledge to farmers on optimum usage of fertilizer nutrients based on various parameters to sustain agricultural productivity and to make farmers aware of new developments in the field of fertilizer usage and management, the Union...

Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Sh. Narendra Singh Tomar laid the Foundation Stone for  construction  of Grameen Vikas Bhawan at K.G. Marg, New Delhi today. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Minister of...

Farmers will now have easy access to high value and technical agricultural equipments at their doorstep Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Agriculture and  Farmers Welfare said this while launching two mobile Apps – ‘CHC Farm Machinery and Krishi...

The Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu expressed concern over the prevalence of social evils and asked people to play a proactive role to eradicate instances  of social evils like untouchability and gender discrimination. He said that there was...

TAFE’s ‘JFarm Services’ is a CSR initiative aligned to TAFE’s vision of cultivating the world to enrich the lives of farmers across India. This initiative was formally launched inGujarat in partnership with the State Government by the Chief Minister of Gujarat,Shri....

Urging every farmer of the country to be a progressive farmer Union Agriculture Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar said that farmers should adopt new technologies and advancements in the field and must have frequent engagements with ascientists and local Krishi...

Registration for the PM Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana begins today said Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, while addressing a Press Conference in Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi today. Appealing farmers across the country to join the old...

Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare met Dr Luis Miguel Etchevehere, State Secretary of Agro-industry of the Argentine Republic in New Delhi, today. During the meeting, it was discussed that the Working Sub-group on Animal...

The Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar addressed the 91st Foundation Day ceremony of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research in New Delhi today. Congratulating the Farmers, Scientists and Agri-entrepreneurs for...

The Cooperation Minister, Punjab, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa met Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Union Minister for Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Ram Vilas Paswan at New Delhi regarding issues concerning...

There are new challenges in agriculture, small farmers need to be helped with technology at the ground level so that input costs can be reduced. The farmer should test his soil regularly and there is a need to speed up the pace of organic farming. Stating...

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launched a Coffee Table Book today, along with Dr. Hameed Nuru, Representative and Country Director, UN World Food Programme in India, to commemorate five decades of partnership...

On the occasion of birth anniversary of Dr. Shyam Prasad Mukherjee, founder of Jana Sangh, Bhartiya Janata Party Chandigarh launched a Membership Drive as a part of National Event. The Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Minister of Rural...

Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways, Piyush Goyal, has called for a Mass Movement to strengthen the cooperative sector in agriculture. Speaking at the curtain raiser event of India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF) in New Delhi...

The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare  Narendra Singh Tomar today stated that it was the vision of Sardar Patel that farmers should be strengthened through cooperatives across the nation and asserted that while agriculture is the backbone...

The Union Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar today inaugurated a one day workshop on experience sharing under Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) along with Minister of State...

Governor Acharya Devvrat met Union Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Narender Singh Tomar, and Union Minister for Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ at New Delhi, recently.The Governor congratulated them for assuming the charge...

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar  chaired a meeting with Agriculture Ministers of all States/UTs via Video Conference today and discussed the implementation of three key schemes of Government of India namely Pradhan...

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur met Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj and Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar at New Delhi on Saturday.The Chief Minister congratulated him on assuming the charge of the Ministry. He also discussed various issues...

Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday called for providing last-mile connectivity to all villages by 2022 and preparing an action plan to achieve this.He was addressing the first performance Review Committee meeting of the rural development...

After taking charge of the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministry, Union Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar held a review/presentation meeting with senior officers of Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare at Krishi Bhawan today. Ministers...

Union Minister  Narendra Singh Tomar today officially took charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers welfare. Shri Parshottam Rupala and Shri Kailash Choudhary also took charge as Ministers of State in the Ministry. All senior officials of the...

"The Nation is expressingits deep anguish against the cowardly terrorist attack on our security forces in Pulwama. We are fully geared to fight a decisive battle against the scourge of terrorism against our country and our government is committed to take...