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Narendra Singh Tomar slams Congress for lying, misleading people on new fa
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Union Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday slammed Congress for misleading the people by lying about the new farm laws pointing that the party is losing its support base.
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Punjab Contract Farming Act has provision to jail farmers, in Centre's law
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): Punjab Government's Contract Farming Act has a provision to send farmers behind the bars and fine of up to Rs 5 lakh whereas in the Government of India's Act a farmer can exit a contract anytime, said Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. Read More
'Khoon ki kheti' jibe was made in reference to Congress document, says Tom
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said his "khoon ki kheti" jibe against Congress in the Rajya Sabha earlier in the day was made in the context of a document shown by Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge.
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Opposition leaders not telling what is 'black' in the new farm laws, says
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said that opposition has failed to point flaws in new farm laws and the opposition did not discuss provisions of these legislations during the motion of thanks to the President's Address in Rajy
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Centre trying to ensure requisite investment reaches agriculture sector: T
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said that Rs 1 lakh crore agriculture infrastructure fund has been provided under the Atmanirbhar package and the Centre has tried to ensure that requisite investment reaches the agriculture sec
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For timely settlement of insurance claims, DGCA allows Agri Dept to fly dr
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): To ensure timely settlements of claims under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has approved the proposal of the Department of Agriculture for flying drones over 100 districts growing rice and wheat,
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After Rahul Gandhi's 'M' question, Tomar says even Congress doesn't take h
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 3 (ANI): Slamming Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his tweet asking why names of many dictators begin with the letter "M", Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday said even Congress doesn't take its former president's statement seriously.
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Amid sloganeering by opposition in Lok Sabha, Tomar assures dialogue insid
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): Amid protest by opposition members in Lok Sabha over the new farm laws, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Tuesday that the government is ready for debate inside and outside parliament on the issue.
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Agriculture Minister hails Union Budget, Oppn dubs it anti-farmer
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New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for bringing out "such a good budget' in his press conference even as several opposition parties dubbed it as "anti-farmer."
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Sharad Pawar's critique of new farm laws mixture of ignorance and misinfor
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday said Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar's critique of the new farm laws on Twitter was a mixture of "ignorance and misinformation."
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BKU (Lok Shakti), BKU (Ekta) meet Agri Minister Tomar, hand over memorand
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New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): Members of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Lok Shakti) and Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta) met Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday evening and handed over a memorandum.
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Rs 1 lakh cr announced for strengthening agri-infrastructure, cold storage
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New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday informed that the Central government has set up a Rs 1 lakh crore fund under the "Aatmanirbhar package" to strengthen the crops storage infrastructure and reduce post-harvesting losses.
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