Narendra Singh Tomar

"At present, there is no proposal to further increase the amount of PM-KISAN from Rs 6,000," Tomar said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

A door-to-door KCC campaign and a manual of the Weather Information Network Data Systems (WINDS) portal will also be launched at an event to be held at the Pusa complex.

A seasoned organisation leader, Tomar has held various positions in the party, including that of its Madhya Pradesh president, and is considered a low-key profile leader who enjoys cordial relations with various regional satraps.

India’s wheat production was expected to see a fall this season as unseasonal rains and hailstorms in March led to widespread crop losses across parts of the country.

"This will curb the pilferage in the seed trade sector," Tomar said addressing a two-day Indian Seed Congress

Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India’s interest will be safeguarded in the G20 meetings, Tomar said while responding to a question on the issue of farm subsidies being extended to the agriculture sector in the country.

The Centre has endeavoured to establish a link between research and farming and provide scientific advice to farmers at the ground level.

The minister was speaking after inaugurating the National Conference on Soil Health Management for Sustainable Farming, organised by Niti Aayog.

Dharmendra Pradhan also sought a probe into the "conduct of private insurance companies empanelled in the PMFBY in Odisha, especially in Bargarh district".

Tomar appealed to four state governments — Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi — to take steps to control it, making use of available solutions i.e. Pusa decomposer, a bio-decomposer technique that converts stubble into compost much faster than usual.

"Definitely, crops have been damaged due to the unseasonal rains. The survey is underway and we are waiting for reports from the states to assess the extent of damage," Tomar told reporters.

Narendra Singh Tomar was addressing the 8th General Meeting of MahaFPC, a state-level farmer producer company, in Pune on Thursday as its chief guest.

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar introduced the country's first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine for animals, Anocovax, on Thursday. The vaccine was produced by the ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines in Haryana (NRC).

Speaking to reporters after attending a function on Thursday, Narendra Singh Tomar said it was the government’s duty to maintain a balance in the market.

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, who was in Israel on a four-day official visit from May 8, met his Israeli counterpart Oded Forer at the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) on Wednesday.

Narendra Singh Tomar, while addressing a national workshop on innovative agriculture here, said the need of the hour is to do farming that works in harmony with nature, reduces the cost of production, ensures good-quality produce and profits to farmers.

PMFBY (Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana), launched in February 2016, aims at providing financial support to farmers facing crop loss/damage due to natural calamities. The scheme was revamped with effect from kharif season (June-October) of 2020.

Over-polished and nutrient-poor, Minikhet rice continues to command high prices across Bangladesh despite awareness efforts to highlight its origins and flaws.

Eight districts of Gwalior-Chambal division and Bidisha district were badly impacted due to heavy rains during the south-west monsoon season.

In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said, "the subject of compensation, etc. to the families of the deceased farmers in the farmers movement is with the concerned state governments”.