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Stubble burning not political issue, states should work on it: Tomar

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday expressed concern over rising incidents of stubble burning in four major north Indian states including Punjab and appealed them to take steps to control it. The minister said since 2018, the central government has provided funds and machines to the states for the management of stubble burning incidents. Stubble burning is not a "political issue" and the states should work towards curbing it, he said. The minister said that PUSA decomposer, developed by the agri-research body ICAR, is effective in controlling stubble burning, and appealed to state governments as well as farmers to make use of more such machines. "Despite providing crores of rupees and 2 lakh machines, stubble burning incidents are rising and it is a cause of concern," Tomar said addressing a day-long event on 'Pusa decomposer'. Since 2018-19, the Central government has provided Rs 3,138 crore to four states -- Punjab, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana -- for the ..

Agriculture minister launches portal on national mission on natural farming

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday launched a portal on National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) for the benefit of the farming community. The NMNF portal (http://naturalfarming.dac.gov.in) -- developed by the agriculture ministry -- was launched in the first steering committee meeting of the National Natural Farming Mission here. The portal contains all the information about the mission, implementation outline, resources, implementation progress, farmer registration, blog etc., which will be useful for the farmers. Also, this website will help in promoting natural farming in the country, an official statement said. Tomar, who chaired the committee, said the mission of natural farming in the country would be taken forward with everyone's cooperation. In this regard, the minister asked the officers to coordinate with the state governments and central departments and enable market linkage so that the farmers get more ease in selling their products. Union Rural .

Need to boost crop productivity, make farming profitable for growth: Tomar

Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar on Thursday stressed on increasing farm productivity and crop production as well as making farming activities profitable for the overall growth of the sector. He also said there is a need for balanced use of agro-chemicals and fertilisers by creating awareness. Addressing an event 'India Chem 2022', Tomar said the government has undertaken various reforms in the agro-chemical industry and the process would continue in consultation with the stakeholders, including private manufacturing players. He assured them that the government will make efforts to address the challenges faced by the industry. Tomar emphasised on the need for coordinated and comprehensive efforts across various ministries and sectors to realise the true potential of India. The two-day event was organised by FICCI along with the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. According to a FICCI statement, Bhagwanth Khuba, Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, said Indian ..

Development incomplete unless poor are free from inequality: Narendra Tomar

Development of any country cannot be complete unless poor people are freed from inequality and brought into the mainstream, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said, asserting that the Modi government has been working on this objective in a planned manner. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been striving hard to increase the credibility of the country globally, he said. Tomar was addressing the 8th General Meeting of MahaFPC, a state-level farmer producer company, in Pune on Thursday as its chief guest. "The development journey of any nation cannot be complete unless the poor are free from inequality. Similar was the situation in the country as almost half of the population did not have bank accounts, crores of families did not have toilets, electricity, gas cylinders in their kitchen or houses to live in. PM Modi took the initiative to remove these inequalities," a press release quoted Tomar as saying. Now, houses for the poor are being built under the Pradhan Mantri

Unseasonal rains are impacting small farmers, says Narendra Singh Tomar

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday said unseasonal rains in some parts of the country have affected small farmers and are getting compensation under the government's crop insurance scheme. At a conference on 'Enhancing Agricultural Productivity: Integration of Improved Seeds and Agri Inputs', the minister also said Indian agriculture sector as well as profit or loss in farming are dependent on nature. "You all must be experiencing now that unseasonal rains have caused losses to small and marginal farmers," he said. According to him, farmers have security cover as they get compensations under the crop insurance scheme Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). The scheme provides protection to farmers from crop losses. Delhi-NCR and various districts of Uttar Pradesh have received unseasonal rains this month. So far, Tomar said the insurance companies have provided a compensation of Rs 1.22 lakh crore to affected farmers. However, he rued that all farmers are n

Ministry to seek Cabinet nod for allowing projects access agri fund: Tomar

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday said his ministry will soon seek the Cabinet nod for a proposal to allow emerging technology-based farm projects like hydroponics

Insurance companies made Rs 40,000 cr in 5 years under PMFYB scheme

The companies paid claims worth Rs 119,314 crore to farmers against the total premium collection of Rs 159,132 crore under PMFBY

Centre advances paddy procurement in Tamil Nadu to September: Tomar

Paddy procurement in Tamil Nadu has been advanced by one month to September of the 2022-23 kharif marketing season following a request fro the state, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said

Monsoon rains will progress, too early to comment on paddy sowing: Tomar

Data from Agriculture Ministry showed that as of July 15, the paddy sowing was down by 17.4% to 128.50 lakh hectares this Kharif season as against 155.53 LH in corresponding period of previous year

Govt taking steps to fix post-production challenges in agri sector: Tomar

Tomar said govt has connected about 1,000 regulated wholesale mandis with electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) so far and sanctioned Rs 9,500 cr for 13,000 projects under the Agri-Infra Fund

Nation will move forward with strength of northeast region: Narendra Tomar

Tomar stated that PM Modi has also asked his cabinet ministers to visit this area regularly and understand the difficulties here and quickly solve the problems related to their departments

Center, states working for development of northeast, including Nagaland

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday said that the Center and States are together engaged in the holistic development of the Northeast including Nagaland

No wheat shortage in India, ban imposed to check rampant export: Tomar

There was no shortage of wheat in India, but the Centre has imposed a ban on its export to check "rampant" overseas sales of the grain, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar

India and Germany ink agreement for cooperation in agro-ecology

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Germany's Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze signed a declaration in this regard in a virtual meeting, an official statement

4 lakh hectare under natural farming now, says agriculture minister Tomar

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

Govt to organise week-long nationwide campaign for farmers from April 25

As part of the campaign beginning April 25, farmers' fair will be organised at each Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) along with field exhibition on natural farming, an official statement said

Over 5.5 lakh farmers mobilised under central scheme for FPOs: Govt

More than 5.87 lakh farmers have been mobilised under the 'Formation & Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)' scheme launched in February 2020 with equity contribution by farmer members amounting to Rs 36.82 crore, the Centre announced on Thursday.

Waiting names from farmers' unions to set up MSP panel: Minister Tomar

Last month, Tomar in a written reply to the Lok Sabha had said the government was under the process of forming a committee on MSP

Govt working on scheme to promote natural farming: Narendra Singh Tomar

Tomar also urged scientists to provide their research inputs to reap more benefits from traditional methods of farming

Focus on quality of agricultural produce to get good price, says Tomar

Ensuring the better quality of the agricultural products has always been the main concern of the prime minister, the agriculture minister said