Tag: Agriculture Minister

Bihar Agriculture Minister Sudhakar Singh resigns

Sudhakar Singh earlier pointed out corruption in the agriculture department. He publicly said that the corruption was taking place from lower to the higher level officers. "All of them are thieves," he had said.

October 2, 2022

No ban on inter-district transportation of dry fodder in Haryana: Agriculture Minister

The minister said a nodal officer should be appointed to monitor the fodder coming from other states.

April 26, 2022

No shortage of fertiliser in Haryana: Agriculture minister

Dalal urged the farmers to use organic DAP fertiliser and said that the farmers will get fair prices of crops and vegetables sown using organic DAP fertiliser.

October 28, 2021

Record agriculture production in India is helping world to ensure food security: Agriculture Minister

India is also assisting third-world countries by giving technical and scientific assistance to increase productivity in their countries to ensure global food security, the Minister said in his UN address.

September 25, 2021

Himachal to open wheat procurement centres

He directed the department to make timely arrangements for wheat procurement and also to provide basic facilities at the procurement centers so that the farmers visiting the center do not face any kind of inconvenience.

April 24, 2021

Agriculture Minister told us to approach Supreme Court for repeal of farm laws: Farmers’ leader

'We urge the youth of Punjab to prepare for a long haul. We will take out a big procession on Republic Day,' he said.

January 5, 2021

Centre gives written proposal to farmers’ representatives, next meeting on December 9

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Union Minister Piyush Goyal were leading today's talks.

December 5, 2020

Amit Shah holds high-level meeting with Defence, Agriculture Ministers over farmers protest

The 2-hour long meeting comes after the reports said that agitating farmers are planning to block five entry points to Delhi.

November 30, 2020

Spiti tribals tell minister to follow ‘quarantine’ rule

The tribal folks in the headquarters of Spiti in Kaza today stopped Agriculture minister Ram Lal Markanda, who is their MLA also, at the entry point to Kaza.

June 10, 2020

Narendra Singh Tomar launches integration of 177 new mandis with e-NAM

The objective of the e-NAM was to strengthen agriculture marketing and facilitate farmers to sell their harvested produce through the online portal.

May 11, 2020

Case against Agriculture Minister for ‘anti-farmer’ jibe

A case was lodged on Monday against Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district for insulting farmers, a lawyer said. Tamanna Hashmi, a social activist, filed the case in the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court. It will be heard next week. Commenting on the ongoing nationwide agitation by thousands of farmers demanding loan...

June 4, 2018

No farmer suicides in Kerala: Agriculture Minister

The ruling CPI(M) on Wednesday rejected the allegation by Opposition that farmer suicides were on the rise in the state due to ‘wrong policies’ of the LDF government. The problems reportedly faced by farmers owing to fall in price of their products and indebtedness was raised in the assembly by Kerala Congress(M) leader K M...

March 14, 2018

Registration of livestock breeds rises to 169: Govt

The registration of indigenous livestock and poultry breeds has increased to 169 so far, but more work needs to be done as 54 per cent of the country’s livestock population remains unidentified even today, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said. Out of the 169 registered breeds, 41 are of cattle, 13 of buffalo, 42 of...

January 10, 2018

India to hold World Fisheries Day on Tuesday

Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh is slated to open on Tuesday an event to commemorate the World Fisheries Day. A day-long event with the theme ‘Doubling of farmers’ income by 2022′ will be held at the Agricultural Science Centre (NASC) Complex at Pusa Road here, an official release stated. Exhibitions, technical sessions and information on...

November 20, 2017

Former Puducherry minister hacked to death

Former Puducherry Agriculture Minister VMC Sivakumar was hacked to death by an unidentified gang here on Tuesday, police said. Sivakumar was on his way to inspect construction work when his car was blocked by the gang at Neravy-TR Pattinam near Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam district and attacked with sickles, police said. He was rushed to government...

January 3, 2017