Narendra Singh Tomar

Some Lesser Known Facts About Narendra Singh Tomar

• Narendra Singh Tomar is an Indian politician who is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has served three tenures as a Lok Sabha MP and has held cabinet ministries of various departments such as the Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, the Department of Rural Development, the Department of Panchayati Raj, and the Department of Parliamentary Affairs in the Modi government.

• On 8 December 2003, he was assigned to various cabinet ministries under the government of Madhya Pradesh which included the Ministry of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, the Ministry of Public Relations, the Ministry of Fisheries, and the Ministry of Animal Husbandry.

• He was first elected to the Rajya Sabha in January 2009 through a by-election, for the seat that was left vacant by the passing away of Laxminarayan Sharma.

• In May 2014, Narendra Singh Tomar preceded Sis Ram Ola to become the Minister of Labour and Employment, Beni Prasad Verma to become the Minister of Steel, and Dinsha Patel to become the Minister of Mines in the Modi government. In July 2016, he took charge as the Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj. In July 2017, he was assigned additional charge of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. On 3 September 2017, he preceded Piyush Goyal to take charge of the office of the Ministry of Mines. In November 2018, he preceded Ananth Kumar to take charge as the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. On 30 May 2019, he preceded Radha Mohan Singh to become the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare. On 18 September 2020, he was assigned the additional charge of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries following the resignation of Harsimrat Kaur Badal from the position.

  

• In 2006, Babulal Gaur, the 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, gave him the nickname ‘Munna Bhaiya.’

• According to Narendra Singh Tomar, arranging poetry conferences and supporting artists are among his greatest achievements in the literary, artistic, and scientific domains.

• Among social and cultural activities, he enjoys organising social, spiritual, and cultural events.

• According to Narendra Singh Tomar, he likes to organise blood donation camps and provide aid to the underprivileged.

• He is the president of Darpan Sports Sansthan in Gwalior.

• In July 2023, he took charge as the convenor of the State Election Management Committee for the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly polls. ^[6]The Hindu

• During his tenure as the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, he implemented progressive agricultural practices and achieved record grain production for which he was accorded as one of the top-performing Ministers in the Union Cabinet in May 2022 with a score of 6.83, according to an IANS-CVoter survey. ^[7]The Times of India