Tomar was appointed Union Cabinet Minister of Steel, Mines, Labour and Employment on 27 May 2014 in the cabinet headed by Narendra Modi. He was administered the oath of office and sworn in on 26 May 2014 by Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India. On 5 July 2016, during the second cabinet reshuffle of the
Narendra Modi ministry,
Birender Singh replaced him as the
Steel Minister and he replaced Birender Singh as the Minister of
Panchayati Raj,
Rural Development and
Drinking Water and Sanitation.
Piyush Goyal replaced Narendra Singh Tomar as the
Minister of Mines (Minister of State with Independent charge). On 18 September 2020, Tomar was assigned the additional charge of the
Ministry of Food Processing Industries after
Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned from the post. In the
2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Tomar contesting for
Dimani defeated
Bahujan Samaj Party's Balveer Singh Dandotiya by a margin of 24,000.
Arjun Munda succeeded Tomar as the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in December 2023. File:Shri Narendra Singh Tomar taking charge as the Union Minister for Labour and Employment, in New Delhi on May 27, 2014.jpg|Narendra Singh Tomar taking charge as the Union Minister for Labour and Employment, in New Delhi on 27 May 2014 File:Shri Narendra Singh Tomar taking charge as the Union Minister for Mines, in New Delhi on May 30, 2014. The Minister of State for Mines, Shri Vishnu Deo Sai is also seen.jpg|Tomar taking charge as the Union Minister for Mines, in New Delhi on 30 May 2014 File:Shri Narendra Singh Tomar addressing a press conference after takes charge as Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation, in the presence of the Union Minister.jpg|Tomar addressing a press conference after takes charge as Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation, in the presence of the Union Minister == Offices held ==