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Farmers harp on repeal before sixth round talks on December 30 Farmer unions on Tuesday wrote to Centre formally accepting its invite for talks the next day, but insisted on exploring a ‘rational solution’ to the issues flagged by them. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- Farmers bang plates during a protest against the new farm laws at Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal in Noida. (Photo | PTI) Express News Service CHANDIGARH: On the eve of the sixth round of talks to resolve the monthlong agraria...

Centre and farmer unions to resume talks today; govt committed to find logical solution to current impasse Unions have agreed in-principle to join talks but insisted the agenda of the meeting should include discussing modalities for repealing farm laws. Farmers protest against the Centres new farm laws entered 34th day at Singhu (Delhi-Haryana) border (Image Source: ANI) Share Updated: Dec 30, 2020, 06:43 AM IST The Centre and the farmers unions will hold the next...

The Centre today once again invited 40 farmer unions for the next round of talks on December 30 on all ‘relevant issues’ to break the current impasse, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi continued his offensive in support of the acts saying that the reforms are meant to better their lives. Responding to the letter sent by the protesting farmers unions last week expressing their willingness to hold talks on the ways to repeal the three agriculture acts, the Centre today said that just lik...

False narratives As the month-long deadlock continues, the government today maintained that the protesting farmers have been misled about the new laws. Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday said a "wall of lies" has been spread in a "planned manner" among farmers, but it will not last long and protesting peasants will soon realise the truth. The minister reiterated he remains hopeful to find an early solution to end the impasse. Niti Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar said t...

NEW DELHI, Dec 28: The government on Monday invited 40 protesting farmer unions for the next round of talks on December 30 on all relevant issues to find a “logical solution” to the current impasse over the farm laws. The government’s invite followed a proposal made by unions last week to hold the talks on Tuesday, December 29, on agenda including modalities for the repeal of the three laws enacted in September. In a letter to the unions, Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Aggarwal has invited ...

New Delhi: The Indian government on Monday invited 40 protesting farmer unions for the next round of talks on December 30 on all relevant issues to find a “logical solution” to the current impasse over the farm laws. The government’s invite followed a proposal made by unions last week to hold the talks on Tuesday, December 29, on agenda including modalities for the repeal of the three laws enacted in September. In a letter to the unions, Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Aggarwal has invited t...

Farmers camping at various Delhi borders are here not for a "holiday" but to seek answers from the Centre to their grievances, farmer leader Hannan Mollah said on Sunday as he criticised the government for a lack of response to their proposal for talks on December 29. Farmer groups protesting against the Centres three farm laws have proposed a meeting with the government at 11 am on December 29, but they are yet to receive any response from the government, he claimed. Previously, five rounds ...

Two Congress MPs from Punjab on Sunday said the Centre should withdraw the recent stubble burning ordinance and the Electricity Amendment Bill before its next round of talks with protesting farmer unions so that the dialogue to end the stalemate over three agri-marketing laws can progress smoothly. The government must earn trust of the protesting farmers, said parliamentarians Ravneet Singh Bittu and Jasbir Singh Gill who have been staging a sit-in at Jantar Mantar here for three weeks now in...

Now, it is for the people to decide who are liars. We acknowledge that there cannot be a resolution without a dialogue with the government," the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) general secretary said. Mollah said the farmer unions have proposed four specific talking points for the December 29 meeting -- the government stating the procedure for repealing three farm laws, procedure to make minimum support price (MSP) for crops a legal right, release of Punjab farmers arrested in pollution-related ca...

The war of words between the BJP and opposition parties intensified on Sunday as the stir by thousands of farmers who are camping on Delhis borders braving the harsh winters to press for the repeal of three new central agriculture laws entered the second month. A day after protesting farmer unions proposed December 29 for the next round of talks but put forth several conditions for the agenda, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary expressed the hope that a solution will be...