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Supreme Court stays all 3 farm laws until further orders
21 January 2021
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the implementation of the three farm laws passed by Parliament in September last year and proposed to set up a committee to address the farmers’ grievances, saying that the government has failed to effectively deal with the farmers’ protest.
Miffed by the relentless agitation at Delhi borders for the past month and a half over the new farm laws, the Supreme Court took up the matters into its own hand to end the impasse over the legislation that led to the protests, and decided to suspend the implementation of farm laws until further orders.
The government s negotiations with protesting farm unions hit a roadblock on Friday as the farmer leaders stuck to their demands for a complete repeal of three farm laws they find pro-corporate and a legal guarantee for MSP, even as the Centre asked them to reconsider its proposal for putting the Acts on hold for 12-18 months. Unlike the last 10 rounds of talks, the 11th round could not even reach a decision on the next date for the meeting as the government also hardened its position saying it is ready to meet again once the unions agree to discuss the suspension proposal. This followed a big climbdown made by the Centre during the last round when they offered to suspend the laws and form a joint committee to find solutions.
NEW DELHI: The Government’s negotiations with protesting farm unions hit a roadblock on Friday as the farmer leaders stuck to their demands for a complete repeal of three farm laws they find pro-corporate and a legal guarantee for MSP, even as the Centre asked them to reconsider its proposal for putting the Acts on hold for 12-18 months.
Unlike the last 10 rounds of talks, the 11th round could not even reach a decision on the next date for the meeting as the government also hardened its position saying it is ready to meet again once the unions agree to discuss the suspension proposal. This followed a big climbdown made by the Centre during the last round when they offered to suspend the laws and form a joint committee to find solutions.
Unions Spurn Centre s Offer To Reconsider Proposal To Pause Farm Laws For 18 Months
The last round of talks was conducted on Wednesday in which the government had offered the farmers to stay the implementation of new farm laws for 12-18 months. Suresh K Pandey Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-22T13:53:02+05:30 Unions Spurn Centre s Offer To Reconsider Proposal To Pause Farm Laws For 18 Months outlookindia.com 2021-01-22T16:11:31+05:30
On Friday, the eleventh round of talks was held between the protesting farmer unions and three central ministers to break the nearly two-month-long deadlock and reach a decision on the three new farm laws.
Round 11: Will not agree to anything other than repeal of the laws: Farmer unions tell Modi govt
Round 11: Will not agree to anything other than repeal of the laws: Farmer unions tell Modi govt
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January 22, 2021
New Delhi, Jan 22: Farmer unions on Friday told the government they want a complete repeal of three contentious farm laws even as the Centre asked them to reconsider its proposal for putting the Acts on hold for 12-18 months, as the two sides met for their 11th round of talks to resolve the nearly-two-month long deadlock.
In the last round of meetings held on Wednesday, the government had offered to put on hold the three laws and set up a joint committee to find solutions. However, after internal consultations on Thursday, the farmer unions decided to reject the offer and stick to their two major demands the repeal of the three laws and a legal guarantee of the minimum support price (MSP).