The eighth round of negotiations between the protesting the farmers’ unions and the Center about him recently enacted farm laws ended on an unfinished note on Friday, with farmers sticking to their key demand for repeal of the agrarian laws and the Center insisting on limiting the conversations to contentious …
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Farmers sit in the back of their tractor wagon as they continue to block a road on the Delhi-Haryana border on the outskirts of New Delhi. (AP Photo / Manish Swarup) Farmers’ Protest Live Updates: Representatives of farmers protesting at the Delhi borders arrived at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi on …
Read More »First thaw in the cold: underline the agreement, compromise language
After more than a month and five rounds of cold talk, there was some conciliation and progress in resolving the standoff, and much more cordiality between the farmers’ unions and the government on Wednesday. For the first time, there were some conclusions: a perceptible change in gesture on the part …
Read More »The government agrees with the energy subsidy, stubble restrictions; talks on MSP, repeal to continue
Moving forward in talks for the first time since farmers who oppose the new farm laws showed up on the doorstep of Delhi more than a month ago, the Center said on Wednesday that there had been “mutual consensus” on two of the four demands made by the farmer. unions. …
Read More »Government, farmers reach common ground, but talks remain stalled on MSP and repeal of laws
In the first signs towards a resolution to the concerns of protesting farmers, the Center and farmer representatives reached consensus Wednesday on two issues: increasing electricity rates and penalties for stubble burning. However, the meeting, which lasted more than five hours, did not manage to get out of the deadlock …
Read More »Farmers’ Protest Highlights: Farmers Agree on Government Proposal for Talks Wednesday; ‘wall of lies’ will fall soon, says Tomar
The protesting farmers’ unions agreed Monday on a government proposal to hold the next round of discussion on the new farm laws on December 30. However, they insisted that the meeting’s agenda should include the discussion of the modalities to repeal the three laws. Hours earlier, the Center had invited …
Read More »Farmers Protest Live Updates: Punjab CM and SAD Attack BJP for Calling Protesters ‘Urban Naxals’
Meanwhile, when the government of the Center announced the release of 18 billion rupees as part of the latest installment of 2,000 rupees each into the farm household accounts of 9 million rupees under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, several farmers said That amount may be huge, but one …
Read More »Live Updates From Farmers’ Protest: Dushyant Chautala Says Farm Laws Need Many Amendments
Earlier in the day, Congressional leaders Rahul Gandhi, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury met with President Ram Nath Kovind and sought the withdrawal of recently enacted farm laws. Gandhi told the president that the laws were “anti-farmers” and would cause farmers to suffer great losses. In other news, …
Read More »Farmers’ protest on 29: ‘It will take two steps if the Center takes one’, protesters say, demanding higher EMP 10 points – india news
The Center had invited protesting farmers to the sixth round of talks and asked them to set a date at their convenience. The farmers, in their meeting on Wednesday, decided they would not set a date because they did not agree with the proposals sent by the agriculture minister. With …
Read More »Government wants farmers back to table, says open-minded
Written by Harikishan Sharma, Liz Mathew | New Delhi | Updated: December 23, 2020 9:05:45 am Narendra Singh Tomar with farmers who support new laws. WHILE adhering to its stance not to repeal the new farm laws, the Center is open to any suggestions that help break the deadlock with …
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