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 and farmers’ unions agree on 2 issues, but not on the repeal of laws, MSP | India News
NEW DELHI / BATHINDA: The Center and the agricultural unions that opposed the new agricultural laws narrowed their differences, as the former agreed to decriminalize stubble burning and shelve the electricity amendment bill even though the issues “Centrals”: repeal of laws and legal guarantee for a higher MSP – raised …
Read More »Around 150 Madhya Pradesh farmers allegedly cheated out of the Rs 5 crore harvest
Across the state, nearly 250 farmers have allegedly been misled after the Mandi Model Law was passed. Bhopal: In a potentially embarrassing incident for the BJP in Madhya Pradesh, around 150 farmers in four districts were scammed out of nearly 2,600 quintals of crop worth more than 5 million rupees. …
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 »The government says consensus was reached with farmer leaders on 2 out of 4 issues; next round of talks on January 4
Union ministers who held the sixth round of talks with the 40 protesting farmers’ unions on Wednesday told farmers that the process to repeal a law is a lengthy one and proposed setting up a committee to examine the three new agricultural reforms. The next meeting with farmers will be …
Read More »Government-farmers meeting: ministers join union leaders to share food langar
Three union ministers joined farm leaders on Wednesday to share food at ‘langar’ organized by farmers protesting during their sixth round of talks to resolve the deadlock on new farm laws. Food from the ‘langar’ (community kitchen) arrived in a van at the meeting place, Vigyan Bhawan, after about two …
Read More »10 Unique Strategies of Delhi Chalo Farmers’ Protest
4. Put the ball in the center court An important strategy that has fueled the protests has been their success in moving the ball to the Center court and forcing it to respond. According to union leaders, narratives have previously spread that farmers are not interested in speaking to the …
Read More »After five inconclusive meetings, the ministers join the farmers for the langar at the sixth
Pictures from inside Vigyan Bhavan showed the two ministers being served langar New Delhi: Union ministers Narendra Tomar and Piyush Goyal joined the farmers for lunch during today’s negotiations, which have been described as a “decisive meeting”. Images from inside Vigyan Bhavan, where the sixth round of negotiations is taking …
Read More »Three union ministers and 40 farm leaders huddle over central farm laws
Three Union ministers, Narendra Singh Tomar, Piyush Goyal and Som Prakash, and 40 agricultural leaders began the sixth round of talks on Wednesday afternoon on a series of demands by agricultural unions, including the repeal of three agricultural laws, in Vigyan Bhawan from Delhi. According to one official, Agriculture Minister …
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