Rajasthan Cong chief urges farmers of state to participate in Jan 26 rally

The Centre in the last meeting proposed to hold the implementation of the farm laws for 18 months and appoint a committee to look into the issues.

Farmers shouts slogans during the farmland bill at Gazipur border. (Photo by RajkRaj)

Government's 11th round of talks with protesting farmers ended on Friday. The government said "We gave a proposal to farmers and if they have a better proposal then they can come to us." Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar thanked farmers unions for cooperation and said no problems in laws, but governmentt offered to suspend them as respect for farmers. The previous ten rounds of discussions regarding the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance, and Farm Services Act, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 did not yield any results as farmers continue to demand a total repeal of these laws....Read More

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• 22 Jan 2021, 11:25:08 PM IST

  Rajasthan Cong chief urges farmers of state to participate in tractor rally on Jan 26

  Govind Singh Dotasra, the chief of the Congress party's Rajasthan unit on Friday urged farmers of the state to to participate in the proposed tractor rally on January 26 against the new farm laws passed by the Centre. Dotasra alleged that alleged the Centre was meting out step-motherly treatment to the farmers, reports PTI.

• 22 Jan 2021, 07:58:32 PM IST

  Punjab CM announces govt job for a kin of farmers who died during protest

  Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday announced government job for one family member of farmers who died during the protest against three contentious farm laws.

  "I have received report that 76 farmers have passed away during the protest against three farm laws. Today, I announce that we'll provide govt job to one family member of those from Punjab who die in agitation at Delhi borders," the Punjab CM said.

• 22 Jan 2021, 06:56:09 PM IST

  Govt has given the best, solution-oriented proposal to farmer organizations: Office of Narendra Singh Tomar

  The government has given the best, solution-oriented proposal to farmer organizations: Office of union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar

• 22 Jan 2021, 06:38:57 PM IST

  We told farmers to come up with their own proposal, other than repeal: Narendra Tomar

  We told farmers to come up with their own proposal, other than repeal, if they have anything better than our offer: Narendra Tomar.

• 22 Jan 2021, 06:36:48 PM IST

  We asked them to convey their decision tomorrow: Narendra Tomar

  We asked them to reconsider our proposal as it is in the interest of farmers and the country. We asked them to convey their decision tomorrow: Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar on the eleventh round of talks between farmer unions and the government.

• 22 Jan 2021, 06:34:00 PM IST

  Talks remained inconclusive as farmers' welfare was not at the heart of talks from the unions' side: Narendra Tomar

  Talks remained inconclusive as farmers' welfare was not at the heart of talks from the unions' side. I am sad about it. Farmers unions said that they only want the repeal of the laws despite the govt asking for alternatives: Union Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar.

• 22 Jan 2021, 06:31:53 PM IST

  Our proposal is in interest of farmers and of country: Narendra Tomar

  Government always maintained it is ready to consider alternatives to repeal; Our proposal is in interest of farmers and of country: Narendra Tomar.

• 22 Jan 2021, 06:27:26 PM IST

  Talks between government, farmers continuing since October: Narendra Singh Tomar

  Talks between government, farmers continuing since October; There have been 11 rounds, one with officials so far: Narendra Singh Tomar.

• 22 Jan 2021, 05:28:34 PM IST

  Govt said the next round of meeting can take place only if farmer unions are ready to accept the proposal: Rakesh Tikait

  During the meeting, the government offered to put the implementation of the farm laws on hold for two years and said that the next round of meeting can take place only if farmer unions are ready to accept the proposal: Rakesh Tikait, Spokesperson, Bhartiya Kisan Union

• 22 Jan 2021, 05:13:56 PM IST

  Farmer leaders reiterated their demand for the repeal of the farm laws: Shiv Kumar Kakka

  Before the lunch break, farmer leaders reiterated their demand for the repeal of the farm laws and government said they are ready for amendments. The minister asked us to consider govt's proposal and we asked him to consider ours. After that, the minister left the meeting. Since then, farmer leaders have been waiting for the minister to return to the meeting: Shiv Kumar Kakka, National President, Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Mahasangh.

• 22 Jan 2021, 05:11:17 PM IST

  Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar thanks unions for cooperation

  Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar thanks unions for cooperation; says no problems in laws, but government offered to suspend them as respect for farmers.

• 22 Jan 2021, 05:04:39 PM IST

  No date fixed for next meeting on farmers' issue

  No date fixed for next meeting; Govt tells unions all possible options given, they must discuss internally proposal of suspending laws.

• 22 Jan 2021, 05:01:10 PM IST

  Govt's 11th round of talks with protesting farmers ends

  Govt's eleventh round of talks with protesting farmers ends

• 22 Jan 2021, 04:55:25 PM IST

  Birthday of some of the members of Kisan unions was celebrated outside Vigyan Bhavan.

  Birthday of some of the members of Kisan unions was celebrated outside Vigyan Bhavan, earlier today.

• 22 Jan 2021, 02:21:06 PM IST

  Farmers begin march towards New Delhi

  

  Farmers in tractors in Amritsar heading towards Delhi (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

  Farmers' unions leaders were seen marching towards Delhi in tractors from Amritsar on Friday. The farmers' unions representatives have earlier also said that they would take out their tractor rally on January 26 on Outer Ring Road despite Delhi Police asking them to take the Kundli–Manesar–Palwal highway.

• 22 Jan 2021, 02:14:00 PM IST

  Farmer leader Farman Sandhu expects govt to repeal laws

  "We are going with lot of hope. It's possible the government will start the process of rolling the laws back and start discussing on MSP," farmer leader Farman Singh Sandhu told ANI ahead of the meeting.

• 22 Jan 2021, 01:08:10 PM IST

  Talks between farmers' unions representatives, union ministers underway

  The 11th round of discussions between farmers' unions representative and union ministers have begun at Vigyan Bhavan.

• 22 Jan 2021, 12:56:09 PM IST

  Union minister Goyal reaches Vigyan Bhawan

  Union minister Piyush Goyal has also reached Vigyan Bhawan as both sides get ready to discuss issues pertaining to farm laws. Farmers' unions representatives have earlier said that they will not concede to the government and reiterated their demand for a total repeal of the laws.

• 22 Jan 2021, 12:18:23 PM IST

  Round 11 of discussions to begin soon

  Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar who led the previous 10 rounds of discussions with the farmers' unions representatives has reached Vigyan Bhavan as discussions between both parties is scheduled to begin soon.

• 22 Jan 2021, 11:35:30 AM IST

  Farmer leader says govt wanted to end protests through proposal

  Pandher also told ANI that farmers' unions representatives felt that the government was trying to end the protests with the proposal to hold the implementation for 18 months.

• 22 Jan 2021, 11:12:23 AM IST

  KMSC leader says farmers will demand total rollback

  The farmers' unions representatives will likely press the government once more later on Friday to repeal the laws. Pandher, who is a leader of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, said that they will go meet the leaders with the same set of demands.

• 22 Jan 2021, 10:47:13 AM IST

  BKU Ekta Ugrahan says laws need to go

  The Bharatiya Kisan Union's Ekta-Ugrahan wing on Friday appealed to the government to repeal the farm laws. They also told the government to ensure Chinese aggression is countered, using the hashtag #StopChinaNotFarmers

• 22 Jan 2021, 09:18:38 AM IST

  Key points of today's discussions regarding farm laws

  Farmers will demand legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) system and total rollback of the laws but the government remains adamant that the laws are here to stay. Take a look at what could be discussed in Round 11 of the discussions here.

• 22 Jan 2021, 07:56:24 AM IST

  Govt says questions on farm laws not under ambit of RTI yet

  The Centre said that due to the hearings in the Supreme Court and high courts on the three farms bills and the Niti Aayog Council not having studied a report on amendments to the Essential Commodities Act it cannot divulge information on the these bills to separate Right To Information (RTI) applications filed by activists.

• 22 Jan 2021, 05:59:05 AM IST

  What to expect from Friday's discussions

  

  Farmer leaders have rejected the offer of holding the implementation of farm laws and have maintained that a total repeal of the farm laws is what they seek.