7.22 am : Ahead of the resumption of talks, farmer unions on Tuesday wrote to the government saying the discussion can only be on a four-p...
7.22 am: Ahead of the resumption of talks, farmer unions on Tuesday wrote to the government saying the discussion can only be on a four-point agenda including modalities of repealing the laws and providing a legal guarantee on minimum support price, reports The Indian Express.
“In its letter to us, the government acknowledged our agenda, but did not specifically mention repealing the laws,” said Surjit Singh Phool of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Krantikari). “Their letter lacks clarity, but we believe that their act of asking us for the agenda was a welcome step. Now, we expect something new from them, something that is in the direction of finding the best way to repeal the laws.”
7.18 am: The leaders of farmer unions will meet central ministers on Wednesday to hold the sixth round of negotiations over the new agricultural legislations. Ahead of the talks, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Railways Minister Piyush Goyal, who are among those representing the Centre in these discussions, met Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday, reports NDTV.
7.16 am: In response to a Right to Information query filed by NDTV, the government says it does not “hold any record” on whether farmers were consulted about the farm laws. The Narendra Modi government has been criticised by the Opposition...
