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1 Farmers during a protest against the Centre s farm laws at Singhu Border, in New Delhi, on Thursday, December 17, 2020. PTI
Ruchika M. Khanna
Chandigarh, December 17
As the stand-off between the agitating farmers and the BJP-led central government continued for the third week, top economists from some of the most reputed research institutions in the country, have raised serious concerns about the farm laws, and demanded their repeal.
Putting their weight firmly behind the agitating farmers, the economists D Narsimha Reddy, Kamal Nayan Kabra, K N Harilal, Ranjit Singh Ghuman, Surinder Kumar, Arun Kumar, Rajinder Chaudhary, R Ramakumar, Vikas Rawal and Himanshu, have said these laws are not in best interests of small and marginal farmers, and demanded their revocation.
Updated: Friday, December 11, 2020, 17:09 [IST]
New Delhi, Dec 11: Agriculture Minister N S Tomar today said that they have not yet received any reply from the farmers. He said that the government s proposal has been rejected by the farmers.
Narendra Singh Tomar Our proposal is with them (farmers), they discussed it but we have not received any reply from them. We came to know through media that they have rejected the proposal. Yesterday I had said that if they want to, we can definitely talk about the proposal, Tomar said. We are yet to receive a proposal of talks from them. We are ready as soon as we receive a proposal from them, he further said.