Farmers gather outside the Babasaheb Ambedkar Garden opposite collector s office at Bandra in Mumbai on Tuesday to protest against the agri laws.
NEW DELHI: While sticking to their demand of scrapping the three agri laws, the 32 farmers’ unions protesting against the legislation on Tuesday deferred their decision over resuming talks with the Centre to Wednesday. On the other hand, the government has expressed the hope that the farmers would once again come to the negotiating table.
These are the 10 key developments of the day:
1. As farmers agitation against three farm laws entered its 27th day, agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said he is hopeful that protesting unions would soon complete their internal discussions and resume talks with the government to resolve the crisis. He met two more peasants bodies from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh that extended support to the legislation. Representatives of different farmers bodies had come to tell that the laws are good and ar
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A visual from the meeeting between the members of Foreign Correspondents Club of South Asia and Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday in New Delhi.
At Foreign Correspondents Club of South Asia, Tomar says farm acts envisaged to benefit farmers ANI | Updated: Dec 22, 2020 19:53 IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday said the three farm acts brought by the central government are the biggest agricultural reforms in the country so far which will benefit farmers and strengthen Indian agriculture which is the backbone of the Indian economy.
The Minister made the remarks while interacting with members of the international media from the Foreign Correspondents Club of South Asia, a group of more than 500 journalists and photographers covering India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Afghanistan and Tibet.
Asserting that the new farm reform laws will herald a new era in Indian farming, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday said the government is still willing to continue talks with protesting unions on all contentious issues. The minister said the agriculture sector is the backbone of the Indian economy and the Narendra Modi government is focusing on doubling farmer s income by 2022. He was interacting with members of international media from the Foreign Correspondents Club of South Asia. The minister reiterated that reforms have been made in the interest of farmers and will bring about a new era in Indian agriculture. The Government has had many rounds of talks with farmer unions and is willing to continue the dialogue on contentious issues, clause by clause, with an open mind, an official statement said.
NEW DELHI: Asserting that the new farm reform laws will herald a new era in Indian farming, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday said the government is still willing to continue talks with protesting unions on all contentious issues.
The minister said the agriculture sector is the backbone of the Indian economy and the Narendra Modi government is focusing on doubling farmer s income by 2022.
He was interacting with members of international media from the Foreign Correspondents Club of South Asia. The minister reiterated that reforms have been made in the interest of farmers and will bring about a new era in Indian agriculture. The Government has had many rounds of talks with farmer unions and is willing to continue the dialogue on contentious issues, clause by clause, with an open mind, an official statement said.
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