Farmers protest: The fourth round of talks between the Central government and protesting Punjab farmers proposed an "out-of-the-box" solution to address their demands, including a legal guarantee on minimum support price (MSP) of crops as per the Swaminathan panel formula, complete farm loan waiver, monthly pension for farmers, and India s exit from WTO and free-trade agreements.
So far, there have been 11 rounds of talks between the protesting unions and the government, but the deadlock has continued as both sides have stuck to their stand
There is not a single petition before the SC which says that the new farm laws are beneficial to farmers, the bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde noted