India News: NEW DELHI: Farmer unions on Friday told the government they want a complete repeal of three contentious farm laws even as the Centre asked them to rec.
Government-farmers talks hit roadblock; Unions threaten to intensify agitation
The eleventh round of talks between protesting farmer unions and three central ministers began at around 1 pm, but not much headway was visible in the first few hours of the meeting.
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Farmers delegation coming out after the meeting with Union Agricultural minister Narendra singh Tomar at Vigyan bhawan in New Delhi. (Photo| Parveen Negi, EPS) By PTI
NEW DELHI: The government s negotiations with protesting farm unions hit a roadblock on Friday as the farmer leaders stuck to their demands for a complete repeal of three farm laws they find pro-corporate and a legal guarantee for MSP, even as the Centre asked them to reconsider its proposal for putting the Acts on hold for 12-18 months.
Union ministers start 11th round of talks with protesting farmer unions
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The Centre had offered to put on hold the three laws for 12-18 months and also set up a joint committee to find solutions.
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. Updated: 22 Jan 2021, 01:18 PM IST PTI
Ministers are holding the talks with the representatives of 41 farmer unions at the Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi
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The eleventh round of talks between protesting farmer unions and three central ministers got underway here on Friday to break the nearly two-month-long deadlock on the three new agri laws.
In the last round of meeting held on Wednesday, the government yielded some ground in its bid to end the farmers protest on various border points of the national capital. The Centre had offered to put on hold the three laws for 12-18 months and also set up a joint committee to find solutions.
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Supreme Court stays all 3 farm laws until further orders
21 January 2021
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the implementation of the three farm laws passed by Parliament in September last year and proposed to set up a committee to address the farmers’ grievances, saying that the government has failed to effectively deal with the farmers’ protest.
Miffed by the relentless agitation at Delhi borders for the past month and a half over the new farm laws, the Supreme Court took up the matters into its own hand to end the impasse over the legislation that led to the protests, and decided to suspend the implementation of farm laws until further orders.