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Farmers Meeting
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Govt hopeful of resolving deadlock with farmers in next meeting, says Tomar
Tomar said that he has no problem with the fact that the unions want to continue dialogue with only the government, but also said the SC-appointed panel will also continue its work.
January 15, 2021
Won’t go to SC-appointed committee, talks with govt to continue: Tikait
Harpal Singh Sangha, Azad Kissan Committee, told reporters, "Not even a single issue was resolved in today's talk as well. The Centre said it will talk about MSP later on."
January 15, 2021
Rahul Gandhi’s ‘rhyming attack’ on Modi Government
“Whose motive is not clean, they are giving dates after dates (Tareekh pe Tareekh) as their strategy”. This line was used after the talks with farmers failed.
January 9, 2021
Govt refuses to repeal farm laws, farmers adamant over withdrawal
Sources said, referring to the pending case in the Supreme Court Tomar said that the Supreme Court also wants a solution to this issue, therefore, we should wait for the court’s decision.
January 9, 2021
No breakthrough in govt-farmers talks, next meeting on Jan 15
Farmer leader Gurbaksa Singh Barnala said that the farmers will intensify the stir and enter Delhi on Republic Day if their demands are not met. "There is no way forward but to repeal the three laws," he said.
January 8, 2021
Govt’s meeting with farmer groups inconclusive; next round on Jan 8
Unions to hold their meeting on Tuesday to decide future course of action
January 4, 2021
Govt, farmers agree on 2 out of 4 issues, next meet on Jan 4
The meeting started around 2.30 p.m. at Vigyan Bhavan with Tomar, Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal and Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Som Parkash heading the government side.
December 30, 2020
Centre-Farmer Talks: No Headway On MSP But Leeway On Stubble Burning, Power
Next round of talks will be held on January 4, Tomar said
December 30, 2020
3 union ministers, 40 farm leaders in huddle over Central farm acts
The first issue farmers want discussions on were the “modalities (that are) to be adopted for the repeal of the three Central Farm Acts".
December 30, 2020
Farmers’ protest enters 15th day, ‘No rift among our unions,’ say protesters
According to their plan, the Delhi-Jaipur highway will be blocked by December 12. On December 14, there will be a nationwide protest.
December 10, 2020
What is not feasible shouldn’t be discussed, Tomar on MSP law
He said that fears on discontinuation of MSP system were "baseless" and asserted that the Centre was ready to assure them on the issue again.
December 9, 2020
Awaiting govt proposal, farmer leaders hold informal discussions at Singhu Border
Farmers say government-controlled notified markets will collapse due to competition from deregulated markets under the new laws, as trade in the latter will be free of any fees or service charges.
December 9, 2020
Farmers’ meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah inconclusive
Farmers' leaders have claimed that their Bharat Bandh call was quite impactful, government has bowed down
December 9, 2020
Farmers’ groups end discussions with Centre, next meeting on Dec 5
Talks between three union ministers and a representative group of thousands of agitating farmers failed to yield any…
December 3, 2020
Farmers-govt dialogue inconclusive, 4th round of talks on Thursday
‘Bullets or peaceful solution’: Farmers’ union member after discussion with government
December 1, 2020