Centre invites farmers for talks tomorrow in bid to end deadlock
Live MintThe Union government on Monday sought to break the deadlock over farm laws enacted recently by inviting representatives from 40 protesting farmers’ unions for the sixth round of talks on Wednesday. The talks, scheduled to take place at Vigyan Bhavan in the national capital on 30 December at 2pm, come after five rounds of discussions with farmers’ unions over the last one month remained inconclusive. The government of India is also committed to arrive at a complete and logical resolution of the relevant issues with a clear intention and open mind,” read the letter from agriculture secretary Sanjay Aggarwal dated Monday inviting the representatives of farmers’ unions. Apart from the three farm laws and the minimum support price purchase system, a detailed discussion will also take place on The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Ordinance, 2020, as well as The Electricity Bill 2020, and other farm related issues, Aggarwal said.