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LIVE: Listen to our 'Mann ki Baat' too, protesting farmers tell PM Modi

Farmers Protest LIVE updates: Unions say they would join talks but want the government to provide legal guarantee for procurement of crops at the Minimum Support Price.

Farmer leaders agree to talk to Centre on Dec 29 but only on repeal of laws

Talks could happen on December 29 at 11 am on the modalities of when and how the three farm acts will be repealed, say farmers

Farmer unions agree to resume talks with govt, propose meeting on Dec 29

The decision was taken at a meeting of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 40 farmer unions protesting at various Delhi border points against three farm laws

Farmers to decide on govt's fresh talks offer tomorrow, may resume dialogue

One of the protesting union leaders, who did not wish to be named, said their demand for a legal guarantee on minimum support price will, however, remain the same

MSP announced by govt is an 'administrative' decision: Prakash Javadekar

'MSP has always been an administrative decision and it has been working fine for the last 55 years, said Javadekar

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We need a new Farm Act that looks at the issues afresh: Punjab FM Badal

Badal said that it remains unclear who is leading the talks from the Centre's side, and the move comes after much dilly-dallying

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'No bigger lie' than to say MSP will be scrapped: Modi defends farm laws

Prime Minister alleges 'political conspiracy' being opposition to three laws liberalising India's agricultural markets.

Farmer leaders to observe 9-hour hunger strike today over new farm laws

Agriculture minister Tomar says it has become opposition parties' nature to oppose

Farmers reject Centre's offer of written assurance on MSP, changes in acts

Top opposition leaders meet President to repeal the laws

Farmers' unions reject govt proposal, say will step up protests

The minimum support price for certain agriculture produce will not end with recently enacted reforms, the government said in a written proposal sent to farmers

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Amit Shah meets farmers for talks as protests spread against agri reforms

'There is no midway. We will demand just 'yes' or 'no' from Home Minister Amit Shah,' says union leader Rudru Singh Mansa.

Centre, farmers make some headway; another meeting on Dec 5 to break logjam

A breakthrough in the farmer unions' key demand for an assurance on continuation of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) procurement system is also said to be in the works

Three critical drivers that are lending colour to the farmers' protest

Protesters want a complete repeal of the three laws along with a guarantee that no crop inside or outside the mandis will be bought below the state-mandated MSP by anyone

Cong 'misleading' farmers, will quit politics if MSP dismantled: Khattar

Haryana CM Khattar accused the Congress of "misleading" farmers by telling them the new farm laws will lead to dismantling of the MSP system and said he would quit politics if that were to happen

Govt's paddy procurement at MSP rises 28.5% to 11.66 mn tn within a month

The government's paddy procurement at the minimum support price (MSP) has risen 28.55 per cent to 116.66 lakh tonne in less than a month compared with the year-ago same period, with maximum grain been purchased from Punjab alone, according to the Union food ministry. Paddy procurement commenced in Punjab and Haryana from September 26 due to early arrival of the crop, while in other states from October 1. More than 80 per cent of the country's paddy crop is grown in the kharif season. The government through Food Corporation of India (FCI) and state agencies undertakes procurement of paddy at MSP. "Paddy procurement in the 2020-21 kharif marketing season is continuing smoothly in the procuring states of Punjab, Haryana, UP, TN, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, J&K and Kerala," the ministry said in a statement. Till October 21, about 116.66 lakh tonne of paddy was procured, up 28.55 per cent from 90.76 lakh tonne in the year-ago period, it said. "Out of the total purchase of 116.66 lakh ...

Over half the farmers not in favour of recently passed farm laws: Survey

The survey showed that around 60 per cent of the farmers want the MSP system to be made a mandatory law in India

Centre aims to protect farmers, refuses to slash import duty on chana

Some traders are demanding a reduction to 35-40 per cent to tide over any shortage of the commodity as the new crop will start hitting the market only around mid-February