Farmers protest: Fifth death reported; govt says working to resolve issues

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₹3,000 from ₹300 but even today farmers are buying it at ₹300 because the govt took the responsibility on its shoulders...We are sincerely working on the issues regarding farmers," Sitharaman told ANI. Union information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur also urged the protesting farmers to not follow the path of violence and said the government is ready for further talks. “The first request is to all the protesting brothers not to adopt the path of violence.

The government was always ready for talks with the farmer leaders and is so even today. Whatever farmer organizations want to talk about, even in the first four phases, the ministers of the Modi government met them. We met in Chandigarh and positively talked for hours," he was quoted as saying in an official statement.

“We have also said further that we are ready for discussion whenever needed. We all should make efforts to ensure that there is no violence, no arson, no loss of anyone's property or life. We have increased the purchase price of sugarcane from ₹315 to ₹340 per quintal.

This has increased by about 8% compared to last year. And not only this, we are ensuring that we double the income of the farmers, we have taken every step in that direction." Farmers on Monday rejected the government’s proposal to buy pulses, maize and cotton crops at guaranteed prices for five years, and announced they would continue with their ‘Delhi chalo’ agitation. Thousands of farmers from Punjab remain camped at the Punjab-Haryana borders demanding a legal guarantee for minimum support price, or MSP, implementation of the Swaminathan Commission's recommendations, pension for farmers and farm labourers, and farm debt waiver.