Farmers' Protest: Govt proposes various measures including MSP-related deals; farmers to respond today
economictimes.indiatimes.comPiyush Goyal proposed multiple solutions to address the concerns of protesting farmers in the fourth round of talks held in Chandigarh on Sunday.
The minister representing government proposed a five-year deal with the farmers to buy pulses and cotton at minimum support price (MSP).
«We have together proposed a very innovative, out-of-the-box idea...The govt promoted cooperative societies like NCCF (National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India) and NAFED (National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India) will form a contract and buy products from the farmers on MSP. There will be no limit on the quantity,» he said, post the meeting with the farmer leaders.
The fourth round of talks between three Central ministers and farmer leaders ended in the early hours of Monday after over nearly five hours of deliberations.
However, farmers told the ministers that they would get back after discussion on Monday. «We will have a discussion on the proposal by the govt and take opinions on it...The decision will be taken by today morning, evening or the day after...The ministers said that they will have discussions on the other demands after returning to Delhi...The discussions will be held on Feb 19-20 and the 'Delhi Chalo' march scheduled for Feb 21 will be decided based on the discussions...Together (govt and the farmers' union) we will try to find a solution to the issues,» ANI quoted General Secretary of Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Sarvan Singh Pandher as saying.
Saying that the talks
