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Farmers' protest LIVE updates: Thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana, are protesting at various borders of the national capital for more than a month against the laws

2:36 PM

Protesting farmers stay put in severe Delhi cold as talks with government remain deadlocked

Thousands of farmers dug in their heels at protest venues outside several Delhi gateways, undeterred by the biting cold and firm in their resolve to not return home till their demands are met, as the New Year dawned with the minimum temperature dipping to 1.1 degrees Celsius.

 

The government and the farm unions had reached some common ground on Wednesday to resolve the protesting farmers' concerns over rise in power tariff and penalties for stubble burning, but the two sides remained deadlocked over the main contentious issues of the repeal of three farm laws and a legal guarantee for MSP.

 

After the sixth round of negotiations between three union ministers and a 41-member representative group of thousands of farmers protesting on Delhi borders, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar had said at least 50 per cent resolution has been reached with mutual agreement on two out of four items on the agenda and discussions would continue on the remaining two on January 4.

 

Security remained tight at the national capital's borders with hundreds of personnel deployed at Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri border points, where the farmers have been camping for more than a month now, braving the severe Delhi winter. The city recorded a minimum temperature of 1.1 degrees Celsius on Friday, the lowest in 15 years for the month of January.

1:46 PM

Farmers agitation enters 37th day on first day of new decade

Amid the start of a new decade, the agitation of the farmers against the three new farm laws has entered the 37th day on Friday.

 

The sixth round of talks between the Union government and the farmers' unions took place on Wednesday. While a consensus was reached on issues related to the environment and Electricity Act, the deadlock continued on the two main demands, legal assurance on Minimum Support Price (MSP) and complete rollback of the three farm laws. The next round of talks will take place on January 4.

 

"All three new farm laws should be taken back," demanded Sukhwinder Singh, a member of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee.

 

"We will intensify the agitation, if there is no solution on January 4," he added. Am agitating farmer said they have got groceries for at least six months. "If the government think we will back off after they solve the issues related to the environment and Electricity Act, we will not," he said.

12:36 PM

Protesting farmers stay put in severe Delhi cold as talks with govt remain deadlocked

Thousands of farmers dug in their heels at protest venues outside several Delhi gateways, undeterred by the biting cold and firm in their resolve to not return home till their demands are met, as the New Year dawned with the minimum temperature dipping to 1.1 degrees Celsius. The government and the farm unions had reached some common ground on Wednesday to resolve the protesting farmers' concerns over rise in power tariff and penalties for stubble burning, but the two sides remained deadlocked over the main contentious issues of the repeal of three farm laws and a legal guarantee for MSP.

 

12:07 PM

PM Modi wishes everyone on a new year

PM Modi wishing people on new years said that everyone should take a resolution to move forward with a new committment. Today housing projects are being launched for the urban and will act as a light house to show new direction in housing and construction. 

11:54 AM

DMK calls for special session to bring resolution against farm laws

DMK chief MK Stalin writes to CM Edappadi K Palaniswami to hold a special assembly session to bring a resolution against the Centre's farm laws.

10:34 AM

UP farmer dies in shock after crop destroyed

A farmer in Uttar Pradesh died of a heart attack after watching his wheat crop on his six bigha land completely destroyed by stray cattle in Fatehabad of Agra district. Fifty-one-year-old Narayan Singh of Badhora village had reportedly borrowed Rs 90,000 and was depending on his crop to repay the debt. He is survived by three young children, including two unmarried daughters. According to his family members, Singh used to often spend his time in the fields to protect the crop from stray cattle. On Monday evening, he came home for dinner and by the time he went back, his entire crop had been trampled upon and destroyed by over 50 stray cattle.

 

9:10 AM

Punjab Cong MPs continue protest against farm laws at Delhi's Jantar Mantar

Congress Members of Parliament from Punjab continued their protest at Jantar Mantar in the national capital on Friday. "It has been 25 days that we are sitting here with our families. No government representative came here to talk. If as MPs this is our condition, you can think what would be the condition for a common man," Ravneet Singh Bittu, Congress MP said. Bittu while speaking to ANI said that we hope that the government repeal the newly enacted farm laws in this New Year. "In this new year, we hope that Centre repeals the three farm laws and send farmers back to their homes so that they can too can celebrate the New Year," he said.

 

8:04 AM

No alternative to demands of legal guarantee for MSP, repealing farm laws: Farmers

There is no alternative to farmers' demands of legal guarantee for MSP and repealing the new agri laws, farmer leaders said on Thursday, a day after talks between the Centre and the protesting unions remained deadlocked over the two contentious issues. However, the government and farmer unions after nearly five hours of the sixth round of negotiations on Wednesday reached some common ground to resolve protesting farmers' concerns over rise in power tariff and penalties for stubble burning. Thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana, are protesting at various borders of the national capital for more than a month against the laws and are demanding that these be repealed.

7:50 AM

Odisha govt sanctions 12 new projects worth Rs 7,295.25 lakh for agriculture sector

In a step towards sustainable agriculture and doubling of farmers' income, the Odisha government on Thursday sanctioned 12 new projects worth Rs 7,295.25 lakh under Remunerative Approach for Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation. As per an official release, the projects have been sanctioned in the state-level sanctioning committee meeting held via video conferencing under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy. "A total number of 12 projects worth Rs 7295.25 lakhs were presented by the project proponents. Considering their importance and feasibility, Chief Secretary Tripathy accorded approval to the projects. These projects would be financed both by the Central and state governments on a 60:40 sharing basis," the government said.

 

7:44 AM

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