MoS Agriculture confident impasse over Farm Laws will end after next round of talks

Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Kailash Choudhary on Saturday expressed his confidence in deliberations between protesting farmers and Centre while opining that next round of talks would bring a solution and conclude ongoing protests against three farm laws.

"I am confident that in next round of talks with farmers, a solution will be reached and ongoing protest will come to an end. Government of India h alrey agreed ir demands of decriminalising stubble burning, continuance of power subsidies and provisions of civil courts," Choudhary said while speaking with ANI.

Speaking on protesting farm unions' continued demands of complete withdrawal of laws and legalisation of MSP, Choudhari said, " three farm laws are in favour of farmers. re should be confusion on MSP. prime minister himself said many times that provision of selling crops at MSP will continue. It was long-standing demand from farmers to do away with system of middlemen so y can sell ir produce at a price of ir choice."

Elaborating on how farm laws are better with respect to mechanism of contract farming vis-a-vis laws of Punjab's, he said, "In new law, re is provision of penalty and fine to farmers regarding contract farming. Whereas, Punjab has its own contract farming law, which includes provision of punishment."

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Consensus on two points

government and farm unions h reached some common ground on Wednesday to resolve protesting farmers' concerns over rising in power tariff and penalties for stubble burning, but two sides remained delocked over main contentious issues of repeal of three farm laws and a legal guarantee for MSP. next round of deliberations between protesting farmers and government is slated for January 4.

Amid continued agitation against farm laws, several farmers organizations have come out in larger numbers to express ir support to farm laws. Recently, farmers in Meerut organised an outreach program to highlight benefits of three farm laws. Moreover, farmers have also held tractor rally in Gautam Budh Nagar. In December, a crowd of 20,000 farmers from Meerut came out in support of three agrarian laws. Farmers organisations h even met Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar to express ir support to farm laws with certain amendments in place.

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