Just before talks, Government says hopeful of resolving farmers’ issues

New Delhi, January 8 :  Hours before the eighth round of formal talks between the Centre and the farmers’ groups agitating against three recent farm laws, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhury hoped that a resolution will come out of Friday’s meeting. The eighth round of talks between three Union ministers — Narendra Singh Tomar, Piyush Goyal and Som Parkash and the 40 protesting farmer unions to end the farmers’ agitation is scheduled to begin at the Vigyan Bhawan here at 2 pm. Just before the talks, Union Agriculture Minister Tomar is likely to call on Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the issue. The last seven rounds of talks between the Centre and the protesting farmers remained inconclusive, although there was some breakthrough at the December 30 meeting when the Government conceded to two demands of the agitating farmers pertaining to power subsidy and stubble-burning.

By: R News India 24