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Fifth round talks end; protesting farmers, Centre to meet again on Feb 22

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Fifth round talks end; protesting farmers, Centre to meet again on Feb 22

Chandigarh, Feb 14 (IANS) The fifth round of talks after a gap of almost a year, between protesting farmers — mainly from Punjab and Haryana — and the central team led by Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi, ended on Friday with both sides having agreed to meet again on … Read more

Centre to hold meeting with protesting farmers in Chandigarh today

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Centre to hold meeting with protesting farmers in Chandigarh today

Chandigarh, Feb 14 (IANS) The Centre will hold a meeting with protesting farmers late Friday afternoon in Chandigarh to discuss their long-pending demands, including a legal guarantee on minimum support price (MSP) for crops. The farmers have been staging a sit-in protest for a year at Shambhu, the border point between Punjab and Haryana. Farmer … Read more