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Farmers’ protest-- In a thaw, Centre offers to put off farm laws for 18 months -Priscilla Jebaraj

-The Hindu

Unions to study proposal, return for talks on January 22.

Farm union leaders will consider a proposal from the Central government to suspend the implementation of three contentious farm laws for the next one and a half years while a committee is formed to look into their demands.

Union leaders said the Centre had also offered to submit an affidavit to the Supreme Court to this effect. They will discuss the proposal internally on Thursday, and return with their response at the next round of discussions on Friday.

The proposal was made during the tenth round of talks on Wednesday, and is the first serious sign of movement in the negotiations since tens of thousands of farmers began their protest on the borders of Delhi almost two months ago. Their major demands have been a repeal of the three laws on agricultural marketing, and a new legal guarantee to ensure that farm produce is sold at minimum support prices.

The government was keen to reach a final decision in this meeting, which took place on the day of Gurpurab, and hence said it was ready to keep the three farm laws suspended for one to one and a half years, during which a solution can be reached through mutual dialogue, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told journalists after the meeting. “If the agitation is ended, and the farmers can go home, then that will be a victory for Indian democracy, not for any individual,” he added.

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