The Government on Tuesday said it will remain open to discussions with protesting farmers’ unions to resolve issues over three new agriculture laws passed by Parliament in September last year. In another reply to the Lok Sabha on the PM KISAN scheme, the Government said that Rs 2,992 crore is to be recovered from 42.16 lakh ineligible farmers who got money under the PM-KISAN scheme.
In written replies to Lok Sabha on several questions related to farmers’ protest, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the government had stressed that instead of insisting on the demand for the repeal of the said Acts the Farmer Unions should discuss about their concerns on the clause of farm Acts, so that their concerns can be resolved.
Tomar said that the government had so far held 11 rounds of negotiations talks with agitating farmers’ unions to resolve the issues. The government has been engaged in serious, sensitive and active discussions with the farmers’ unions to resolve the issues.