Indian farmers continue talks, pause protest march to Delhi for fourth day

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Thousands of farmers continued to pause their march towards Delhi on Monday (Feb 19), after the fourth round of talks with government ministers on their demand to set a minimum price for their produce.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Thousands of farmers in India continued to pause their march towards Delhi on Monday

00:07 after the fourth round of talks with the government.

00:11 The farmers embarked on a march called "Let's Go to Delhi" on February 13th to demand the

00:16 government to set a minimum price for their produce.

00:20 They were stopped by security forces about 200 km away from the capital as they entered

00:25 talks to settle the issue.

00:28 They have remained camped on the border between Punjab and Haryana states since last Friday.

00:34 "When the government is thinking about something, has said something to itself, that's why we

00:40 will get the time of 18th, 19th and 20th.

00:45 And our second program, at 9pm, the program to go to Delhi, that is on standby."

01:02 Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal was among the government officials attending the

01:06 talks where a proposal regarding minimum support price for crop diversification was presented.

01:12 "The farmers who diversify their crop and make either toor dal, urad dal, masoor dal

01:24 or makka, will be given a contract for 5 years from NCCF and NAFRED, which will guarantee

01:36 that for the next 5 years, whichever crop will be diversified and will produce 4 products,

01:45 will be bought by these organizations on MSP."

01:55 The farmers said they are staying put at the border to ensure a victory for the agriculture sector.

02:00 "We are fighting against the house, we are going out, and everyone is looking at the water.

02:06 The water is flowing a lot, but still we are bathing, bathing, bathing, reading, doing all

02:11 the work, everyone is bathing.

02:15 There are problems, but if we don't solve them, how will the car work?"

02:20 "Look, we have come here for our children.

02:23 Our children's village will be ruined.

02:25 If we come here, we will be able to do it."

02:28 The protests have erupted for a few months ahead of the general election in India between

02:33 April and May this year.

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