Talks on Monday over sugarcane issue
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19/11/2009
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Hindu (New Delhi)
Neena Vyas
NEW DELHI: The Central government took a small step backwards and the Opposition a similar step forward on Thursday on the sugarcane price issue, suggesting that an end could be found to the current agitation.
Thousands of farmers, protesting against the Sugarcane Control (Amendment) Order 2009 Ordinance, choked the thoroughfares of Delhi, and the issue also forced the adjournment of Parliament on the opening day of the winter session.
The ordinance has changed the sugarcane pricing policy, fixing a uniform Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP), which will put the burden on the States if they choose to pay more than the FRP to farmers.
Leader of the House in the Lok Sabha Pranab Mukherjee has decided to go in for breakfast diplomacy