The latest offer for talks was made by Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday. But he said the farmers would have to shift their protests to a government-designated venue in New Delhi and stop blocking the highways. Singh, the farmer's representative, said he doubted the government really wanted to hold talks. Singh said more farmers would be joining the protest and blocking national highways in other states as well. Once accounting for a third of India’s gross domestic product, they now produce only 15% of gross domestic product, which is valued at $2.9 trillion a year.

Source: Daily Sun November 29, 2020 10:41 UTC