Modi invites protesting farmers for talks on farm bills

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NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday invited protesting farmers for talks to address growersโ€™ concerns about three new agricultural laws that seek to deregulate the countryโ€™s vast farm sector.

Tens of thousands of farmers have been camping out on main highways on the outskirts of New Delhi for more than two months in a bid to force the government to withdraw the new laws they say benefit private buyers at the expense of growers.