DW BUREAU / chandigarh Punjab's farmer unions on Thursday decided to accept the Centre's invitation for holding talks in Delhi on Friday and said they will demand the three farm laws be repealed. The Union Agriculture secretary had on November 10 invited several farmer organisations to talks with Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Railways Minister Piyush Goyal. "We have unanimously decided that we will go tomorrow (to Delhi) and hold talks," Bharatiya Kisan Union (Kadiyan) president Harmeet Singh Kadiyan said here. The decision was taken by representatives of various farmers' organisations at a meeting here. "We will demand that these three laws be repealed. We will tell them why these laws are wrong," Kadiyan said. During the meeting with the two Union ministers, the issue of resumption of goods trains in the state will also be raised. "We will take up the issue of resumption of goods trains in Punjab," he added. Kadiyan said protesting farmers had already lifted their blockades from rail tracks and vacated platforms and questioned the Centre for not allowing freight train movement. Asked about Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's appeal of allowing passenger trains as well, Kadiyan asked who would fight the battle if the agitation was continuously relaxed. "We went one step back so the government takes one step forward, but it did not do so," he said. He said farmers were facing a shortage of urea for crop sowing because of non-operation of trains. Train services in Punjab have been suspended since September 24, when farmers started their "rail roko" agitation against the central laws. Though goods trains were allowed, passenger trains were not. The Railways has refused to resume goods train services in Punjab, saying it would either operate both freight and passenger trains or none at all. Kadiyan further said their agitation would continue in the state. He said farmers from Punjab would go to Delhi by tractors on November 26 and 27 and "gherao" the national capital against the new farm laws. A "Delhi Chalo" protest call has been sounded by the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), a body of more than 200 farmers' organisations across the country. Meanwhile, Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee president Satnam Singh Pannu said they would not attend the meeting called by the Union ministers. He cited non-operation of goods trains and not inviting other farmers' organisations for talks as the reasons behind the decision. Farmers in Punjab have expressed apprehension that the new laws would pave the way for dismantling of the minimum support price system, leaving them at the "mercy" of big corporates. They have been demanding that these new laws be repealed. Protesting farmers had staged sit-ins near some shopping malls, toll plazas and outside residences of BJP leaders. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a Rs 65,000-crore fertilizer subsidy for farmers as part of her stimulus package to boost the economy. She said Rs 65,000 crore is being provided to ensure adequate availability of fertilisers to farmers and to enable timely accessibility of fertilisers in the upcoming crop season. She said an additional outlay of Rs 10,000 crore will be provided for PM Garib Kalyan Rozgar Yojana in the current financial year. This, she said, will accelerate growth of the rural economy. Sitharaman further said, Rs 3,000 crore will be released to EXIM Bank for promotion of 'Project Exports' through lines of credits. EXIM Bank extends lines of credits (LOC) on behalf of the government of India as assistance to developing countries under Indian Development and Economic Assistance Scheme (IDEAS) Scheme. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asserted that the "Aatmanirbhar Bharat" package announced on Thursday continues his government's efforts to help all sections of society. In a tweet, he said these initiatives will help create jobs, alleviate the stressed sectors, ensure liquidity, boost manufacturing, energise the real estate sector and support farmers. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced tax relief on select home sale deals, enhanced the credit guarantee programme for small businesses and provided incentives for new job creation as the government widened stimulus measures to boost the economy.The measures that also include an additional fertiliser subsidy and the already announced production-linked incentive scheme for manufacturing units. (editor@dailyworld.in)