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The government has no record of the farmers who had died during the year-long farmers’ protests and hence there was no question of providing compensation to their families, the Union government informed Parliament on Wednesday. “The ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare has no record in the matter and hence the question does not arise,” the Union ministry of agriculture told the House in reply to a question asking if the Centre intends to provide financial assistance to the families of those who died during the protests. Leaders from the Opposition and the protesting farmer unions have said that as many as 700 farmers lost their lives during the demonstrations against the Centre’s three contentious agricultural laws.
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