Farmers’ leaders, speaking hours after US pop superstar Rihanna weighed into the row in a posting to her 101 million Twitter followers, said they would not back down
Growers, angry at what they see as laws that help large, private buyers at the expense of producers, have been camped outside Delhi for almost two months.
Millers who delay the payments to cane growers by 15 days will have to pay 11pc on the overall payment as a markup as to protect and compensate farmers.