Milk unions had demanded a price revision, pointing to rising expenses on cattle feed, fodder, medicines, transportation and plastic packaging
Karnataka hikes milk price by Rs 8 per litre: Consumers will have to pay more for milk in Karnataka. The state cabinet on Thursday decided to hike milk prices by Rs 8 per litre. The decision aims to support dairy farmers struggling from rising input costs and drought related distress.
The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday approved Rs 8 per litre hike in Nandini milk prices, with the revised rates coming into effect from November 1. Of the total increase, Rs 7 will go to dairy farmers and Re 1 to milk cooperatives, Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said after the Cabinet meeting.
Farmers, who currently receive around ₹35 per litre, will now get ₹42 per litre. An additional Rs 5 from the State government as encouragement fund will take the total amount received by farmers to ₹47 per litre. The price revision was decided by the milk federation and approved by the state government.
Milk unions had demanded a price revision, pointing to rising expenses on cattle feed, fodder, medicines, transportation and plastic packaging. They also cited fodder shortages caused by drought.
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‘While milk is sold at around Rs 59 per litre in Delhi and Maharashtra, Rs 57 in Gujarat, Rs 56 in Rajasthan and Kerala, and Rs 64 in Telangana, Karnataka’s price stood at Rs 46 per litre. The national average is around Rs 57 per litre,’ Gowda said.
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