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Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 23: Milma has decided to raise the price of milk by Rs 6 per litre from next month, considering the steady increase in the input cost and the financial difficulties of the dairy farmers, Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (KCMMF) Chairman Shri K.S. Mani said today.
The price increase, which will come into effect from December 1, comes three years after 2019, when Milma (brand name of KCMMF) had announced a hike of Rs 4 per litre. “That time, 83.75 per cent (Rs 3.35) of the additional amount went to the farmers,” Shri Mani said. “That proportion will continue this time as well. That means Rs 5.025 of the six rupees will go to the farmer.”
The decision to raise the price comes after a Milma-appointed panel comprising experts from the state’s veterinary and agriculture universities conducted a study on expenses incurred by the dairy farmers. The committee said in its interim report submitted last week that the farmers suffered an estimated loss of Rs 8.57 per litre of milk.
Subsequently, the Milma Director Board convened a meeting and found that a hike in the milk price was inevitable, the Chairman said. “Though Milma is authorised to increase the price, the Director Board decision was discussed with the Govt and a suitable hike was finalised,” he added.
Along with a fresh hike in procurement prices, the milk cooperatives and distributors will each get 5.75 per cent of the new price-rise, while 0.75 per cent of the amount will go to the Dairy Farmers Welfare Fund Board. Milma will get 3.50 per cent of the increased amount even as 0.50 per cent has been earmarked for the Plastic Elimination Fund.
Besides the rise in the cooperative federation’s milk procurement prices, the government has been giving various subsidies to the farmers. The present hike in the milk procurement price will benefit the milk producers, wooing more of them to join the dairy sector, Shri Mani said.
The 1980-established Milma is a state cooperative society headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram.
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