Hike in milk procurement price has led to a consistent rise in government milk procurement. The HP state Co-operative Milk Producers Federation Ltd is now on an average procuring two lakh litres per day. The monthly payouts to the milk producers have increased from ₹8.70 crore to ₹25.62 crore, providing direct financial benefits to milk producers, said the government in …
The hike in the price of milk sold by Verka in Punjab, a subsidiary of Milkfed, by Rs 2 from Thursday may distress the common man, however, milk producers rue that a hike of at least Rs 5 was needed to help dairy farmers sustain in the wake of skyrocketing production costs. Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, which markets milk …