The choice to enhance the worth of milk and milk merchandise in Karnataka from Tuesday has been placed on maintain following the intervention of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who referred to as for a gathering on November 20 to resolve on the worth hike proposal.
The Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) determined to hike the costs of Nandini model milk and curd by Rs 3 on Monday. The brand new costs had been to be efficient from Tuesday.
Nonetheless, Karnataka CM Bommai introduced in Kalaburagi Monday that the worth hike wouldn’t come into impact instantly and {that a} assembly had been convened with the KMF chairman Balachandra Jarkiholi and different officers for November 20 to debate the difficulty.
Earlier, the KMF had mentioned that the hike in costs was to assist dairy farmers who’re hit by varied issues equivalent to floods and Lumpy Pores and skin Illness. A choice was taken on the administrative board assembly of the KMF and was permitted by the federal government, Jarkiholi mentioned.
As per the proposed new costs, a litre of toned milk costing Rs 37 will likely be hiked to Rs 40, homogenised toned milk to Rs 41 as an alternative of Rs 38, homogenised cow milk to Rs 45 as an alternative of Rs 42, particular milk to Rs 46 as an alternative of Rs 43, Shubam model milk to Rs 46, homogenised standardised milk to Rs 47 from Rs 44, Samruddhi milk to Rs 51 as an alternative of Rs 48, Santrupthi milk to Rs 53, double-toned milk to Rs 39 and a kilogram of Nandini curd will price Rs 48 as an alternative of Rs 45.
The hike, in line with the KMF chairman, was important as milk procurement had dipped to Rs 78.8 lakh litre per day from 94.2 lakh litre on the finish of June.
The explanations for the decline in procurement had been the shortage of appropriate costs for milk merchandise, local weather extremes and the Lumpy Pores and skin Illness, he mentioned.
“It’s a matter of concern that many farmers concerned in animal husbandry with one to 3 cows are promoting their cattle to neighbouring states. The KMF and its related federations have caught to cost management as a result of Covid-19 pandemic regardless of a 20-35 per cent enhance in transport, electrical energy and packaging prices,” Jarkiholi mentioned.
Regardless of the hike, the costs of KMF’s Nandini model of milk had been cheaper than their rivals equivalent to Govardhan, Heritage, Arogya and Tirumala. The milk costs in Karnataka had been additionally decrease than that in Andhra Pradesh, the place it price Rs 55 per litre, Tamil Nadu (Rs 40 per litre), Kerala (Rs 46), Maharashtra (Rs 51) and Gujarat (Rs 50), he mentioned.