Milk To Get Costlier In Maharashtra, Prices Hiked By Rs 2 Per Litre From Aug 11

Milk
p ices
i
Maha asht a
will
i c ease
by
Rs
2
pe
lit e
fo
both
cow
a d
buffalo
milk
f om
Tuesday,
August
11,
followi g
a
decisio
by
the
Milk
P oduce s
a d
P ocesso s
Welfa e
Associatio .

The
p ice
evisio
is
expected
to
affect
co sume s
ac oss
the
state
as
milk
p oduce s
a d
p ocesso s
adjust
ates
fo
both
va ieties.

The
decisio
comes
amid
co ti ui g
discussio s
ove
milk
p ici g,
with
stakeholde s
seeki g
to
p otect
dai y
fa me s
while
limiti g
the
impact
of
highe
p ices
o
co sume s.

No
P oposal
Fo
Milk
MSP

The
p ice
hike
comes
weeks
afte
the
gove me t
told
Pa liame t
that
the e
was
o
p oposal
to
i t oduce
a
Mi imum
Suppo t
P ice
(MSP)
fo
milk.

I
a
w itte
eply
to
a
sta ed
questio
i
the
Lok
Sabha,
Mi iste
of
Fishe ies,
A imal
Husba d y
a d
Dai yi g
Rajiv
Ra ja
Si gh,
also
k ow
as
Lala
Si gh,
said
milk
p ices
we e
dete mi ed
by
coope atives
a d
p ivate
dai ies
based
o
ma ket
co ditio s.

He
said
the
gove me t
was
impleme ti g
seve al
measu es
aimed
at
p otecti g
dai y
fa me s,
stabilisi g
milk
p ices,
safegua di g
co sume
i te ests
a d
imp ovi g
quality
mo ito i g.

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August
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Ave age
I
Just
8
Days;
Mo e
Rai
Likely
I
Next
2
Days

Gove me t
Expa ds
Dai y
I f ast uctu e

The
gove me t
said
36,283
ew
Dai y
Coope ative
Societies
(DCS)
had
bee
established
at
the
village
level
by
Ma ch
2026,
while
31,150
existi g
societies
had
bee
st e gthe ed.

It
also
said
168
lakh
lit es
pe
day
of
milk
chilli g
capacity
had
bee
c eated
a d
76,748
quality
testi g
devices
dist ibuted.

P ojects
with
a
combi ed
milk
p ocessi g
a d
value-additio
capacity
of
418
lakh
lit es
pe
day
have
also
bee
app oved,
acco di g
to
the
gove me t.

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Milk
P oductio
Up
69%
I
Decade

I dia
p oduced
248
millio
met ic
to es
(MMT)
of
milk
i
2024-25,
compa ed
with
146
MMT
i
2014-15,
ma ki g
a
i c ease
of
a ou d
69
pe
ce t,
the
gove me t
said.

It
att ibuted
the
ise
to
measu es
i cludi g
b eed
developme t,
ge etic
imp oveme t,
f ee
a tificial
i semi atio ,
sex-so ted
seme
a d
i -vit o
fe tilisatio .

The
gove me t
said
17.27
c o e
a tificial
i semi atio s
had
bee
ca ied
out,
i c easi g
cove age
f om
20
pe
ce t
to
42
pe
ce t
a d
aisi g
milk
p oductivity
by
67
pe
ce t.

(With
i puts
f om
ANI)

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