Belagavi District Co-operative Milk Producers Societies Union limited (BEMUL) will increase the procurement price of milk that is paid to farmers, BEMUL Chairman Balachandra Jarkiholi said in Gokak on Monday.
However, this will not lead to a rise in the market price of milk, the MLA said.
The price of buffalo milk will go up to ₹45 and cow milk to ₹30.
Farmers will end up getting ₹50 for buffalo milk and ₹35 for cow milk, due to the addition of ₹5 per litre of production incentive, he said.
He was addressing a grievance meeting of milk producers and society office-bearers.
He said that transparent systems and processes are being put in place to see that milk producers are paid in 10 days of them supplying milk.
The district union is expected to achieve a turnover of ₹400 crore this year. It made a profit of ₹68 lakh last year, he said.
Efforts are being made to increase the profit to ₹5 crore. “We have plans to redistribute our profits among milk producers,” he added.
He said that he will positively consider demands of strengthening cooperative societies and revise wages of employees.
He also said that he is planning to set up a mega dairy that can process over four lakh litres of milk per day in the district.Union directors and others were present.
Source : Dairynews7x7 Feb 20th 2025 The Hindu