Four private dairies increase milk price by Rs 2-Rs 4 a litre

Citing increasing input costs, four private dairies selling milk under brand names Thirumala, Jersey, Vallabha and Heritage have increased their prices by Rs 2 to Rs 4 per litre. The hike came into effect between Wednesday and Friday. As per the new price, the cost of per litre of full cream milk of private brands […]

TN: Dairy Farmers in Dire Straits as Fodder Prices Zoom, Inflation Bites

The Tamil Nadu Milk Producers Association is demanding an increase in milk procurement prices as fodder prices are spiralling. In November 2022, Aavin, the government milk cooperative, announced an increase of Rs 3/litre for milk procured from farmers and fixed the price of cow milk at Rs 35 and buffalo milk at Rs 44. But the milk […]

No hike in price of Aavin milk in Tamil Nadu

Aavin on Saturday clarified that there was no increase in the maximum retail price (MRP) of any variant of milk. This follows an erroneous printing of price on milk packets at its dairy in Madhavaram. The milk was sent out as part of the evening sale batch. “A very small quantity of milk was sold at […]

Govt dairy co-op sales have increased: Stalin

AIADMK’s interim general secretary and leader of the opposition Edappadi Palaniswami, in a series of tweets, wondered whether there is an attempt to deny people basic nutrition they were getting by consuming dairy products from Aavin. Chief minister M K Stalin said on Sunday that his government has revived Aavin, the state government cooperative which […]

Aavin milk price hike aimed at promoting private players: Annamalai

The continued price hike by Aavin is to make the firm non-competitive in a bid to promote private players, said K. Annamalai, BJP State president. “The hike of ₹12 per litre for orange Aavin milk packets has resulted in sales dipping by 5,000 litre. People have moved to milk supplied by private companies. Then, the […]

Aavin hikes its ghee price by ₹50 a litre, justifies decision

The price is either on a par with or lower than that of its competitors. The increase has been effected after the market and the prices of the competitors were studied, says an official. The Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation has hiked the price of one litre jar of ghee by ₹50. On Friday, […]

Aavin increases milk procurement prices by ₹3 a litre

Aavin on Thursday announced an increase in milk procurement prices by ₹3 a litre, and as a result, over 4.20 lakh farmers attached to 9,345 primary cooperative societies will benefit. A litre of cow milk will be procured at a price of ₹35 and buffalo milk at ₹44. The last time the milk procurement prices […]

Aavin ready to face NE monsoon with sufficient stock of UHT milk

Armed with over one lakh litres of Delight cow’s milk packed with UHT (ultra-high temperature) technology with a shelf life of 90 days, Aavin is gearing to face the northeast monsoon. Sources in the Tamil Nadu Cooperatives Milk Producers Federation, which owns the Aavin brand, explained that this time it was preferring these half litre […]

Tenders invited to set up Aavin dairy at Madhavaram at ₹125 crore

With a capacity to process 10 lakh litres of milk per day, the new dairy will be the fifth facility to cater to the demand of Chennai city Tenders have been called for the construction of a brand new dairy for Aavin at Madhavaram at a cost of ₹125 crore. The facility, the fifth for […]

Right-wing stirs row over halal certification again,TN co-op Aavin targeted

Interestingly, this is not the first time that Aavin’s halal certification has come under attack. There was a similar social media campaign against the state-run co-in 2020 when the AIADMK was in power. Right-wing social media handles have in the past spread misinformation several times about food products carrying a halal certification. The latest attempt […]