KMF dairy farmers not paid incentives for nine months
The state government has not paid incentives to dairy farmers for more than nine months. The reason given is “no money”. The government has to pay Rs 5 per litre of milk supplied by farmers under the Ksheeradhaare scheme. Animal Husbandry Minister K Venkatesh admitted that farmers have not been paid their incentives for five […]
Delayed Incentives Add to Dairy Farmers’ Financial Strain in TN
Several dairy farmers in the district are expressing concern over Aavin’s delay in disbursing the Rs 3 per litre milk incentive for the last two months. R Jaganathan, a farmer from Coimbatore, highlighted that the state government introduced the incentive in December last year to stabilize Aavin’s retail prices. While Aavin typically settles milk procurement […]
Madurai: Large cooperatives deduct commission, incentives, say dairy farmers
Stating that bigger units deduct commission and the incentive offered by Aavin is not reaching them, many small milk cooperative societies sought transfer of ownership of bulk milk coolers (BMC) from bigger milk cooperatives to the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation (Aavin). According to official records, over 870 milk cooperative societies are registered under […]
BJP seeks hike in incentive to dairy farmers, to stage protest in Udupi on June 26
The BJP Yuva Morcha will stage a protest in Udupi on Wednesday seeking a hike of ₹10 per litre in incentive to dairy farmers, according to Udupi unit president Kamalaksha Hebbar. Addressing presspersons in Udupi on Monday, he said that the protest will be in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner at 10.30 a.m. […]
₹4.5-crore incentive for dairy farmers, milk cooperatives
The Ernakulam Regional Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (ERCMPU) will disburse around ₹4.5 crore as incentive for milk production during the period between February 1 and March 31. The money translates into ₹7 extra per litre of milk, of which ₹5 will go to the dairy farmer and ₹2 to the primary milk cooperative. ERCMPU chairman […]
₹1,650-cr ‘price difference’ for Banas Dairy’s producers
It is no less than a celebration for Harjibhai Chaudhary, a milk producer at Thavar village in Banaskantha district of North Gujarat, as he will be getting around ₹2.5 lakh in the price difference announced by the district dairy union, Banas Dairy, for its 5 lakh milk producer members on Monday. At the 54th Annual […]