Milk Price Increased: People of this state of South India will now have to spend more on packet milk because the Milk Federation has announced to increase the price by Rs 2 per liter.
Milk Price Increased: Milk has become expensive for the people of Karnataka. Karnataka Milk Federation has increased the price of Nandini Milk by Rs 2 per liter. However, there is also a good news that from now on, 50 ml extra milk will be added to every packet. After this increase, the price of double toned milk will increase to Rs 44 per liter for 1050 ml, which is the cheapest among all the milk variants of Nandini Milk.
Since when did milk become expensive in the state?
In Karnataka, the price of Nandini Milk packet has been increased by Rs 2 per liter from Wednesday, June 26. Along with this revised price, Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) has also announced to give 50 ml extra milk in every packet. In this way, 1050 ml milk will be added in a one-liter milk packet and 550 ml milk will be added in a half-liter milk packet.
Milk prices increased for the second time in a year
This is the second price hike in Karnataka in less than a year. Keep in mind that in July 2023 last year, Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) had increased the price of milk by Rs 3 per liter.
What did KMF say about increasing the price?
KMF said that in the current crop season, the stock of milk is increasing on a daily basis in the district milk unions of every district of the state. At present, if we look at the milk storage, it is close to one crore liters, which can be said to be quite good. The demand for milk is also good and the demand is strong from dairy products to the milk industry.
Nandini Milk became an election issue during the assembly elections last year
Local milk and dairy brand Nandini is very popular in Karnataka and Nandini Milk also became one of the election issues before the Karnataka assembly elections last year. The tussle between Nandini and Amul was the reason for this. In fact, ever since Amul announced to sell dairy products online in Karnataka through e-commerce markets, a debate had started in the state citing the impact on local interests.
