Milk Price Raised Before Ganeshotsav, Here' Why Customers Will Not Pay More
Pune: The Pune District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union in Maharashtra has raised the procurement price of cow and buffalo milk by Rs 1 per litre, offering relief to dairy farmers just before Ganeshotsav. The revised rates will take effect from Friday. Farmers supplying milk to district cooperative collection centres across Pune will receive Rs 1 more for every litre. However, consumers will…
Pune: The Pune District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union has increased the rate at which they buy cow and buffalo milk by Rs 1 per litre, ahead of Ganeshotsav. This change will be implemented from Friday, with farmers receiving an extra Rs 1 for each litre sold to district cooperative collection centres in Pune. Nonetheless, shoppers will continue to pay the current retail price, as Katraj Dairy has decided not to pass on the increase to them.
The union announced the change due to the rising costs of cattle fodder, animal feed, and transportation, which have squeezed farmers’ profits lately. This procurement-price revision is necessary to support farmers during these challenging times. The increase only applies to the price paid to farmers for raw milk. The dairy union has made it clear that packet-milk prices for households and other customers will stay the same.
Consumers will not have to pay more for their milk. Procurement price and retail price are two different things. The procurement price is the amount a dairy company or cooperative pays farmers for raw milk. The retail price is what customers pay when buying packaged milk from shops. In this situation, only the procurement rate has been raised. Katraj Dairy will take on the extra Rs 1 per litre instead of passing the cost onto buyers, thus protecting household budgets during the festival season.
The revised procurement price for cow milk with 3.5% fat and 8.5% solids-not-fat, or SNF, will go up from Rs 39.80 to Rs 40.80 per litre. The demand for milk and khoya usually goes up by 35% to 40% during Ganeshotsav as sweets like pedas, modaks, and barfi are prepared and bought in large quantities. This move by Pune follows a similar decision made by the Mumbai Milk Producers’ Association, which recently increased buffalo-milk prices by up to Rs 9 per litre.
However, Katraj Dairy’s decision allows farmers to earn more while safeguarding customers from an immediate price hike during the festive season.
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