The 125 ml can is priced at Rs 25. "Soybean rates have gone up by 30 per cent to Rs 3,100 per quintal while mustard cake prices went up by Rs 250 per quintal and prices of mustard cake has also shoot up to Rs 1,050 per quintal," he said.Milkfed is currently selling milk at Rs 44 per litre (full fat), Rs 40 (Standard), Rs 36 (toned) and Rs 32 (double toned).During hot weather conditions, milk production usually goes down due to heat stress in animals.However, Punjab Milkfed has not yet taken any decision on raising retail milk and milk products prices yet on account of raising milk procurement prices.Milkfed Punjab, which sells milk and milk products under Verka brand, has raised milk procurement rates for farmers by Rs 20 per kg fat to Rs 540 per kg fat on May 1.
Explore more on Milk Prices. The price of milk has reached Rs 140 per litre in Karachi and the Sindh Province.The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, which markets dairy products under the brand name Amul, on Saturday decided to hike milk prices by Rs 2 per litre in Ahmedabad and Saurashtra in Gujarat, Delhi-National Capital Region, West Bengal, Mumbai and Maharashtra from December 15.Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Thursday announced that milk prices in the Union Territory will be hiked by Rs 6 per litre. However, Punjab Milkfed has not yet taken any decision on raising retail milk and milk products prices yet on account of raising milk procurement prices. If that has an implication on our cost of production, we will take a call on whether to raise prices (retail rates) or not," Milkfed (Punjab) MD, Alaknanda Dyal said.Amidst brands like Amul, MotherDairy raising milk rates, dairy farmers in Punjab have now sought hike in milk procurement prices from the state-owned milk federation Milkfed, citing 25-30 per cent hike in input cost.
"Amul brand has now started giving milk procurement rate of Rs 590 per kg fat to its farmers but here we are getting very low prices as compared to rates being given by Amul," he claimed.Milkfed, which is the biggest player in the organised dairy market in Punjab, had already raised milk prices by Rs 4 per litre since December last.Progressive dairy farmers supply about 3 lakh litres per day to Punjab State Cooperative Milk Producers Federation (Milkfed Punjab) which is almost 30 per cent of Milkfed's total milk procurement, he said.However, she made it clear that retail milk prices of Verka brand would not be raised in a day or two.Milkfed, which sells milk and milk items in Punjab, Chandigarh and few places in Himachal Pradesh, is currently procuring milk in the range of 13 lakh litres per day from small and big dairy farmers.Dairy farmers are demanding milk procurement rate of Rs 600 per kg fat from Milkfed Punjab.PDFA which started selling own milk last year is currently processing 40,000 litres of milk per day and it is selling a few markets in Punjab. In order to boost immunity among its consumer at the time of coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Amul has come out with two new flavours — 'Ginger' and 'Tulsi' milk. Amul's entry has forced local dairies to offer farmers a better rate.
Punjab: As lockdown eases, experts warn of rise in infection rate 18 May 2020 Consumption Value (in Billion INR), 2020-2025 Figure 9-41: Punjab: Dairy Market: Consumption Value (in Billion INR), 2012-2019 Figure 9-42: Punjab: Dairy Market: Breakup by Product Type (in %), 2019
Find Milk Prices Latest News, Videos & Pictures on Milk Prices and see latest updates, news, information from NDTV.COM. In the last two years our procurement from Maharashtra has increased considerably." The milk will be available in both cans as well as packets. Dairy farmers noted that input cost had gone up by 25-30 per cent, making it "unviable" for them to run dairy farms while many of farmers had shut down their businesses.Meanwhile, PDFA which is also selling milk with its own brand 'La Pure', will raise its prices by Rs 2 per litre. The rate of toned milk is sold at Rs 50 now and that of whole milk Rs 68 per litre. It had last revised the price in March 2017.Mother Dairy has revised prices of its packaged cow milk in Delhi NCR, effective September 6, 2019.The price of milk has gone out of control across major cities of Pakistan on the day when Muharram is observed, according to Pakistani media reports. In Gujarat we pay Rs 48-49 for 7% fat milk. Milkfed Punjab, which sells milk and milk products under Verka brand, has raised milk procurement rates for farmers by Rs 20 per kg fat to Rs 540 per kg fat on May 1. Jun 11, 2020, 12:48 PM IST