The country's leading milk suppliers have hiked prices of full cream milk by Rs 2/litre citing rise in input costs. The prices of cow and buffalo milk prices have also increased.
Only when the procurement of an entire range of commodities – from Manipur oranges and Uttarkashi apples to Sunderban raw honey– is put on an even and transparent keel will India’s rural economy grow.
LocalCircles survey results come two weeks after dairy brands, including leading milk suppliers like Amul and Mother Dairy, had increased the price of their milk by Rs 2 per litre.
Anand, home to Amul, India’s largest dairy cooperative, reported 1,507 cases since April 1 cases. Amul officials say farmers there have been taught how to take care of their cattle.
R.S. Sodhi says while infection may lessen milk production by cattle, impact lasts only a few days. Initial impact of outbreak offset by monsoon, he tells ThePrint in an interview.
The new Ministry of Cooperation, the govt has said, will provide a separate administrative, legal and policy framework to strengthen the cooperative movement in the country.
Amul had taken on non-profits last week over charges of animal cruelty. This came after PETA India asked the cooperative to switch to producing vegan milk.
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