Tamil Nadu: Government increases state-owned Aavin milk prices by Rs 6 per litre
Aavin is a Tamil Nadu based milk producers union, owned and managed by the state government. The cooperative sells nearly 12 lakh litres of milk per day in Chennai.
The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday increased the price of the government-owned Aavin milk by Rs 6 per litre after a revision in the hike of procurement rates of milk. The revised rates will be effective from Monday onwards.
Aavin is a Tamil Nadu based milk producers union, owned and managed by the state government. The cooperative sells nearly 12 lakh litres of milk per day in Chennai.
The price of blue-sachet toned milk has been hiked from Rs 37 to Rs 43 per litre while green-sachet standardised milk has been increased from Rs 41 to Rs 47.
The procurement price of cow milk has been increased from Rs 28 to Rs 32 per litre while the buffalo milk will be procured at Rs 41 a litre, after an increase of Rs 6 per litre.
The milk producers had urged the government to increase the procurement price citing a rise in the price of cattle feed in the past four years. Over 4.6 lakh milk producers will benefit from the revised rates of procurement price.
Former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had last increased the prices of Aavin milk by Rs 10 per litre in 2014.