MLA demands hike of ₹10 a litre in milk procurement price to help drought-hit farmers in Karnataka

Congress member K.Y. Nanje Gowda, who is also chairman of Kolar-Chickballapur Milk Union Limited (KOMUL), on Wednesday urged the government to increase the procurement price of milk being sold by KMF by ₹10 per litre to provide succour to drought-hit milk producers.

Participating in a debate in the Assembly on drought, Mr. Gowda cautioned that the KMF’s brand value and the milk cooperative network in the State would take a hit if milk procurement price was not hiked.