Karnataka hikes milk, curd prices by Rs 4 per litre

Kannadigas will see more price hikes from next months. All Nandini milk and curd products in the state will cost Rs 4 more from April 1.Electricity, too, in the state will be costlier by Rs 0.36 per unit from April 1, as surcharge on their power bills. This is the latest increase in a series of price hikes across essential commodities and services in recent months. According to  Karnataka Animal Husbandry Minister K Venkatesh the prices have been increased to encourage dairy farming. “It was agreed in the cCabinet, to increase the selling price of Nandini milk and curd by Rs 4 per litre/kg in order to encourage dairy farming in the state,” Venkatesh said, adding that the hike was applied, taking into consideration the cost of milk production and processing.Venkatesh said that steps will be taken to make sure milk producers in the state directly receive the revised prices. Also, the recent Rs 2 increase per litre for Nandini milk, which was put into effect from June 26, 2024, will be cancelled. Instead, “steps for sale will be taken by adopting the current price revision of Rs 4 in 500 ml and 1 litre package as before,” he said. KMF raised milk prices by Rs 3 per litre in 2022. In 2024, it put into effect a Rs 2 price increase per packet, but added 50 ml extra milk per litre, and claimed it did not constitute a price hike.
Revised prices of Nandini Milk Toned (blue packet): Rs 46 (Rs 42) 
Homogenised Toned: Rs 47 (Rs 43) 
Green packet: Rs 50 (Rs 46) 
Shubham (Special/Orange packet): Rs 52 (Rs 48)
Curd: Rs 54 (Rs 50)
Samruddhi (pink pack, full cream Rs 60(56).
The coffee brewers’ association recently announced a Rs 200 per kg hike in coffee powder prices by March. Ticket fares for BMTC buses and Namma Metro were increased in the first week of January this year.

(State Correspondent)