Milma’s TRCMPU to pay extra Rs 3.50 per litre of milk ; farmers to get Rs 3 per litre

Trivandrum / January 30, 2024

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 30: In a big support to dairy farmers in four southern districts,  Milma’s Thiruvananthapuram Regional Co-operative Milk Producers Union (TRCMPU) has announced an additional Rs 3.50 per each litre of milk procured from the dairy co-operative societies under it, with Rs 3 going to farmers.

This decision was taken by the Board of Directors of TRCMPU, its chairman Smt Mani Viswanath  said today.

With this increase, the societies under TRCMPU will get to Rs 48.31 per litre of milk, Smt Viswanath said.  The societies and farmers will get the increase from February, quantified on the basis of the procurement of December 2023.

So far this financial year (2023-24), TRCMPU had implemented various schemes worth Rs 10.41 crore to step up production of  milk and allied products.

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