Sunday, August 14, 2011

Sikkim Milk increases procurement price of milk by Rs. 2

GANGTOK, 10 Aug: The Sikkim Milk Union has enhanced its procurement price for dairy farmers with effect from 01 July benefitting about 9,000 farmers. In the last four years, the Sikkim Milk Union has revised its farmers’ procurement prices with an increase of about 88.23% from the 2007 levels. Now, a further upward revision of Rs. 2 per litre has been provided to the farmers and with this revision, the farmers’ procurement has gone up 111.76% higher than the rates of April 2007 to benefit them, informs a press release.
The decision on this was accorded by the Sikkim Milk Union Board and the same was concurred by the state government. The Sikkim Milk Union has shown consistent progress/growth in the last four years by making profit and transferring benefit to the farmers in form of price hike and bonus incentives, the release informs.
At the revised rate, the price of average milk having 4.0% Fat and 8.0% SNF milk is paid the rate of Rs. 20 per litre and the minimum acceptable quality of having 3.5 % Fat and 7.5 % SNF is paid at the rate of Rs. 18.00 per litre and a Good quality milk with 5.5 % Fat and 8.5 % SNF is paid at the rate of Rs. 24.24 per litre to the village milk cooperative societies.
The newly revised milk payment for the month of July 2011 to the village Milk cooperative Societies was released by the Sikkim Milk Union during the first week of August 2011, according to the release.  Subsequently the village milk societies have released the payments at the revised rates to farmers for the milk supplied during the month of July 2011.

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