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Demanding an increase in the per litre price of milk for dairy farmers, the Left-affiliated All-India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has alleged that milk farmers were given a raw deal by private and co-operative milk unions who cut costs by claiming a low demand for milk during the pandemic-induced lockdown. The AIKS has said that private and co-operative milk unions had slashed the purchase price of milk by Rs. 10 to Rs. 15 per litre, while keeping the selling rate unchanged for consumers. To protest this, the outfit has planned a Maharashtra-wide agitation on June 17. It has demanded that farmers be given the pre-lockdown rates of Rs. 35 per litre.
Publisher
The Hindu
Date
2021-06-16
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Pune