Mumbai’s buffalo milk rate: Beginning on March 1, buffalo milk will now cost Mumbai residents more. An official told IANS on Friday that the Mumbai Milk Producers Association (MMPA) has announced a significant price increase in the city of Rs 5 per liter for buffalo milk.
A liter of buffalo milk will now cost Rs 85 per liter, up from Rs 80 per liter previously. The new price of buffalo milk, according to MMPA President CK Singh, will remain in effect until August 31. Singh stated that the unanimous decision was made during the MMPA general body meeting late on Thursday.
Over 3,000 retailers in the city are currently selling the milk. After September 2022, this is the second steep hike. The price of buffalo milk was increased from Rs 75 per liter to Rs 80 per liter at that time.
Since the price of milch animals and their food, such as dana, tuvar, chuni, chana-chuni, and so on, everyone felt that way. in addition to a significant increase in the prices of grass, hay, pinda, etc., Additionally, milk should flow at a higher rate.
Over seven lakh liters of buffalo milk are supplied by the MMPA through its chain of dairies and neighborhood retailers, as well as their farms located in and around the country’s commercial capital. Mumbai consumes over 50 lakh liters of buffalo milk daily.
All of the major associations representing cow milk producers in Maharashtra, in addition to other major branded producers, increased the prices of cow milk by at least Rs 2 per liter in February 2023.
