Thiruvananthapuram, April 30 -- Milma has decided to raise milk prices by Rs 4 per litre, but dairy farmers waiting for immediate relief will have to wait longer as the cooperative has left the implementation date hanging.
The Board of Directors approved the hike at its meeting on Wednesday, formalising a recommendation that the government had recently cleared. However, Milma chairman and managing director K S Mani said the exact date of implementation would only be decided after the current election code of conduct ends, adding that the incoming governing body under the new government would take the final call.
The uncertainty drew a sharp response from members of the Ernakulam Regional Co-operative Milk Producers' Union, who had been pr...