The Karnataka government has approved a ₹4 per litre price hike for Nandini milk and dairy products. This is the second increase in milk prices in recent weeks. The government defends the move, stating that the entire price increase will be transferred to farmers as subsidies. However, concerns remain about the impact on middle-class households who rely on these essential items daily.
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00:00If you're a resident of Karnataka, there's news for you.
00:03Milk prices have been hiked again in Karnataka by 4 rupees now.
00:07Nandini milk prices going up again.
00:09Sidharmaya government gives an approval to another price hike, barely weeks after that
00:14had happened.
00:15Nandini milk, toned milk here, for example, has gone from 42 rupees per litre to 46 rupees
00:22per litre.
00:23Homogenized toned milk, for example, has gone from 43 rupees per litre to 47.
00:28So there are, of course, these different categories and almost in all categories, 4 rupees per
00:34litre has been the increase.
00:37Even for curd, which means it's not just milk but dairy products otherwise as well.
00:42In curd, 50 rupees earlier per litre, that was the amount, 54 litres per litre.
00:48Remember, items like milk are often essential items as well for many families and households.
00:55Our editor Nagarjun Dwarkanath is joining me for the latest on this.
00:58Nagarjun, tell me more about this because I remember barely a few weeks ago there was
01:02this increase that had been done.
01:05What is the reason?
01:06What is the government saying about it?
01:07And do you think this may impact the common man on the ground?
01:10Well, definitely the common man will be burdened with the increase in milk prices, especially
01:16the Nandini milk prices.
01:1790% of Karnataka uses the Nandini milk packets every morning and thousands of crores of litres
01:23of milk is used every day across the state and Karnataka Milk Federation has complete
01:28monopoly in terms of milk marketing and supply for the whole state because the brand is so
01:33good.
01:34The whole state depends on the Karnataka Milk Federation to deliver their morning milk and
01:38evening chai as well.
01:39Considering it's an independent body, but however, there's always an excess between
01:43the government and the federation because usually the politicians end up becoming the
01:47chairman in an election and they have, of course, an excess with the government as well.
01:51And now, this time around, the ministry has announced a Rs.4 hike in milk and curd prices
01:57across Karnataka.
01:59This is not the first time in the last 20 months successfully the government has been
02:02increasing the milk product prices, especially the milk and the curd of Nandini products.
02:07But what the defense of the government is that this price rise will directly benefit
02:12the farmers in the rural sector.
02:13Whoever gives milk to the federation in the rural sectors in villages, the complete Rs.4
02:19will be transferred to them as subsidies, what we are told.
02:21So the consumers, however, will be burdened, but the money will be directly delivered to
02:25the farmers.
02:26That's the defense from the government.
02:27Nagarjun will be tracking all the latest on that.
02:30Remember that Rs.4 may seem like a small amount, but when you have to buy these items on a
02:36daily basis for big households, it can burden and empty the pockets, especially of the middle
02:41class families.
02:42Does the government have a way out to ensure that people find some relief as well in the
02:46days to come?