The State government is planning to revise the existing milk price to make it more farmer-friendly, Minister for Dairy Development K.C. Joseph has said.
A committee has been constituted for the purpose. The price of milk will be revised when the committee submits its report, the Minister said at a meeting of the district dairy farmers at Kodungoor, near here, on Saturday.
Self-sufficiency
Mr. Joseph said the government could increase milk production by 6.5 lakh litres. The plan was to make the State self-sufficient in milk production. To achieve this goal, it would need another 1.5 lakh litres. ‘‘If everything goes as planned, we will be able to achieve this within two years,’’ he said.
He said more funds would be provided to the dairy sector from local body funds.
