Local milk producer, Milco Private Limited, has announced a reduction in the price of several of its products, effective from today (01 Apr). 

Accordingly, the price of a Highland yoghurt cup has been reduced by Rs. 10, with the new price being Rs. 70.

The prices of several fresh milk products have also been reduced as follows;

• 450ml sterilised milk – reduced from Rs. 225 to Rs. 200
• 450ml fresh milk packet – reduced from Rs. 200 to Rs. 170
• 900ml fresh milk packet – reduced from Rs. 440 to Rs. 380

Milco Private Limited states the price reduction has been implemented to provide concessions to the public. (Newswire)

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India is the top producer of milk in the world and has set a target of producing 300 million metric tons (MMT) of milk in the next five years from the present 239 MMT, Union Minister of Animal Husbandry and Dairying Rajiv Ranjan Singh said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

Singh also said that ever since the Modi government has launched the Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM) in 2014, the milk production in the country has increased by 63.5 per cent and the government is hopeful of further increasing it by 15 per cent in next three years.

“India is now the top milk producing country in the world. We have now set a target of producing 300 MMT of milk in next five years from the present 239 MMT,” he said. (PTI)

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