New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- Amarsinh Kadam isn't sure how long Sonai Dairy at Indapur will continue paying the Rs 29-per-litre rate for the 250-odd litres of milk that it buys daily from him. This farmer from Sansar village in Indapur taluka of Pune district feels that the government at the Centre will soon "act" to bring down the prices or, at least, stop them from rising further.
"Last December, I was getting only Rs 22 per litre (for milk with 3.5% fat and 8.5% solids-not-fat content). They started procuring at Rs 25 only from April and raised it to Rs 29 per litre from December 1," informs Kadam, who has 40 Holstein Friesian crossbred cows, of which around 25 produce milk at any given point.
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