Milk co-ops approach Centre for export sops to clear massive inventories

They say they may be forced to cut down on milk procurement price during the coming flush season starting in the next few months, if the support is not available

Saddled with huge inventories of unsold skimmed milk powder (SMP) and other products, milk cooperatives have approached the Centre for export incentives which, alongside a scheme to distribute milk through anganwadis, schools and hospitals for Covid patients, could help them tide over the problem.

The cooperatives said they could be forced to cut down their milk procurement price during the coming flush season that starts in the next few months, if the support they seeks is not made available.

The cooperatives, unlike their private counterparts, have managed to hold on to the procurement price despite a sharp drop in demand