Dairy farmers increase milk price by Rs10 per litre

Despite a fall in the transportation charges caused by a cut of Rs35 a litre in the diesel rate over the last 15 days, stakeholders shocked consumers by raising the price of retail fresh milk by raising Rs10 a litre from Thursday.

With the fresh rise, the price of milk in Karachi has become Rs220 per litre.

In February this year, stakeholders had increased the loose milk price by Rs20 per litre.

Milk price fixed by the commissioner Karachi has so far proved to be an eyewash for consumers. The official retail price of milk had been jacked up to Rs180 per litre from Rs170 on December 16, 2022. However, retailers, after refusing to sell milk at the official rate, started demanding Rs190 per litre from consumers.