Aavin has increased milk sales from over 14.3 lakh litres per day in Chennai during May this year to over 15 lakh litres per day now, Minister for Milk and Dairy Development T. Mano Thangaraj said on Monday.
During an interaction with The Hindu at the Secretariat, Mr. Thangaraj said the revenue from the sales of milk products have increased from ₹1.52 crore a day to over ₹2.4 crore a day. The average milk procurement from farmers during October this year was over 28.39 lakh litres a day, while the sales of milk during this month stood at over 30.38 lakh litres a day, he said.
When responding to a query, the Minister spoke about Aavin having introduced a new variant — Delite, which has 3.5% fat and 8.5% SNF (nutrient portion known as solids non fat) and in addition has Vitamin A and D.
