Milma is looking to boost milk collection in the southern districts by giving a leg-up to affiliated dairy cooperative societies whose procurement volumes are relatively low.
Daily milk procurement in the southern region comprising four districts has increased by 75,000 litres over the past year, but there still persists a demand-supply gap of about one lakh litres which Milma's Thiruvananthapuram Regional Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union (TRCMPU) hopes to bridge over the next two years.
The TRCMPU, which covers Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, and Alappuzha districts, has earmarked ₹2 crore in its annual Budget passed on Thursday for Unarvu, a project designed to assist affiliated cooperatives whose daily milk procurement is less than 200 litres.
