Karnataka approves ₹8 Nandini milk price rise from November 1
The state says ₹7 of the increase will go to farmers and ₹1 to the dairy cooperative sector, after producers sought a larger rise.
Karnataka’s Cabinet approved an ₹8 per litre increase in Nandini milk prices on October 29, with the rise set to take effect across the Indian state on November 1, 2026. The decision raises the price paid by consumers while directing most of the increase to dairy farmers, according to The Hindu and The Times of India.
How the ₹8 increase will be divided
Of the ₹8 rise, ₹7 per litre is allocated to farmers and ₹1 to the dairy cooperative sector. The Hindu identifies the Karnataka Milk Federation as the recipient of the ₹1 share; The Times of India describes the recipient as milk unions. Minister Krishna Byre Gowda announced the allocation after the Cabinet meeting, The Times of India reported.
Gowda said farmers currently receive about ₹35 per litre, plus a separate ₹5 state government incentive, according to The Times of India. On his figures, the higher payment would take the price paid to farmers to ₹42 per litre from November 1, or ₹47 including the continuing incentive. Those figures describe payments to producers, rather than the new retail price of a particular milk pack.
Why farmers sought a higher price
Dairy farmers had called for a higher procurement price as input costs rose and drought affected Karnataka, The Hindu reported. Representatives of milk cooperatives asked for an increase of at least ₹10 per litre, according to The Times of India. Gowda said the Cabinet settled on ₹8 after discussing that demand.
The Hindu reported that district milk unions had met Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar about a rise and that he had indicated the Cabinet would decide. It said the Cabinet had discussed a possible ₹8 increase on October 14, but a decision was deferred while an election code of conduct applied to Legislative Council polls. Results of those polls were declared on October 27.
Concern about the cost to households
The proposed increase also drew opposition before the Cabinet decision. Basavaraj Horatti, a Legislative Council member and former council chairperson, urged the government to reconsider proposed increases in milk prices and bus fares, The Hindu reported. In letters to Shivakumar and Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara, he cited the strain on farmers, labourers and lower-income households already facing rising prices and drought conditions.
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Sources and context
- Karnataka hikes milk prices by Rs 8 per litre from Nov 1, farmers to get Rs 7The Times of India (with PTI inputs)
- Milk price hiked in KarnatakaThe Hindu
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