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KARACHI: The city’s administration has increased the price of milk to Rs170 per liter from Rs120 as per demand of Dairy farm owners.
The new price will be applicable from today (October 25).
A meeting between the Karachi Commissioner Muhammad Iqbal Memon and the heads of several organizations of dairy producers and retailers resulted in a resolution regarding the pricing of fresh milk, according to a notification issued by the City admin.
After considering all of the suggestions, a final pricing was decided upon, with retailers clearly benefiting.
“The prices of milk at dairy farms, wholesalers, and retailers shops will be Rs153, Rs160, and Rs170, respectively,” announced Memon after the meeting.
Dairy farmers, wholesalers and retailers had urged the city to review the official price of milk based on the increase in production, transportation and storage costs in the past 10 months.
They had demanded that the official price should be increased to Rs180 at the retail level.