Tamil NaduTuesday, 25 August 2026·Hindu Tamil Thisai
Tamil Nadu weighs raising Aavin milk procurement price to ₹44 per litre amid producer demands
Tamil Nadu said it will consider raising Aavin milk procurement price to ₹44 per litre after Assembly demands from milk producers.
Key highlights
Direct fact
In August 2026, Tamil Nadu Milk and Dairy Development Minister C. Vijayalakshmi told the Assembly that the proposal to raise Aavin milk procurement price to ₹44 per litre would be considered with the Chief Minister.
Key specifics
- Aavin’s procurement price had already been raised from ₹38 to ₹41 per litre, according to the minister.
- The government said the ₹3 increase from ₹38 to ₹41 costs the State about ₹300 crore a year.
- The previous government’s ₹3 reduction in Aavin packet milk sale price in 2021 caused an additional annual loss of ₹220 crore, the minister said.
- DMK MLA E.V. Velu cited private procurement rates of ₹45.27 per litre in Kerala and ₹42 per litre by Hatsun Arogya.
- The discussion took place during a calling-attention motion in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on milk price rise.
Exam lens
TNPSC economy-and-state-policy question type: compare procurement prices, losses, and Assembly statements, ₹38, ₹41, ₹44, ₹300 crore, ₹220 crore, 2021, Kerala and Hatsun Arogya. One-liner: remember the gap between Aavin’s procurement price and private buyers’ rates.