Milk glut lands Milma in fresh trouble
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New restrictions make life more difficult for dairy sector
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New restrictions make life more difficult for dairy sector The State’s apex dairy cooperative Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma) is in considerable trouble trying to sell all the milk it procures in the midst of tightening restrictions to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. The glut-like situation is such that the cooperative procures more than three lakh litres of milk in excess of its average sale of around 12.5 lakh litres per day.
Milk sales had plummeted because of the pandemic situation, but procurement had gone up significantly in the Malabar and Ernakulam regions, said chairman of the federation P.A. Balan on Sunday. He said the State government directive on Saturday, putting curbs on milk procurement and sale operations as some of the districts went into triple lockdown, would make things more difficult for the dairy sect
Milma Chairman seeks vaccinations for its employees
The Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma) has urged the State government to administer the COVID-19 vaccine on a priority basis to Milma employees across the State, reports the Hindu.
Over 3,000 employees are engaged in the procurement and processing of milk, a high-risk, but essential service that ensures uninterrupted supply of milk to millions of households in the State, Milma said in a statement on Wednesday.
Milma chairman P. A. Balan raised the demand in separate letters to Dairy Development Minister K. Raju and Health K. K. Shylaja.
Vaccine for Milma staff sought
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3,000 employees are working in 20 locations in the State
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3,000 employees are working in 20 locations in the State
The Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma) has urged the State government to administer the COVID-19 vaccine on a priority basis to Milma employees across the State.
Over 3,000 employees are engaged in the procurement and processing of milk, a high-risk, but essential service that ensures uninterrupted supply of milk to millions of households in the State, Milma said in a statement on Wednesday.
Milma chairman P. A. Balan raised the demand in separate letters to Dairy Development Minister K. Raju and Health K. K. Shylaja. Mr. Balan urged them to make immediate arrangements for the vaccination of Milma employees working in the apex units and the three regional unions of the dairy cooperative major.
They are to start a common online platform for home delivery of essential items
As part of the efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, various government agencies including the Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation (Supplyco) will introduce a common online/mobile platform for home delivery of essential items, the government has said.
An April 13 government order said Supplyco, the Kerala State Horticultural Products Development Corporation (Horticorp), the Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma), Matsyafed, and the Kerala State Poultry Development Corporation (Kepco) will “have a unified online/mobile platform for taking orders and enabling home delivery of items ordered”.
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