New Delhi: What can be termed as bad news for Mumbaikars, the milk prices in the city have increased by Rs 9 per litre. The wholesale price of buffalo milk supplied by dairies and local farms has risen from Rs 93 to Rs 102 per litre. It is important to note that animal feed prices have also risen by 25 percent amid the increase in milk prices. Over the past year, the cost of feed for dairy animals, including grains, tur, gram, pulses and maize, has increased by up to 25 percent.
“If milk prices rise, tea vendors will also increase their prices, raising a cup of tea from Rs 10 to Rs 12. Those of us who used to drink four or five cups a day will now have to restrict ourselves to just two. Sugar prices have already surged from Rs 40 to Rs 70 per kilogram, nearly double the rate. As a taxi driver, this severely impacts my earnings and my family budget. I urge the government to prevent price hikes on essential commodities like milk and sugar,” Anwar Khan, a local taxi driver said.
Anil Verma, a local resident said, “If prices increase, we will just have to endure it. If tea becomes more expensive, but we still need it, we will simply consume less. It will disrupt our budget, so we will reduce the quantity of what we purchase.”
AIMIM Slams BJP Government:
“We are moving towards ‘Viksit Bharat’. Just see how much the country is progressing… Prices for everything have gone up, yet no one’s salary has increased. Unemployment has risen… Is this how we are going to build ‘New India’?… They have money. But to buy MLAs and MPs, to execute ‘Operation Lotus,’ and labeling someone ‘anti-national’ for not singing ‘Vande Mataram,’ AIMIM leader Waris Pathan said.
He further added that the government has become entangled in such issues and has lost sight of its priorities… The faster prices rise, the further the BJP government’s graph will plummet. The countdown has begun. The time for them to leave is fast approaching.
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