Dairy board chaired by former legislator and chairman Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar met in Guntur on Sunday and decided to grant dividend. “Milk producers of Guntur, Prakasam and Nellore districts will be paid an additional amount of Rs 3 per litre for buffalo milk along with the regular price of Rs 620/kg fat and Rs 2 per litre for cow milk in addition to regular price of Rs 240/kg total solids along with the regular bill for a period of two months starting from 11 May. This translates into a total benefit of Rs 3.5 crores to the milk producers,” said Narendra Kumar. He said that dividend would help the farmers tide over the present crisis.

Similarly, the board had also decided to pay Chittoor district milk producers an additional amount of Rs. 2/litre for the total supplies during the month of April. An amount of Rs 73 lakh for Chittoor producers would be directly remitted into to the farmers’ bank accounts. Narendra said that they have taken all precautionary and safety measures in all milk societies and dairy right from the collection, chilling to distribution to prevent the spread of coronavirus.