-The Tribune
Mumbai: Within days of polling for the Lok Sabha elections coming to an end in Maharashtra, the state government has quietly let a subsidy scheme for dairy farmers lapse.
Under a scheme announced in July last year following protests by dairy farmers across the state, the Maharashtra Government announced a subsidy of Rs 5 per litre. Under a plan brokered by the central government, dairies would pay the farmers a procurement price of Rs 25 per litre. In turn the dairies were given a subsidy of Rs 5 per litre so that retail prices of milk were maintained.
The scheme was extended regularly till it lapsed on April 30 this year. Polling for the Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra concluded on April 29.
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