The upheavals at Anand was taking its toll on the helpless farmers who are only an insignificant players watching the drama from sidelines. The acting MD of GCMMF have on Monday met with the MDs of all the 13 Unions and have sorted a way out of this problem.
“We have decided that the bonus will be released to all milk unions. The unions will provide us written request to get this amount. Managing directors of all dairies, who met federation’s in charge managing director R S Sodhi for operational meeting, are finding out modality to do so at the earliest,” GCMMF chairman Parthi Bhatol told. He further added that while the bonus will be released as advance for the time being, the actual amount will be settled once the audited annual accounts of financial year 2009-10 are cleared by the federation’s board. “We can’t withhold this bonus which belongs to farmers of Gujarat,” he said.
The federation has called a requisite meeting on June 30.
Two earlier board meetings were adjourned as majority of dairy chairmen had abstained from the meeting Also at the meeting, the managing directors discussed a probable price rise of milk in key markets like Delhi.