Milk Prices Shoot Up; Mother Dairy, Amul Hike Rates With Effect From Today

Leading milk suppliers Mother Dairy and Amul have both introduced an upsurge in the prices of all range of milk variants, in the states where they operate, with effect from Sunday.

The price of bulk vended milk (token milk) has been hiked by Rs 2 to Rs 42 per litre. (File Photo/ Getty)

New Delhi: While the citizens remain beleaguered by escalating prices of onions and fuel, now the price of milk has also gone for a toss in the country due to supply-related issues. Leading milk suppliers Mother Dairy and Amul have both introduced an upsurge in the prices of all range of milk variants,  in the states where they operate, with effect from Sunday. Mother Dairy hikes price by Rs 3 Mother Dairy announced an increase in milk prices by up to Rs 3 per litre in Delhi-NCR due to lower supply and rise in procurement cost. The new prices will be effective from Sunday, it said. Prices of both token and poly pack milk have been increased in a range of Rs 2-3 per litre. The price of bulk vended milk (token milk) has been hiked by Rs 2 to Rs 42 per litre. In poly packs, full cream milk rate has been raised by Rs 2 to Rs 55 per litre. Price of half litre full cream milk has been hiked to Rs 28 from Rs 27.  Toned milk price has been hiked by Rs 3 per litre to Rs 45 while double-toned milk will now be sold at Rs 39 per litre compared to Rs 36. Price of cow milk too has been raised by Rs 3 per litre to Rs 47 per litre. "Milk availability across various states is under severe stress due to adverse climatic conditions including extended monsoon and delayed start of the flush season. The adverse climatic conditions have also resulted in a significant increase in feed and fodder prices "This has impacted the prices paid to milk producers. The raw milk prices, which in a normal year come down during the winter months, have firmed up substantially," Mother Dairy said. The prices paid to milk producers have increased by about Rs 6 per litre in the last few months, up by almost 20 per cent compared to the corresponding period last year. It said it passes close to 80 per cent of the sales realisation from milk towards its procurement. Mother Dairy supplies more than 30 lakh litres of milk per day in the Delhi-NCR market through retail outlets. Amul increases price by Rs 2: The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) which sells its products under `Amul' brand has increased the price of its milk by Rs 2 per litre from Sunday in Ahmedabad and Saurashtra in Gujarat, and across Delhi NCR, West Bengal, Mumbai and Maharashtra markets. In all these markets, the price of Amul Gold milk will be Rs 28 per 500 ml, and Amul Taaza will be sold at Rs 22 per 500 ml, the GCMMF said in a release on Saturday. In Ahmedabad market, there will be no change in the price of Amul Shakti milk, sold at Rs 25 per 500ml, it said. Amul Shakti is not available in other markets. The hike was made "with an aim to sustain remunerative milk price to our milk producers and to encourage them for higher milk production", the release added. "In the last three years Amul has made only two price revisions for pouch milk which is only Rs 4 per litre and less than 3 per cent per annum increase in maximum retail price. The price increase in milk is much lower than average food inflation," it said. Considering the rise in the price of cattle feed, which is more than 35 per cent this year, and other input costs, "our member unions have increased milk procurement price in the range of Rs 100 to Rs 110 per kg fat which is more than 15 per cent increase than last year for the 36 lakh milk producers of Gujarat," the GCMMF further said.= "Amul as a policy passes on almost 80 paise of every rupee paid by consumers to milk producers," it noted. (With inputs from PTI)