Dairy major Amul announced on Thursday that it will increase milk prices by Rs 1 per litre in the Delhi-NCR area due to in-crease in production cost.
Dairy major Amul announced on Thursday that it will increase milk prices by Rs 1 per litre in the Delhi-NCR area due to in-crease in production cost.
It is likely other milk producers will also increase prices. However, Mother Dairy, another major milk supplier in Delhi-NCR, on Thursday told PTI it does not plan to raise milk prices.
“The company is not increasing prices. The Delhi-based dairy firm is looking to push token milk sales as it is cheaper by Rs 3-4 a litre compared to packed milk,” a Mother Dairy spokesperson said.
The new price will come into effect in Delhi-NCR from Friday, Gujarat Coo-perative Milk Marketing Federation managing director R.S. Sodhi said in Ahmedabad. Amul sells about 30 lakh litres of milk per day in the Delhi-NCR region.
“We have decided to increase milk prices in the Delhi-NCR region by Rs 1 per pouch of half litre and one litre effective tomorrow (Friday) morning, as procurement prices have increased by 19-20 per cent in the last two years,” Mr Sodhi said, adding that this is first increase in milk prices in two years.
“In Delhi, we last raised the milk price 25 months ago in May 2014, and since then cost of production has gone up by 20 per cent, while inflation is up 14 per cent. Decision to increase the price was taken considering these facts,” Mr Sodhi told PTI.
