Amul and Mother Dairy will increase milk prices by ₹2 per litre from today

Due to growing input costs, top milk producers Amul and Mother Dairy have announced a price rise of 2 rupees per litre starting today. Both brands have raised milk prices twice in the past six months; earlier in March, both had done so by 2 cents per litre.

On August 16, the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which sells milk and other dairy products under the Amul brand, announced that it had decided to raise the price of milk by 2 rupees per litre beginning on August 17 in Ahmedabad and Saurashtra of Gujarat, Delhi-NCR, West Bengal, Mumbai, and other markets.

According to a statement, the increase of Rs2 per litre will result in an MRP (Maximum Retail Price) increase of 4%, which is less than the typical rate of inflation for food."The increase in operating expenses and milk output is the reason for this price increase. The cost of feeding cattle alone has grown by around 20% over the previous year. Our member unions have also raised farmers' prices by 8–9% over the prior year in light of the growth in input costs "said GCMMF.

GCMMF sells more than 150 lakh litres of milk each day, with Delhi-NCR accounting for about 40 lakh litres of that total each day. The world's largest producer of milk is India.