Amul and Mother Dairy Hike Milk Prices Across India

Kohima: Indian households face higher grocery bills starting November 12. Amul and Mother Dairy are hiking liquid milk prices by Rs 2 to Rs 4 per litre. The price adjustments hit shelves this Thursday.

The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, which owns the Amul brand, confirmed a 4 to 5 per cent jump on fresh milk. Amul Taaza now costs Rs 2 more per litre. This marks a 3.3 per cent rise. Amul Gold takes a steeper hit. The 6 per cent fat milk variant climbs by Rs 4 per litre, a 5.5 per cent increase.

Production costs are soaring. Expenses for green fodder, dry fodder, maize, molasses, oil cake, fuel, and packaging climbed over the last year. Low and uneven rainfall in Gujarat and other regions further squeezed dairy farmers.

"In the current challenging environmental circumstances due to low and uneven rainfall in Gujarat as well as many parts of India, we are constrained to increase the consumer price of milk to pay better prices to our producers and support them in these difficult times," the federation stated. They noted that member unions already bumped procurement prices by 4 to 5 per cent.

The cooperative model returns 80 per cent of revenue to 36 lakh milk producers. Officials confirmed they will pass a major chunk of these new price hikes directly to farmers to boost production. Mother Dairy confirmed a matching increase across their full product range, also effective November 12.