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Amul Hikes Milk Prices: The common man is likely to suffer more as the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets milk and milk products under the Amul brand, has hiked milk prices by Rs 2 per litre. The new rate will come into effect from tomorrow morning.
With the Rs 2 hike, full cream milk Amul Gold in Ahmedabad, Delhi NCR, Kolkata and Mumbai metro markets will cost Rs 62 per litre, while toned milk Amul Taaza will be sold at Rs 50 per litre. For Amul Shakti, customers have to pay Rs 56 per litre.
The company has said the price hike has been done due to rise in the cost of energy, packaging, logistics, cattle feeding cost. Compared to last year, cattle’s food cost has increased by 20 per cent, so Amul and other dairies’ members of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation have increased procurement rate by eight to nine per cent, so that pastoralists can meet expenses. Amul says 80 paise from each rupee recovered from its customers is passed on to farmers/pastoralists.
Later, Mother Dairy, one of the leading milk suppliers in Delhi-NCR, announced that it is ‘compelled’ to raise its liquid milk prices by Rs 2 per litre with effect from August 17. Full cream milk, earlier sold at Rs 59, will be sold at Rs 61 tomorrow onwards.
The price of toned milk will increase to Rs 51 and that of double toned milk will rise to Rs 43 per litre. Cow milk price has also been hiked to Rs 53 per litre.
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