After Mother Dairy, Amul hikes milk prices by Rs 2 per litre from May 1

Prices of Amul milk across variants in the country will be raised by Rs 2 per litre with effect from May 1 Thursday the marketing federation which owns the dairy brand announced on Wednesday citing an increase in input costs in the production of the commodityThe increase of Rs 2 per litre translates into a range of 34 per cent hike in MRP maximum retail price which is much lower than average food inflation the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation GCMMF said in a releaseThe Anand Gujaratheadquartered federation markets dairy products under the popular Amul brandGCMMF the marketer of milk and milk products under the brand name of Amul has increased the prices of fresh pouch milk by Rs 2 per litre effective from May 1 2025 in all markets across the country said the federationThe federation pointed out that it has not increased the prices of fresh pouch milk since June 2024This price hike is being done due to an increase in input costs of production of milk to our 36 lakh milk producers Our member unions have also increased farmers prices in the same proportion over the last year said the releaseFollowing the hike a 500ml pouch of Amul Gold milk will be available for Rs 34 while a onelitre pouch of the same brand will cost Rs 67 from Thursday in Gujarat it saidA 500ml pouch of the Shakti variant will now cost 31 in Gujarat while a 500ml pouch of Cow Milk will be available for Rs 29One litre pouch of Buffalo Milk pouch will cost Rs 73 while one litre of Taaza pouch will be sold for Rs 55 from May 1 said the releaseMother Dairy has already hiked prices of liquid milk by up to Rs 2 per litreThe new prices will be effective in DelhiNCR Uttar Pradesh Haryana and Uttarakhand marketsMother Dairy is constrained to revise the consumer price of its liquid milk by up to Rs 2 per litre effective from April 30 2025 This price revision has been necessitated to address the significant increase in procurement costs which have gone up by Rs 4 5 per litre over the past few months The surge in procurement prices is primarily driven by early onset of summer and heatwave conditions a Mother Dairy spokesperson said on TuesdayThe prices of bulk vended milk toned has been increased to Rs 56 per litre from Rs 54 per litre Full cream milk will cost Rs 69 per litre against Rs 68 per litre earlierThe price of cow milk has been revised to Rs 57 per litre from Rs 56 earlier and doubletoned milk will now cost Rs 51 per litre compared to the earlier price of Rs 49With inputs from AgenciesatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params