Milk prices to increase from today

Milk prices in the Capital and adjoining areas will rise by up to Rs 2 per litre from Monday with two leading suppliers hiking rates, but largest seller Mother Dairy is not increasing rates just yet.

Amul and Quality Dairy will increase milk prices. Mother Dairy and Paras are the other two major milk suppliers in the national capital and its adjoining areas which consume over 115 lakh litres milk a day.

“Amul Taaza toned milk will cost Rs 30 per litre from tomorrow in Delhi and NCR compared to Rs 29 per litre, while slim and trim shall cost Rs 26 per litre in place of Rs 25. Amul Gold full cream will be Rs 40 per litre against Rs 38 per litre,” said R S Sodhi, Managing Director for Amul brand name.

Quality Dairy would also raise the price by Rs 2 for full-cream milk and Re 1 for toned and double-toned. The company sells 1.25 lakh litres everyday in Delhi and NCR.Mother Dairy, the largest milk supplier in the region, however, said it would not immediately increase prices.

Amul, the second largest milk supplier in Delhi and NCR said expenditure on milk production has gone up for farmers and Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) has also hiked the procurement prices and increased prices in Gujarat and Mumbai in April.

“In the last three years, remuneration paid to farmers supplying milk to GCMMF has gone up by 50 per cent,” Sodhi said. In the last financial year, GCMMF, which supplies milk to major cities and important states, had announced a hike of around 14-15 per cent.

“We play a delicate balance between consumer price and the procurement price. We are closely watching the procurement prices. Depending upon how it moves in summer, we will review our consumer prices,” said S Nagarajan, Mother Dairy Managing Director.

Paras could not be immediately contacted. Mother Dairy supplies 29-30 lakh litres of milk per day in Delhi and the NCR, including milk from vending machines. Milk production in the country now is at around 125 million litres. Demand is growing at a fast pace.