Amul Milk Price Hike: After Mother Dairy, now Amul is going to increase the prices of milk due to shortage in supply of milk and increase in procurement cost. The company is going to increase the prices of milk by Rs 2 to Rs 6 per liter from November 12. Due to this, people will have to pay higher prices for milk.
According to industry sources, there will be different prices of different types of milk. Toned milk will become costlier by Rs 2 per litre, full cream milk by Rs 4 per liter and full cream buffalo milk by Rs 6 per litre.
In Delhi-NCR region, the price of toned milk available through bulk vending machines will increase from Rs 58 to Rs 60 per litre. The price of full cream packet milk will increase from Rs 72 to Rs 76 per litre, while the price of packet toned milk will increase from Rs 60 to Rs 62 per litre. The price of full cream buffalo milk with 6.5 percent fat will increase from Rs 80 to Rs 86 per liter.
Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) has announced an increase of about 4% to 5% in the prices of Amul’s flagship fresh pouch milk products across the country, which will be effective from November 12. As per the new prices, the price of toned milk has increased by Rs 2 per liter (an increase of 3.3%), while the price of ‘Amul Gold’ milk has increased by Rs 4 per liter (an increase of 5.5%). The Federation said that in the last one year, there has been a huge increase in the cost of milk production, processing, packaging film and fuel transportation, to compensate for which this change in prices became necessary.
According to Amul, this increase in prices is being done due to the huge increase in the cost of milk production and processing. The cost of green and dry fodder, animal feed, milk packaging film and fuel has increased significantly in the last one year. In view of the challenging situation arising due to low and uneven rainfall in Gujarat and many other parts of India, we are forced to increase the milk prices. This is being done so that we can give better prices to our producers and support them in this difficult time.
Apart from this, Mother Dairy will also increase the price of double-toned milk from Rs 54 to Rs 56 per liter, while the price of cow milk will increase from Rs 62 to Rs 65 per liter.
This increase is happening at a time when milk prices generally remain stable during the ‘flush season’. However, the current situation is pointing towards increasing supply problems in the dairy sector.
Due to shortage of milk, the prices of ‘milk fat’ have also increased by about 20 to 25 percent in the last few months, due to which the total cost of dairy production has increased.
Rising prices of animal feed have increased the financial burden on dairy farmers. Because of this, dairy companies are having to increase the purchase prices of milk, so that more milk production can be promoted and milk collection can be improved. According to sources, Amul has increased the purchase rate to Rs 1,000 per kg based on the fat present in milk, due to which farmers will be able to get more than Rs 60 per liter for milk.
Source: ndtv.in
