Major dairy companies have increased milk prices this week due to increase in input cost. Mother Dairy, as well as Amul, both major milk suppliers decided to hike milk prices Rs 2 per liter across all variants from August 17.
This was his second hike in almost six months. By how much did both of them increase the prices of milk in early March? 2 per litre.
Tomorrow, the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which sells milk and other dairy products amuli The brand said that it has decided to increase the prices of milk Rs 2 per liter from August 17 in Ahmedabad and Saurashtra, Delhi-NCR, West Bengal, Mumbai and other markets of Gujarat.
increase of 2 per liter would translate into a 4% increase in MRP (Maximum Retail Price). The company said that the increase in prices is due to increase in the total cost of operation and production of milk. The cost of animal feed alone has increased by about 20% over the last year. Keeping in view the increase in input cost, our member associations have also increased the prices of farmers by 8-9% as compared to the previous year,” the GCMMF said.
With this price hike, the cost of a full cream milk is approx. 61 per liter , tone milk 51 per liter whereas the cost of a packet of double toned milk will be approx. 45 per litre.
However, in Bangalore, Milk available only for 38 more 46 per litre. The credit for the low price goes to the Karnataka government’s scheme launched by former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.
In 2008, the Yediyurappa government started giving incentives Rs 2 per liter over the purchase price to farmers supplying milk to dairy unions affiliated to Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers Federation (KMF).
In 2013, Congress Chief Minister Siddaramaiah increased the incentive amount 5 per liter and then Yeddyurappa government increased it 6 per litre.
According to a report in the Indian Express, the supply of KMF unions increased from an average of 30.25 lakh kg per day in 2007-08 to 74.80 lakh kg per day due to the incentives.
This ended the income of the farmers 6 extra per liter of milk and consumers in Bengaluru also had to pay 14 per liter less than other metros for toned milk.
KMF sells milk under the brand name Nandini in the state.
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