Amul and Mother Dairy are raising the retail prices of their milk by Rs 2 to Rs 4 per litre with effect from Thursday, November 12, the companies announced on November 11. The revision comes as dairy cooperatives and private dairies face higher costs for procuring milk from farmers, along with rising expenses for fuel and other inputs.
Under the revised rates, Amul Taaza, the 3 per cent fat variant, goes up by Rs 2 per litre, an increase of about 3.3 per cent. Amul Gold, the 6 per cent fat variant, rises by Rs 4 per litre, or about 5.5 per cent. Across Amul's pouch milk variants, the overall increase works out to between 4 and 5 per cent.
In Mother Dairy's case, the revised prices in the National Capital Region are Rs 60 per litre for toned milk in bulk, up from Rs 58. Full cream pouch milk moves from Rs 72 to Rs 76, and cow milk from Rs 62 to Rs 65. Mother Dairy has not issued an official statement on the revision, and the price changes have been confirmed through sources.
The companies have pointed to several cost pressures. Procurement rates paid to farmers have increased, while the cost of fodder, cattle feed and packaging film has risen over the past year. Low and uneven rainfall in Gujarat and parts of the country has also been cited as a factor affecting the supply of inputs for dairy farmers.
The hike follows earlier retail price increases this year. Amul and Mother Dairy raised prices in May, and the Nandini brand, which is sold in Karnataka, increased its prices last month. The latest revision therefore adds to a sequence of increases in one of the most widely consumed food items in Indian households.
The timing is significant for consumers. Food inflation rose to 7.74 per cent in September from 5.97 per cent in August. Higher milk prices add directly to household budgets and are likely to feed into the broader food inflation figures, though the extent of that impact has not yet been measured.
Amul is a brand of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, or GCMMF, which works with 18 cooperatives and about 36 lakh farmer members. The Federation reached a brand turnover of Rs 1 lakh crore in 2025-26, and its overall turnover was Rs 73,450 crore in the last fiscal year. Mother Dairy, a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board founded in 1974, reported a 17 per cent rise in turnover to Rs 20,300 crore. The company sells about 35 lakh litres of milk daily in Delhi-NCR and more than 50 lakh litres overall.
Source: jkadworld.com
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