Another shock of inflation, after Amul, now Mother Dairy has increased the price of milk

The people suffering from inflation have got another setback. Mother Dairy has announced to increase the price of its milk by Rs 2 per liter in Delhi-NCR from 11th July i.e. tomorrow. The new prices will be applicable for all milk types. Earlier, Amul had increased the price of its milk by Rs 2 per liter from July 1.

Leading milk supplier Mother Dairy has increased milk prices by Rs 2 per liter from Sunday in Delhi-NCR and other cities due to higher cost. Milk prices were last increased about 1.5 years ago in December 2019. Mother Dairy sells more than 30 lakh liters of milk daily in Delhi-NCR.
Mother Dairy said that it is forced to increase the prices of its litchi milk by Rs 2 per liter in Delhi-NCR with effect from July 11. The new prices will be applicable on all types of milk.

The total cost of milk has increased manifold in the last one year, along with the crisis on milk production due to the ongoing pandemic, the statement said. In the last one year, the cost of agriculture has also increased by 8-10 per cent with increasing processing, packaging and operating costs.

Mother Dairy said that it should be noted that the cost of agriculture for milk production alone has increased by about 4 per cent in the last three-four weeks. Despite paying higher prices for milk purchases in the last one year, consumer prices were maintained. After this revision, the milk prices are being revised by 4 per cent.