Milk to be dearer by Rs 2/litre in Delhi, NCR from Monday

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Milk prices in the national 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 from Monday. 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 Monday 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," R.S. Sodhi, Managing Director, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which sells products under Amul brand name, said.

Quality Dairy would also raise the price by Rs 2 for full-cream milk and Re 1 for tonned and double-tonned, its Vice President (Marketing), Rajesh Verma said. The company sells 1.25 lakhs litre everyday in Delhi and NCR.

Mother Dairy, the largest milk supplier in the region, however, said it would not immediately increase the price.

Amul, the second largest milk supplier in Delhi and NCR with a daily sales of nearly 20 lakh litres of milk per day, said expenditure on milk production has gone up for farmers and GCMMF has also hiked the procurement price.

Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation has already increased milk prices in Gujarat and Mumbai in April.