New Delhi: In a move that could lead to food inflation, Amul hiked milk prices across India by Rs 2 per litre, effective Thursday.
This is the second increase in just over a year, as the cooperative passes on higher input costs to consumers, as reported by PTI.
Experts believe that this price increase by India’s largest organised milk retailer will add to food inflation, which has risen in recent weeks due to the West Asia conflict.
Food inflation in April crossed the 4 per cent mark, and the latest milk price increase will add to the burden of the common man, they said.
Mother Dairy has also followed suit and hiked prices by Rs 2 Per litre, as reported by India Today.
Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets milk and milk products under the Amul brand, said in a statement on Wednesday that it “increased the prices of fresh pouch milk by Rs 2 per litre in major milk-selling variants/packs across India effective from May 14”.
The last price increase was effected on May 1, 2025.
The increase translates to about 2.5-3.5 per cent per litre, which is lower than the average food inflation, it added.
“The price hike is being done due to an increase in the overall cost of operation and production of milk. There is a substantial increase in the cost of cattle feed, milk packaging film and fuel during the year,” GCMMF said.
Its member unions have also increased farmers’ procurement price by Rs 30 per kg of fat, which is a 3.7 per cent increase over May 2025, the cooperative said.
According to the revised rates for Delhi-NCR and Uttar Pradesh for a 500 ml pack, slim N variant will cost Rs 27, Taaza Rs 30, cow milk Rs 31 and Gold Rs 36.
Buffalo milk price has been increased by Rs 4 per litre to Rs 80.
GCMMF said that Amul, as a policy, passes on almost 80 paise of every rupee paid by consumers for milk and milk products to the milk producers, adding that the price revision will help sustain remunerative milk prices to milk producers and encourage them to produce more milk.
The total turnover of the Amul brand rose 11 per cent in the 2025-26 fiscal to cross the Rs 1 lakh crore milestone on higher demand for dairy products.
The turnover of GCMMF climbed 11.4 per cent to Rs 73,450 crore in the last fiscal from Rs 65,911 crore in the preceding financial year.
GCMMF is the world’s largest farmer-owned dairy cooperative with 3.6 million farmers, responsible for marketing Amul milk and milk products across 50-plus countries.
It collects 31 million litres of milk every day and distributes over 24 billion packs of Amul products annually, which include milk, butter, cheese, ghee, and ice cream, among others.
