Mother Dairy said it’s ‘compelled to boost its liquid milk prices by ₹2/litre in Delhi-NCR with effect from July 11, 2021.’
Leading milk supplier Mother Dairy on Saturday increased milk prices in Delhi-NCR and other cities by ₹2 per litre with effect from tomorrow thanks to higher input costs. It had last raised the milk prices in December 2019.
From Dominion Day , Amul had hiked its milk prices by ₹2 per litre.
Mother Dairy said it’s “compelled to boost its liquid milk prices by ₹2/litre in Delhi-NCR with effect from July 11, 2021.”
The new prices are going to be applicable for all milk variants.
“The company has been experiencing inflationary pressure on the general input costs which has increased multifold within the last one year, amid the distress in milk production thanks to the continued pandemic,” the statement said.
In the last one year, farm prices have increased to the tune of 8-10 per cent including mounting operational costs of processing, packaging and logistics.
“It is pertinent to notice that the farm prices of milk alone have firmed up by about 4 per cent within the last three-four weeks. Despite paying higher prices towards milk procurement within the last one year, the buyer prices were kept intact. With this revision, the milk prices are undergoing a revision of 4 per cent,” Mother Dairy said.
Mother Dairy sells quite 30 lakh litres of milk per day in Delhi-NCR.
