The leading supplier of milk mother and Amul has raised their milk prices in Delhi-NCR and other cities by ₹ 2 per liter with the effects from Wednesday due to an increase in procurement and other input costs.

Justifying the increase, Mother Dairy said “forced” to increase the price of liquid milk by ₹ 2 per liter. New prices will apply to all milk variants. Full cream milk will cost ₹ 61 per liter, up from ₹ 59 per liter.

The price of tight milk will increase to ₹ 51 while double -tight milk will rise to ₹ 45 per liter. The price of cow’s milk has increased to ₹ 53 per liter. The price of token milk has been raised to ₹ 48 from ₹ 46 per liter.

Federation of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing (GCMMF), which marketed dairy products under the Amul brand, has also raised prices in the Ahmedabad Market and Saurashtra region in Gujarat, Delhi NCR, Benggala Barat, Mumbai and all other markets where amulat milk, Delhi NCR, Bengal Barat, Mumbai and all other markets where amulat milk, milk, Delhi, West Bengal, Mumbai and all other markets where Amul Milk was sold, the PTI News Agency reported.

The price of Amul Gold will be ₹ 31 for 500 ml, Amul Taaza will sell for ₹ 25 for 500 ml, and Amul Shakti will be sold at ₹ 28 for 500ml. Increasing ₹ 2 per liter, said Amul in the statement, translated to an increase of 4 percent in the maximum retail price (MRP) which is lower than the average food inflation.

This price increase is being carried out due to an increase in overall operating costs and milk production. The cost of animal feeding alone has increased to around 20 percent compared to last year. Considering the increase in input costs, our member unions have also increased farmers’ prices in the range of 8-9 percent of The previous year, “added the statement.

The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) is a parent company of the Amul Milk brand.