Milk prices has also jumped due to rising inflation. Now customers will have to buy Amul milk at a higher price. The country’s largest dairy brand Amul has announced an increase in the price of its milk (Amul Milk Price Hike). The company has announced an increase the prices of milk sold by it by Rs 2 per liter. Amul has given this information by issuing a release.
The increased milk prices will be applicable from Tuesday, March 1. Now customers will have to pay Rs 30 for a half-litre Amul Gold, Rs 24 for Amul Taza or Toned and Rs 27 for Amul Shakti.
Amul has increased the prices of all milk products Amul Gold, Amul Shakti and Amul Taza. The increased prices will be applicable across the country. The company said in its release that the price of milk has increased due to increase in the cost of energy, packaging, transportation and prices of animal feed. The increased prices will be applicable from March 1, 2022.
Amul has increased milk prices by four per cent every year for the last two years. The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, which runs the Amul brand, has made this increase in milk prices even before the completion of one year. The company has increased the prices about 7 months and 27 days ago. At the same time, Amul has increased the price of milk from farmers by Rs 35 to Rs 40 per kg of fat. This is an increase of five per cent over the previous year. According to the company, farmers get about 80 paise out of every rupee paid on the purchase of Amul milk.
According to the release issued by the company, Amul Gold is priced at Rs 30 per 500 ml, Amul Taza at Rs 24 per 500 ml and Amul Shakti in the markets of Ahmedabad and Saurashtra in Gujarat. rate) will be Rs 27 per 500 ml. In this way, full cream milk will be available for Rs 60 per liter in Ahmedabad, Delhi-NCR, Kolkata and Mumbai metro markets. While Amul fresh or toned milk will cost Rs 48 per liter in Ahmedabad and Rs 50 per liter in Delhi NCR, Mumbai and Kolkata.
At present, the cost of one liter packet of Amul Gold milk is Rs.58. Similarly, the cost of one liter packet of Amul Taza and one kg packet of Amul Toned is Rs 48 per litre.