Mother Dairy raises milk prices by Rs 2 a litre

Hike to be effective in NCR, Mumbai, Lucknow, Kanpur & Pune

Mother Dairy on Tuesday raised prices of all its variants by Rs 2 a litre.

After the increase, a one litre packet of full cream milk would cost Rs 44 in Delhi against the earlier price of Rs 42, while that of toned milk will cost Rs 34 instead of Rs 32.

Earlier this month, Amul also increased the price of its milk by Rs 2 a litre in the capital. Amul and Mother Dairy provide 80 per cent of the total milk consumed in the national capital region.

“Mother Dairy is compelled to raise its milk prices for all its variants because of rising input cost,” it said on Tuesday.

It said as cattle feed and fodder contributes the bulk (almost 75 per cent) of the total cost of production of milk, a significant rise in their cost as well as labour cost has led to the rise in the overall cost of production.

The company is increasing prices in cities like Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Lucknow, Kanpur, Pune and other places where Mother Dairy milk is sold, the statement added.  

 New prices of Mother Dairy milk effective October 23, 2013

NCR
Variant	Volume	Old Rates (Rs)	New Rates (Rs)
	1,000 ml	42	44
	500 ml	21	22
Full Cream Milk	6 litre	246	258
Premium Full Cream Milk	500 ml	21.5	23
	1,000 ml	32	34
Toned Milk	500 ml	16	17
	1,000 ml	28	30
	500 ml	14	15
Double Toned Milk	200 ml	6.5	6.5
Lite Milk	500 ml	12	13
Standard Milk	500 ml	17.5	18.5
BVM (Token Milk)	1,000 ml	30	32

Source: Mother Dairy