Amul raises milk prices by up to 5.5% across India
Under Amul’s revised price schedule, a litre of Amul Taaza toned milk will rise from Rs 59 to Rs 61. The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets Amul products, put the increase at 3.3%. Taaza, its best-selling milk variant, has a fat content of 3%. Amul Gold, with 6% fat, will move from Rs 72 to Rs 76 a litre, an increase of 5.5%. Amul’s previous milk-price increase was Rs 2 a litre in May 2026.
GCMMF attributed the decision to higher expenditure on producing, processing, packing and transporting milk. It said costs had risen substantially during the preceding year for green fodder, dry fodder and feed ingredients, including maize, molasses and oil cake. Packaging supplies and fuel had also become more expensive, according to the federation.
The federation also cited insufficient and unevenly distributed rainfall in Gujarat and other parts of India as a difficulty for milk producers. Amul said these environmental conditions had prompted it to raise consumer prices so that it could pay producers more and support them through the difficulties. GCMMF said its member unions had already raised their milk procurement rates by 4–5% during the preceding year.
According to GCMMF, approximately 80% of revenue within Amul’s cooperative system flows back to almost 3.6 million milk producers. Amul said a substantial share of the extra revenue from the retail adjustment would reach farmers. The federation said the revision would provide additional financial support, improve farmers’ returns and encourage them to produce more milk.
Mother Dairy, a major supplier serving Delhi and the National Capital Region, also attributed its decision to rising input costs. Its new Delhi-NCR schedule puts bulk-vended toned milk at Rs 60 a litre, compared with Rs 58 previously. Pouched full-cream milk will cost Rs 76 a litre instead of Rs 72, while pouched toned milk will rise from Rs 60 to Rs 62. The full-cream variant therefore carries a Rs 4 increase, compared with Rs 2 for each of the two toned-milk formats.
Mother Dairy’s double-toned milk will increase from Rs 54 to Rs 56 a litre. Its cow milk will rise by Rs 3, taking the price from Rs 62 to Rs 65 a litre. Before the November announcement, the company had most recently changed its milk prices on May 14, 2026; that revision followed an earlier increase in April 2025.
