Mother Dairy Hikes Milk Prices By Up To Rs 2 Per Litre

New Delhi: Mother Dairy has raised milk prices by up to Rs 2 per litre. The new price will be effective Wednesday midnight. One of largest producer of dairy products in the country, the move is aimed to partly offset its rising input costs.

The price revision will be effective from april 30, 2025 across its market, a company official said.

"This price revision has been necessitated to address the significant increase in procurement costs, which have gone up by Rs 4-5 per litre over the past few months," a mother dairy official said.

The new prices will be effective in Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Uttarakhand markets. 

In a statement, Mother Dairy said, “We are constrained to revise the consumer price of its liquid milk by up to Rs. 2 per litre, effective from April 30, 2025. This price revision has been necessitated to address the significant increase in procurement costs, which have gone up by Rs. 4 - 5 per litre over the past few months. The surge in procurement prices is primarily driven by early onset of summer and heatwave conditions."

The prices of bulk vended milk (toned) has been increased to Rs 56 per litre from Rs 54 per litre. Full cream milk will cost Rs 69 per litre against Rs 68 per litre earlier.

The price of cow milk has been revised to Rs 57 per litre from Rs 56 earlier and double-toned milk will now cost Rs 51 per litre compared to the earlier price of Rs 49.