Anand (Gujarat), Dec 14 (UNI) The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets dairy products under the brand name of Amul, on Saturday decided to revise the milk prices by Rs 2 per litre being sold in Ahmedabad and Saurashtra markets of Gujarat, Delhi NCR, West Bengal, Mumbai and Maharashtra, from Sunday.

A GCMMF statement here said that in Ahmedabad, the price of Amul Gold will be Rs 28 per 500 ml, while Amul Taaza will be Rs 22 per 500 ml. However, there will be no change in the price of Amul Shakti, which continues to be available at Rs 25 per 500 ml.

In the last three years, Amul has made only two price revisions for pouch milk, which is only Rs four per litre and less than three per cent per annum increase in MRP. The price increase in milk is much lower than average food inflation.
This year, the price of cattle feed has increased by more than 35 per cent. 'Considering increase in cattle feed and other input costs, our member unions have increased milk procurement price in the range of Rs 100 to Rs 110 per kg fat, which is more than 15 per cent increase than last year for the 36 lakh milk producers of Gujarat associated with the Federation,' the statement added.
Amul, as a policy, passes on almost 80 paise of every rupee paid by the consumers for milk and milk products to the milk producers. 'This increase in milk prices by Rs 2 per litre has been done with an aim to sustain remunerative milk price to our milk producers and encourage them for higher milk production,' the statement added.
Though there was no information about other categories of Amul milk in the statement, according to information received separately, the price of Buffalo milk, cow milk, Taza milk and Cha Maza milk have also been increased by Rs 2 per litre.
UNI RAJ RJ 2004