Amul milk prices up by Rs 2 per litre; poll-bound Gujarat left out

In the last year or so, Amul Gold milk prices have gone up by more than 10 per cent. A 500 ml milk pouch of Amul Gold that was priced at Rs 28, was raised to Rs 29 in June 2021. Thereafter, similar price rises were seen in March 2022 and August 2022, when the price of the same milk pouch went up to Rs 31 for all markets including Gujarat.

Defending the hike in milk prices in August 2022, the GCMMF had cited the 20 per cent rise in the cost of cattle feed in the last one year. The rise in milk prices in the past was followed by a subsequent rise in Amul milk products including buttermilk, cheese, butter, and paneer. During a talk at the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) in May 2022, Sodhi publicly defended the rising milk prices and said that high food inflation puts more money in the hands of farmers and milk producers.