Milk price hike in India: new Amul, Mother Dairy and Verka rates
Amul Gold is now ₹80 a litre and Mother Dairy full cream ₹76 after hikes of ₹2 to ₹4. Full list of new rates, where they apply and what the dairies said.
Milk now costs ₹2 to ₹4 more a litre across much of India after Amul, Mother Dairy and Punjab’s Verka all raised pouch milk prices within three days this week. Amul Gold has gone up to ₹80 a litre and Mother Dairy’s full cream pouch to ₹76, which is why “milk” is among India’s top Google searches today.
How much is Amul milk now?
The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which sells under the Amul brand, announced on Tuesday, 11 November that its new prices apply across India from Wednesday, 12 November, DeshGujarat reported.
- Amul Gold (6% fat): ₹80 a litre, up ₹4 (5.5%)
- Amul Taaza toned milk (3% fat): ₹62 a litre, up ₹2 (3.3%)
GCMMF said its major milk variants rose by 4% to 5% overall. It is Amul’s first hike since May 2026.
Mother Dairy’s new rates in Delhi-NCR
Mother Dairy announced its own increase hours before Amul, according to DeshGujarat. The new prices for the Delhi-NCR market, as reported by FoodInfotech, are:
- Full cream (pouch): ₹76, up from ₹72
- Cow milk: ₹65, up from ₹62
- Toned (pouch): ₹62, up from ₹60
- Toned (bulk-vended, token milk): ₹60, up from ₹58
- Double toned: ₹56, up ₹2
The company sells about 35 lakh litres a day in Delhi-NCR alone, so the change reaches millions of households. Its last revision was also in May.
Verka follows in Punjab
Punjab’s cooperative Milkfed raised Verka pouch milk prices from the morning of Thursday, 13 November in Punjab, nearby areas and Delhi-NCR, The Tribune reported. One-litre packs now cost:
- Full cream: ₹76 (was ₹72)
- Standard: ₹69 (was ₹65)
- Toned: ₹61, up ₹2
- Double toned: ₹55, up ₹2
Half-litre full cream went from ₹36 to ₹38. Some small packs keep their price but hold less milk: the 350 ml toned pack becomes 320 ml, and the 450 ml standard pack becomes 430 ml at ₹30. Lassi, curd and desi ghee prices were not changed. The Tribune noted this is Verka’s second rise in under a year, after ₹2 a litre in May.
Why are milk prices going up?
GCMMF blamed a “significant rise” in the cost of producing and processing milk: green and dry fodder, cattle feed, packaging film and fuel. It also pointed to low and uneven rainfall in Gujarat and other parts of India. The federation said the increase was needed to give farmers better returns, and that about 80% of what consumers pay goes back to its 3.6 million milk producers.
Mother Dairy cited “sustained pressure from rising input and operational costs”, an uneven monsoon that hit fodder supplies, and higher packaging and transport bills.
Why it matters next door
The reasons will sound familiar in Pakistan, where dairy farmers on both sides of the Punjab border depend on the same monsoon for green fodder and pay rising fuel and feed costs. Milk is one of the biggest items in a household food budget in both countries, so these hikes feed into India’s next inflation reading.
FoodInfotech noted that Karnataka’s Nandini already raised its product prices in October, so other state dairies could be next.
