GCMMF Plan: GCMMF mainly sells milk in the markets of Gujarat, Delhi-NCR, West Bengal and Mumbai. This cooperative organization sells more than 150 lakh liters of milk per day.
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Amul Milk Price : Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation)GCMMF) has no plans to increase milk prices in the country in the near future. The organization’s Managing Director (MD) RS Sodhi said that GCMMF mainly sells milk in the markets of Gujarat, Delhi-NCR, West Bengal and Mumbai. This cooperative organization sells more than 150 lakh liters of milk per day, out of which Delhi-NCR About 40 lakh liters of milk is sold in India.
He said that earlier this week, Mother Dairy had increased the prices of full-cream milk by Re 1 per liter and that of token milk by Re 2 per liter in the Delhi-NCR market, citing cost escalation. When asked if GCMMF has any plans to increase milk prices after Mother Dairy hiked milk prices, Sodhi said there is no plan to increase milk prices in the near future. He further said that the cost has not increased much since the last retail price hike in October.
Prices were increased in October
In October, the GCMMF had increased the prices of Amul Gold (full-cream) and buffalo milk by Rs 2 per litre. This growth has happened in all other markets, except for election-bound Gujarat. Assembly elections will be held in Gujarat in early December. After this increase in the price, the price of Amul Gold has been increased from Rs 61 to Rs 63 per liter while the price of buffalo milk has been increased from Rs 63 to Rs 65 per litre.
Responsible for the increase in procurement cost
GCMMF has increased the prices of Amul milk three times this year, while Mother Dairy has done so four times. Mother Dairy is one of the leading milk suppliers in Delhi-NCR with a sales volume of over 30 lakh liters per day. The hike in milk prices has put pressure on the household budget at a time when food inflation is already at a high level. Mother Dairy has attributed the hike in prices to the increase in the cost of procuring raw milk from dairy farmers.
21 million tonnes is produced
The spokesman said that this year a huge gap is being seen in the demand and supply of milk in the entire dairy industry. The company said availability of raw milk has been affected due to rising cost of cattle feed and raw milk prices are under pressure due to erratic monsoon. Milk production in India, the largest producer of milk in the world, is around 210 million tonnes annually.
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