Amid skyrocketing prices of petrol, diesel, vegetables and other essential commodities during the Covid-19 pandemic, there is another blow of inflation to the middle-class people as they will have to pay more for milk.

Amul milk will be dearer by Rs 2 per litre from July 1 across all brands in the country. With this new hike, the price of Amul Gold has gone up to Rs 58 per litre.

Other milk producers are likely to go for a proportionate increase.

Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federations (GCMMF) on Wednesday announced the hike.

According to GCMMF managing director RS Sodhi,  the hike in the milk price became necessary due to the rise in food inflation. “Additionally, the cost for packaging has gone up by 30 to 40 per cent, the transportation cost by 30 per cent, and the energy cost by 30 per cent, which led to the increase in the input cost,” he said.

Milk price in the country was last revised in December 2019 when Amul raised the price by Rs  3 per litre in Gujarat, Delhi-NCR, West Bengal and Maharashtra.

At the same time, Mother Dairy too announced an increase in milk prices by Rs 3 per only in Delhi-NCR owing to a lower supply.

As per the revised rates, Amul Gold will be sold in Delhi-NCR at Rs 57 per litre from July 1 as against the current price of Rs 55 per litre.  The rate of Amul Taaza has been revised to Rs 47 from Rs 45 per litre while Amul Diamond will cost Rs 61 as against Rs 59 per litre on June 30.  The GCMMF has increased the price of Amul buffalo milk to Rs 59 from Rs 57 per litre, while the rate of Amul cow milk has been revised to Rs 49 from Rs 47 per litre. The cooperative has hiked the price of Amul Slim ‘n’ Trim to Rs 41 per litre from Rs 39 per litre. The price of 500 ml poly pack has been raised by Rs 1 and the rate of two-litre pouch by Rs 4. The GCMMF posted a turnover of Rs 38,550 crore in the 2019-20 financial year.