Shell out more for milk, buttermilk from today

VADODARA: As if the rising prices of vegetables and other essentials were not enough, Barodians will have to cough up more for their daily milk from Tuesday. And, it is not just the morning cuppa of tea that will turn costly. Baroda Dairy has decided to increase prices of milk, buttermilk, curd and even flavoured milk, effective Tuesday.
The members of Baroda District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Limited, popularly known as Baroda Dairy, took the decision during the co-operative union’s board meeting on Monday.
The decision regarding milk price hike was pending at the dairy after Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) – the apex marketing body of all the district dairy unions of Gujarat – decided to hike milk prices of Amul milk across all major markets of Gujarat earlier this month.
The dairy union has increased price of 200 gm Sugam brand Masti dahi (curd) pouch from Rs 10 to Rs 12. At the same time, 200 ml pouch of flavoured milk will cost Rs 12 instead of Rs 10 and the flavoured milk bottle of 200 ml will cost Rs 18 instead of present Rs 15.
During the board meeting, the board members also decided to increase procurement price paid to the milk producers by Rs 15 per kilo fat. From now onwards, milk producers, who are members of the Baroda Dairy, will be paid Rs 440 per kilo fat instead of Rs 425 per kilo fat.
As per GCMMF’s directive, prices of Amul Gold, Amul Shakti and Amul Cow milk have been increased by Rupees 2 per litre, whereas price of Amul Slim & Trim milk has increased by Re 1 per litre.
Now, while Amul Gold will cost Rs 38 per litre, Amul Shakti will cost Rs 35 per litre, Amul Cow milk will cost Rs 32 per litre, whereas Amul Slim & Trim will cost Rs 27 per litre to consumers. Price of Amul Cow milk (200 ml) pouch have been increased from Rs 6.5 to Rs 7.
Similarly, the Goras brand buttermilk pouch of 500 ml will cost consumers Rs 8.50 instead of Rs 7.50, whereas the 200 ml pouch of buttermilk will come at Rs 5 instead of Rs 4.
It is pertinent to mention here that although it is for the first time this year that milk prices have been hiked, since 2006, it is the 15th price hike introduced by GCMMF in Gujarat. Affectively, after the latest price hike, consumers will start paying double of what they used to pay for their daily milk in 2006. Last year, milk prices had soared twice.