Driven by a 20%–25% surge in bulk milk fat prices and unseasonal supply tightness during the flush season, India’s top dairy majors lift retail milk tariffs across Delhi-NCR—pushing Full Cream Buffalo Milk to ₹86/litre and raising Amul’s farmgate fat payout to ₹1,000/kg.
Retail dairy inflation has intensified across northern India as Mother Dairy and the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Amul) implemented broad price revisions of ₹2 to ₹6 per litre across fresh liquid milk variants, effective Thursday, November 12, 2026. As detailed in a market report by The Times of India, the adjustment—Mother Dairy’s second retail tariff hike this year following an earlier revision on May 14—is anchored in tightening raw milk availability during what is traditionally the winter flush period, alongside a 20 to 25 per cent spike in bulk milk fat prices over recent months.
Mother Dairy, a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) that generated a 17% turnover increase to ₹20,300 crore in the previous fiscal year, distributes roughly 3.5 million litres (35 lakh litres) of milk daily in Delhi-NCR and over 5 million litres pan-India. Industry executives explained that when fresh liquid collections fall short, dairies rely on recombining skimmed milk powder (SMP) and white butter/milk fat—a process made significantly costlier by the current fat deficit.
The revised retail price schedule across Delhi-NCR consumer formats includes:
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Full Cream Buffalo Milk (6.5% Fat): Increased by ₹6 per litre, rising from ₹80 to ₹86 per litre.
Full Cream Milk (Packaged): Increased by ₹4 per litre, adjusting from ₹72 to ₹76 per litre.
Cow Milk: Increased by ₹3 per litre, rising from ₹62 to ₹65 per litre.
Toned Milk (Packaged): Increased by ₹2 per litre, moving from ₹60 to ₹62 per litre.
Toned Milk (Bulk Vended / Token): Increased by ₹2 per litre, climbing from ₹58 to ₹60 per litre.
Double-Toned Milk: Increased by ₹2 per litre, rising from ₹54 to ₹56 per litre.
To stimulate farmgate milk deliveries and offset elevated cattle feed prices, cooperatives have simultaneously raised rural procurement payouts. Amul lifted its farmgate milk fat procurement rate to ₹1,000 per kilogram, enabling dairy farmers to realize over ₹60 per litre at village collection centers, while Mother Dairy continues to pass back 75 to 80 per cent of its consumer sales revenue directly to primary producers.
The northern price adjustments follow a similar regulatory move in southern India earlier this month, where the Karnataka state cabinet approved an ₹8 per litre increase for Nandini milk (effective November 1) after severe drought conditions reduced state milk collections by 1 million litres per day—allocating ₹7/litre directly to dairy farmers and ₹1/litre to district milk unions.
From an agribusiness supply-chain and dairy economics perspective, synchronized retail price hikes across India’s northern and southern milk sheds signal structural tightness in domestic milk solids. With bulk fat premiums surging and climate-related fodder deficits constraining herd yields, maintaining remunerative farmgate payouts is indispensable to preventing inter-state milk diversion and stabilizing processing plant utilization heading into 2027.
Indian Dairy Inflation & Procurement Costs
Mother Dairy & Amul Rate Hike: Fat Costs & Retail Schedule
Effective Nov 12, 2026 across Delhi-NCR amid 20%–25% milk fat inflation.
Milk Fat Cost
+20% – 25%
Bulk fat surge
Amul Fat Rate
₹1,000 / kg
>₹60/L to farmers
Mother Dairy
₹20,300 Cr
Annual turnover (+17%)
Delhi-NCR Revised Retail Milk Prices (Per Litre)
| Dairy Product Variant | Old Rate | New Rate | Hike |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Cream Buffalo Milk (6.5% Fat) | ₹80 | ₹86 | +₹6 / L |
| Full Cream Milk (Packaged) | ₹72 | ₹76 | +₹4 / L |
| Cow Milk | ₹62 | ₹65 | +₹3 / L |
| Toned Milk (Packaged) | ₹60 | ₹62 | +₹2 / L |
| Toned Milk (Bulk Vended) | ₹58 | ₹60 | +₹2 / L |
| Double-Toned Milk | ₹54 | ₹56 | +₹2 / L |
Pan-India Trend: Follows KMF Nandini’s ₹8/L hike in Karnataka
Flush Season Tightness
Flush Season Tightness
Source: The Times of India / PTI / Industry Circulars
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eDairyNews India Market Intelligence
Source: The Times of India
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