Mother Dairy’s milk has become costlier since December 27. But this is not the first time of hike in prices. Mother Dairy has increased the prices of milk five times in the current year. Similarly, Amul has also increased the quantity of milk four times. Looking at the latest increase, Mother Dairy has increased the prices of milk by up to 20 percent. The effect of expensive milk is not limited to the prices of milk only, but due to this ghee, paneer, khoya to curd lassi have become costlier.
Milk costlier by 20 percent!
If you look at the history of milk prices, before July 1, 2021, Mother Dairy’s full cream milk was available at Rs.55 per liter, which is now available at Rs.66 per liter. Toned milk, where earlier it was available for Rs.47 a litre, is now available for Rs.53 a litre. One liter token milk was available at Rs 42 per liter which is now available at Rs 50 per litre. And cow’s milk, where it was available for Rs.49 per litre, is now available for Rs.55 per litre. That is, an increase of 10 percent to 20 percent in the prices of milk has been seen during this period.
Effect of expensive milk
In the last year and a half, dairy companies have increased the price of milk several times citing cost. Due to expensive milk, the prices of khoya-paneer, chhena, ghee, curd have increased. Sweets are made from milk, so it has a direct impact on the prices of things made from milk. An average increase of 15 to 20 percent in the price of milk has been seen in the last one and a half years. Due to expensive milk, there has been a tremendous increase in the prices of ghee. Ghee, which was available at Rs 400 to 450 per kg a year ago, is now available at Rs 550 to 600 per kg. Whether it is branded paneer or non-branded, the prices of both have increased. Paneer, which was available at Rs 350 per kg last year, is now available at Rs 400 to 450 per kg. And now it is believed that due to the increase in the price of milk, the prices of Ghee and Paneer may increase further.
Disaster on nutritious diet of children!
Milk is seen as a very nutritious diet for everyone from children to elders. Milk is consumed in every household. But after the huge increase in the prices of milk, the difficulties of the common people have increased. Parents have to cut down on spending on other essential things in order to give milk to their children. Greens, vegetables and fruits have become expensive, now expensive milk is spoiling the budget of people’s homes.
