CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation Limited (Aavin) on Sunday announced its decision to hike the prices of milk products like ghee, butter, flavoured milk, lassi, curd, milk power, panneer and others. The new prices will come into effect on Monday.
Aavin ghee, which is one of the fast-moving products after milk, will now cost Rs 495 per litre. At present, ghee costs Rs 460 per litre.
Butter will cost Rs 460 per kg (Rs 440 at present) and flavoured milk available in tetra packs will be priced Rs 25 (Rs 22 at present).
Aavin effected a hike of Rs 50 in the price of milk powder. The milk power, which is sold at Rs 270 at present, will cost Rs 320 per kg.
Prices of panneer have been increased by Rs 20 per kg while those of lassi and curd have been hiked by Rs 2 per tetra pack.
Aavin Delight milk will cost Rs 40 per litre. At present, it costs Rs 36.
“We have not increased the prices of ice cream and other milk products since we want to see the response to the hike in the prices of ghee, butter and others,” Aavin managing director C Kamaraj told TOI.
Aavin recently increased procurement and selling prices of milk.
Source: Times of India