Surat, Dec. 12 -- After onions, it is time for milk to get dearer in the Diamond City. Surat District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Limited better known as Sumul Dairy has announced increase in prices of some categories of its packaged milk distributed under Amul brand by Rs2 to Re1 per litre from Wednesday.
Official sources said price hike has been made effective due to increase in input cost by approximately 6%. The dairy procures on an average 15 lakh litres of milk per day from around two lakh cattle owners in Surat and Tapi districts. Supply of milk has been reduced by almost 3% due to extended rainfall and heavy price hike of fodder according to timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
Sources said the price hike has been made effective fo...