Amul hikes ghee prices by up to Rs 50, butter by Rs 15 ahead of Diwali

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New Delhi: Amul has increased the price of two of its products, ghee and butter ahead of Diwali, so people who will be buying dairy products this festive season from Amul has to spend more money.

The price of a 1-kg carton of Amul ghee has gone up by Rs 50, while the 500-gram butter pack has become costlier by Rs 15.

Under the revised rates, the 1-kg carton of Amul ghee will now cost Rs 680, compared to Rs 630 earlier. Similarly, the 500-gram pouch of pure ghee has increased from Rs 325 to Rs 345. The price of Amul butter’s 100-gram pack has risen from Rs 63 to Rs 66, while the 500-gram pack will now cost Rs 325 instead of Rs 310.

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Gujarat’s Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) under the Amul brand had announced the revision stating that the prices have been revised owing to the rise in milk procurement and manufacturing cost. The maximum retail prices of Amul Table Butter, Amul Ghee and Amul Cow Ghee were revised from November 2.

Price increases just before Diwali when desi ghee and butter demand peaks for festive cooking and sweet preparation.

Amul, a 36-lakh-strong farmers’ cooperative, said supplies at the new prices would trickle into markets pan-India.

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