Mother Dairy raises milk prices by up to Rs 2/litre
New Delhi, Apr 29 (PTI): Mother Dairy has hiked milk prices by up to Rs 2 per litre effective Wednesday to partly offset rising input costs.
The price revision will be effective from April 30, 2025 across its market, a company official said on Tuesday.
"This price revision has been necessitated to address the significant increase in procurement costs, which have gone up by Rs 4-5 per litre over the past few months," the Mother Dairy official said.
The surge in procurement prices is primarily driven by early onset of summer and heatwave conditions, the official said.
Mother Dairy sells around 35 lakh litre of milk per day in the Delhi-NCR market through its own outlets, general trade and e-commerce platforms.
"We remain committed to ensuring the consistent availability of quality milk to consumers while supporting the livelihoods of our farmers," he said.
This revision represents only a partial pass-through of the increased costs, aiming to equitably serve the interests of both farmers and consumers, the official said.
The prices of toned milk (bulk vended) has been increased to Rs 56 per litre from Rs 54 per litre in Delhi-NCR.
Full cream milk (pouched) will cost Rs 69 per litre as against Rs 68 per litre.
The rate of toned milk (pouched) has been increased to Rs 57 from Rs 56 per litre, while double toned milk will cost Rs 51 as against Rs 49 per litre.
The prices of cow milk has been increased to Rs 59 per litre from Rs 57 per litre.
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Faridabad: Woman throws 2-yr-old son in canal believing tantrik he was 'jinn'
Faridabad, May 12 (PTI): A woman here threw her two-year-old son into a canal after being convinced by a tantrik that he was a 'jinn', police on Monday said.
Megha Lukra allegedly threw the child into the Agra Canal from the BPTP bridge, they said.
However, as she was doing it, she was spotted by some passersby, who handed her over to police.
A team of police, fire department, State Disaster Management, and local divers are searching for the child in the canal.
The tantrik, also a woman, has been taken into custody.
According to a complaint, Megha got married to Kapil Lukra 16 years ago. The couple has two children and lives in a flat in Sainik colony in Faridabad. Her elder daughter Manya is about 14 years old, while son Tanmay alias Ronik is about two.
Kapil Lukra in his complaint said Megha had been seeing tantrik Mita Bhatia for a long time. Over the period, Bhatia convinced Megha that her son is the son of a "white jinn" and he will destroy her entire family.
The suggestion sent Megha into a mental turmoil.
"On Sunday around 5 pm, Megha left the house with our son in her arms without telling anyone. As soon as I got to know about it, I started looking for her," Kapil Lukra said in his complaint.
He said he was shocked to see Megha sitting in the police station.
Some locals raised an alarm when they saw Megha throwing the child and dialled 112.
The investigation and the search for the boy is on, police said.
