Bengaluru, October 29: Nandini milk will cost ₹8 more per litre across Karnataka from November 1, after the state Cabinet on Thursday announced the long-awaited price increase. "The state government has discussed and decided to increase the price of milk up to ₹8 per litre," Karnataka Minister Krishna Byre Gowda told reporters after the Cabinet meeting.
Source: Upstox (PTI) — Nandini milk to cost ₹8 more per litre from Nov 1
Of the ₹8 increase, ₹7 will be passed on to dairy farmers, while the remaining ₹1 will go to the milk unions, Gowda said. With the full hike passed on to consumers, a litre of Nandini toned milk sold in the blue packet will rise from ₹46 to ₹54 from November 1.
Source: The Daily Jagran — Nandini milk prices hiked by Rs 8 from Nov 1 across Karnataka
Announcement came weeks after the Cabinet's in-principle nod
The Cabinet had approved the proposal on October 6, but the formal announcement was delayed due to the Model Code of Conduct being in force for the Legislative Council elections. Milk unions had sought an increase of ₹8–10 per litre, and representatives of the unions had met Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar with their demand. Gowda said farmers had sought a hike of ₹10 per litre, and that members of all parties in the Legislative Council had called for measures to support farmers facing a crisis, with milk producers themselves having taken to the streets in protest.
The government and the unions point to rising costs across the dairy chain — cattle feed, fodder, medicines, transportation and plastic packaging have all become more expensive, and drought conditions have worsened the fodder shortage. The Hindu BusinessLine reported that the price of a bag of cattle feed has risen from about ₹700–750 to about ₹1,250, and that the Karnataka Milk Federation's daily procurement has fallen from about 1.11 crore litres to 1.03 crore litres over three months.
The latest revision follows a series of milk price increases in Karnataka in recent years: prices were raised by ₹4 per litre in March 2025, by ₹2 in June 2024, and by ₹3 each in July 2023 and November 2022. From November 1, households across the state will pay more for their daily milk, while the government expects the bulk of the additional revenue to reach the farmers who supply it.