Pune milk prices will rise by ₹4 per litre from 16 November after cooperative and private milk associations cited drought-related fodder shortages and higher cattle-feed costs as the main reasons for the increase. The decision was taken at a meeting in Pune on 13 November, according to a report by Lokmat – Pune.
The increase will apply to both cow and buffalo milk. Retail cow milk, currently priced at approximately ₹56 to ₹60 per litre in Pune, is expected to cost ₹60 to ₹66. Buffalo milk prices, now ranging from ₹72 to ₹76 per litre, are expected to increase to ₹76 to ₹82 per litre.
The reported price revision follows two months of repeated increases in the city’s milk market. The report attributed the pressure to reduced milk production caused by fodder shortages, as well as higher prices for cottonseed cake and other cattle-feed inputs. These costs have increased the expense of maintaining dairy animals and producing milk, according to the associations involved.
The meeting was attended by representatives of 45 cooperative and private milk associations. Prakash Kutwal, president of Urja Dudh and secretary of the Maharashtra State Milk Producers and Processing Professionals Welfare Association, said the ₹4 increase was considered necessary to provide relief to milk producers facing higher production costs.
The effect is expected to extend beyond household milk purchases. Dairy businesses and sweet shops in Pune are expected to raise prices of products including curd, paneer, khava, ghee and sweets by an average of 10% to 15%, the report said. The timing coincides with the post-Diwali period and the wedding season, when demand for dairy products and prepared sweets typically places additional pressure on household spending.
The reported revised prices include buttermilk at ₹40 to ₹44 per litre and curd at ₹110 to ₹120. Paneer is listed at ₹470 to ₹480, while buffalo ghee is reported at ₹800 to ₹950. The source report contains an internally inconsistent figure for cow ghee, listing a revised price lower than the earlier figure; that price could not be reliably established from the supplied material and has therefore not been used here.
The price increase places a direct burden on consumers who depend on milk as a daily household essential. Pooja Mohite, a Pune resident quoted in the report, said repeated increases in milk and dairy-product prices were making routine household consumption more difficult.
The associations’ decision takes effect on 16 November 2026. The next immediate impact will be seen in retail milk prices and in the prices charged by dairy-product and sweet retailers across Pune.
