SHUBHANGI SHIFA
Ranchi, July 19: After an increase in the GST slab by the government, the milk companies along with a few other industries have increased the prices of buttermilk, curd, flavoured and normal milk. Amul and Sudha are a few to take the steps initially and increase the prices of their milk products.
However, the companies are yet to increase the prices of products including paneer and khoa among other milk products.
Notably, the GST Council, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in its meeting recently, decided to impose GST on canned, packaged and labelled (except frozen) products like fish, curd, paneer, lassi, honey, dry makhana, dry soybean, peas, and other cereals along with puffed rice. The tax rate changes came into effect on Monday.
Talking in this regard on Tuesday, Mukund Agarwal, a shop owner in Doranda said, “We were expecting a price change in case of milk products, however, we believe that most products that are not sold much have the same prices. However, products like dahi, lassi, buttermilk, etc have had a change in price ranging from Re 1 to Rs 6.”
He further added that Sudha has increased prices more when compared to Amul products.
| AMUL PRODUCTS | PRICE BEFORE GST | PRICE AFTER GST |
| Lassi (170 ml) | Rs 10 | Rs 11 |
| Buttermilk (500 ml) | Rs 15 | Rs 16 |
| Curd (400 gm pouch) | Rs 30 | Rs 32 |
| Curd (1 kg) | Rs 65 | Rs 69 |
| Curd (200 gm) | Rs 20 | Rs 21 |
| Curd (400 gm) | Rs 40 | Rs 42 |
| SUDHA PRODUCTS | PRICE BEFORE GST | PRICE AFTER GST |
| Lassi (180 ml) | Rs 10 (100 ml) | Rs 15 |
| Buttermilk (180 ml) | Rs 12 | Rs 12 |
| Misti Doi (80 gm) | Rs 10 | Rs 12 |
| Dahi (400 gm pouch smart) | Rs 29 | Rs 32 |
| Dahi (1000 gm pouch smart) | Rs 65 | Rs 72 |
| Fitness Curd (200 gm) | Rs 22 | Rs 22 |
| Fitness Curd (500 gm) | Rs 50 | Rs 50 |
| Plain Dahi (1 kg jar premium) | Rs 105 | Rs 115 |
| Plain Dahi (5 kg jar premium) | Rs 475 | Rs 525 |
| Plain Dahi (15 kg jar premium) | Rs 1440 | Rs 1500 |
Notably, earlier products including curd, lassi, paneer, rice, wheat, rye, barley, oats, jaggery, and natural honey did not have any GST on them earlier, however from Monday five percent GST will be applicable on all of these products. In the case of grains, it has been noted that prices will not change when purchasing large quantities of these grains, however, pre-packaged grains will have the GST applicable to them.
