Tamil Nadu’s state-owned dairy cooperative, Aavin, has announced a hike in the prices of ghee, butter, curd, milk-based sweets, lassi and cookies, making the products costlier ahead of Diwali.The price hike is the first by the cooperative body under Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay's TVK-led government. The price of a 100-ml pack of ghee has been increased from Rs 80 to Rs 95, while the 200-ml pack will now cost Rs 180, up from Rs 160.Butter prices have also been raised, with a 100-gram pack now costing Rs 70 instead of Rs 60.

The revised prices shall come into effect from Wednesday, October 28, Aavin said in an official release.Below is the new Aavin price list: - Ends