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Informist, Friday, Sep 6, 2024

By Anjali Lavania

MUMBAI – Prices of chana rose today, while those of tur were steady in the key markets of Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh and Akola, Maharashtra, traders said. Prices of masur were steady in the benchmark market of Vidisha, they added.

CHANA prices in Vidisha rose by 100 rupees to 7,900-7,950 rupees per 100 kg, said Pradeep Sahu, a local trader. "This is the maximum chana prices have reached in this festival season," he said. For a few days, chana prices will remain stable, he added. 

TUR prices in the benchmark market of Akola were steady at 10,000-11,000 rupees per 100 kg, according to the data by the India Pulses and Grains Association. However, tur prices in the key wholesale market of Kalaburagi, Karnataka, were down 50 rupees at 10,750 rupees per 100 kg, according to data from the association. "Currently, demand for chana is good due to festival demand, hence tur prices are being affected," Kailash Kakani, a Madhya Pradesh-based trader said. 

MASUR prices in Vidisha were steady at 6,000 rupees per 100 kg, the association said. New arrivals of moong have high moisture content which is degrading its quality, Sahu said. 

The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd on Wednesday sold chana, moong, and masur at an auction conducted under the government's price support scheme, according to the association.

NAFED sold 69.1 tn of chana of the rabi 2024 crop in Madhya Pradesh at the rate of 7,411 rupees per 100 kg. It also sold 481.15 tn of moong from the summer 2022 crop in the range of 7,605-7,622 rupees per 100 kg in Madhya Pradesh, along with unspecified quantity of masur from the rabi season 2023, which was sold at 6,001-6,075 rupees per 100 kg. In Rajasthan, 1,000 tn of moong from the kharif 2022 crop was sold at 7,411 rupees per 100 kg, as per association data. 

Despite a record sowing of pulses in the current kharif season, India's goal of becoming self-reliant in producing pulses by 2027 seems out of reach, according to media reports. Imports of pulses in the country have significantly increased in recent years, at 4.8 mln tn in 2023-24 (Apr-Mar), according to data from the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority. India imported 1.6 mln tn of pulses in Apr-Jun, according to data from APEDA. India imports tur from Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi, and Myanmar. The country imports urad from Myanmar and Brazil, while it imports masur from Canada, Australia, Russia, and Turkey.  End

Edited by Tanima Banerjee

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