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Informist, Thursday, May 15, 2025

By Shreya Shetty

MUMBAI – Prices of chana and tur fell, while prices of masur were steady in key spot markets across the country, traders said. Prices of chana and tur fell due to low demand, they said, adding that prices of both pulses are expected to remain range-bound for the rest of the month. Prices of masur have stabilised after rising last week, supported by the government's procurement, they said.

CHANA prices in Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, fell by INR 100 from Wednesday to INR 5,400-INR 5,700 per 100 kg, said Dinesh Mangal, a local trader. With a dip in demand, prices have fallen again, he said. Prices have been fluctuating by INR 50-INR 200 per 100 kg every few days for the past two weeks, and this trend is likely to continue for the rest of the month, he said. 

Though procurement of chana has picked up pace in the past week, it is likely to fall short of the government's requirements, according to market and government sources. As of Monday, the government had procured about 180,000 tonnes of chana, doubling the quantity it had procured as of May 5, according to data shared by a government official on Thursday. Yet, this is a fraction of the 2.80 million tonnes sanctioned for procurement by the government. 

Prices of chana in Delhi were steady at INR 5,800-INR 5,825 per 100 kg, traders said.

TUR prices in Solapur, Maharashtra, fell by INR 50 from the previous day to INR 6,500-INR 7,250 per 100 kg, said Rahul Srinivas, a local trader. About 24–25 trucks, each with 20,000-25,000 kg of tur, arrived in the market on Thursday, he said. Similar to chana, prices of tur have been fluctuating every few days in a narrow range since the past few weeks as there is no definite rise in demand, he said. "The prices are limited to what millers need to buy during the day, and today (Thursday), very few of them made purchases in the market, pushing prices down," he said.

Prices are only likely to rise before or in June, when stockists and millers will look to fill up their inventories ahead of the southwest monsoon, Sanklecha said. In the short term, the market also expects the governments of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala to release tenders for procurement of the legume, which will also help support prices, he said.

Prices of tur in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, fell by INR 50 from Wednesday to INR 7,150-INR 7,250 per 100 kg, according to the India Pulses and Grains Association. 

MASUR prices in Vidisha were steady at INR 5,800-INR 6,500 per 100 kg, Mangal said. Prices have stabilised after rising by INR 200-INR 300 per 100 kg last week, supported by the government's procurement activities, he said. The government is procuring masur at the minimum support price of INR 6,700 per 100 kg, higher than the rates prevailing in most spot markets. 

Prices of the moti variety of masur in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, were steady at INR 6,000-INR 6,350 per 100 kg, the association said. Prices of the choti variety in Lalitpur also held steady at INR 6,400-INR 6,700 per 100 kg.  End

Edited by Avishek Dutta

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